Hawks Win 5th Straight

 ATLANTA (AP) -- Al Horford scored 21 points, Dennis Schroder added 20 and the Atlanta Hawks won their fifth straight game, 101-87 over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.    Brook Lopez finished with a season-high 27 points and Thaddeus Young had 14 for Brooklyn, which dropped to 0-5.    Jeff Teague had 16 points and six assists and Paul Millsap had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks.    After going 1 for 7 from the field with four turnovers in first half, Schroder had a strong start i

Hawks Beat Heat Behind Teague's 26 Point Effort

MIAMI (AP) -- The formula is clear for the Atlanta Hawks. Plenty of balance and sticking with what works was good enough to win 60 games last season, and it seems to be just fine so far this year.    Jeff Teague used his speed to break down the Miami defense time and again on his way to 26 points and nine assists, Al Horford scored 17 points and the Hawks saw what was a 15-point lead trimmed to four midway through the fourth quarter before beating the Heat 98-92 on Tuesday night.    Paul Millsap

Teague Leads Hawks to First Win

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Teague scored 23 points, Al Horford added 21 and the Atlanta Hawks beat the New York Knicks 112-101 on Thursday night for their first victory of the season.    Looking more like the team that won 60 games last season and had the best record in the Eastern Conference than the one that was beaten badly at home in its opener, the Hawks shot 51 percent from the field.    Kyle Korver had 15 points and Paul Millsap added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta.    Carmelo Anthony s

Hawks Drop Season Opener to Pistons

 ATLANTA (AP) -- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 points to lead all five Detroit starters in double figures, carrying the Pistons to a surprising 106-94 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night and ruining the home opener of the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference last season.    The Pistons, who haven't had a winning season since 2008 and finished 28 games behind the Hawks a year ago, began to pull away just before halftime. They led by double figures through most of t

Bazemore Paces Hawks in Loss

ATLANTA (AP) -- Mike Conley hit a 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining, Zach Randolph scored 19 points and the Memphis Grizzlies remained unbeaten in the preseason with an 82-81 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.    Both teams rallied from double-digit deficits, the Hawks going ahead 77-76 on Paul Millsap's 3-pointer from the corner with 1:07 to go.  Conley responded with a 3 of his own for Memphis (6-0) -- his only field goal of the night. Kent Bazemore led the Hawks with 18 points.

EXCLUSIVE: Hawks Sefolosha Breaks Silence

 ATLANTA (AP) -- Thabo Sefolosha is set to play his first game with the Atlanta Hawks since an encounter with New York police left him with a broken right leg.    Sefolosha says he'll probably play less than 15 minutes in Wednesday night's preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs while he continues to work himself back to 100 percent condition.    He missed Atlanta's first two preseason games while standing trial on the charges resulting from the incident with police, which occurred in April