Familiar fate dealt by Terry By SEKOU SMITH The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 03/26/06 Last weekend it was Utah Jazz rookie Deron Williams doing the could-have-been-your-point-guard dance all over the Hawks at Philips Arena. Former Hawk Jason Terry picked up the baton Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 18,729 as his new team, the Dallas Mavericks, rolled over the Hawks 98-83. At least the Hawks never actually had Williams in uniform, the Jazz rookie going No. 3 in last June's draft, one spot behind Marvin Williams. Terry was selected by the Hawks with the 10th pick in the 1999 draft and spent the first five seasons of his career here, putting up solid numbers on bad teams. When the Hawks cleaned house after the 2003-04 season, Terry was sent to the Mavericks, along with Alan Henderson and a future first-round pick in exchange for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk. "JT is cold, man," Hawks co-captain Al Harrington said after Terry drilled the Hawks for 26 points on 10-for-15 shooting, including two back-breaking 3-pointers at the start of the fourth quarter that dashed any dreams the Hawks had of recovering from an earlier 19-point deficit. "He's a very, very underrated point guard," Harrington continued. "And he's going to be a big reason why they go as far as they do in the playoffs." Terry looked more comfortable shooting on the rims at Philips than the Hawks, who made four of their first 26 shots and trailed 24-10 after the first 12 minutes, before finishing a weak 31-for-88 (.352) overall. "It was very friendly confines," said Terry, who still calls Atlanta home in the offseason. "I spent many hours and nights in this gym, playing hard and shooting late. So I'm very used to the surroundings." After years of struggling with the Hawks, he's getting used to the high life with the Mavericks, who are 54-16 and chasing Detroit and San Antonio for the league's top overall record and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. If the Mavericks are to earn the top spot, it'll be by the hand of Dirk Nowitzki (27 points, 13 rebounds) and Terry, who is averaging 17.2 points a game while shooting a career-best 43 percent from beyond the 3-point line. "JT's been balling for us all season," Mavericks veteran Jerry Stackhouse said. "It was good to see him come back home and play in front of fans that cheered him for a long time, and play well. That's always a good feeling." Good for everyone but the Hawks, who dropped their second straight game and sixth of their last seven to fall to 21-46 overall, with a chance at redemption tonight in Orlando. They trimmed the lead to nine late in the third quarter but couldn't do much else against a team that under coach Avery Johnson has been as dangerous as ever offensively, but also stout on defense. "I like their team, but I think we've played tougher teams," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "I'm not taking anything away from them, because they played extremely well. But we dug a hole so early again tonight. I thought we outplayed them in the second half; we outscored them and outrebounded them. But a good team like that is fighting for a playoff position." 原文轉載 http://www.ajc.com/hawks/content/sports/hawks/stories/0326hawks.html --

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