Squawkers Hawksquawk Posted January 19, 2011 Squawkers Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hawks put up a fight against Wade's Heat. (Hector Gabino / el Nuevo Herald) Miami–This wasn’t the soft team L.D. described after the Hawks barely bothered to play defense against the Rockets and Kings. “We showed up tonight,” Drew said. The Hawks won at Miami for the first time since Dec. 12, 2008. It was their fifth straight road W and they know have 14 on the season, second only to the Heat’s 15. The Hawks improved to 4-6 in road games against teams with winning records. “Guys knew that this was going to be one of those games that sometimes you get measured on,” Jamal said. “It’s a good barometer. They are not fully healthy, but we aren’t either. We just had to kind of go with it.” The Hawks went into the Heat’s building and beat them at their rugged style. They won despite losing Al in the third quarter, facing a 29-14 deficit in free throws, Le Bron’s 24 points and 27 from D-Wade. They did it by continuing to grind when the Heat made one final push to force View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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