Joe Johnson 2nd career triple-double, Williams 21 lead Hawks over Thunder

Hawks 99 Thunder 88

24 19 25 20

23 22 24 30

BOX SCORE

A few pundits say we should be taking care of "bad" teams early and flexing our muscle in the eastern conference. We do threaten every team in the eastern conference but i think we played the Oklahoma City Thunder very well.

Joe Johnson scored 20 pts (8/23 FGs 2/8 3pt FGs 2/2 FTs) 11 rbs 11 asts, including 8 pts 4 rbs 6 asts in the 4th quarter alone. Marvin Williams was on the recieving end of at least 4 of those assists on his way to 21 pts (9/13 FGs 1/3 3pt FGs 2/4 FTs) 7 rbs, Josh Smith had his best offensive game since coming back from injury, 19 pts (6/11 FGs 1/1/ 3pt FGs 6/9 FTs) 3 rbs 3 asts 3 stls 1 blk.

Mike Bibby did his usual well, 14 pts (6/13 FGs 2/5 3pt FGs) 7 rbs 6 asts.

Al Horford did okay but "the Boss" got BOSSED in the paint in this game, OKC outrebounded the Hawks 52-40, Jeff Green had 14 rbs, Chris Wilcox off the bench had 19 pts 12 rbs, i mean, what really good, Al? lol

We will be alright, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a 22-10 record for 2009.