Atlanta Hawks Team Report - January 16

(Basketball News) - Atlanta tallied a 103-95 victory over the expansion Charlotte Bobcats at Philips Arena on Saturday night.

Al Harrington scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the victory. Antoine Walker chipped in 21 points with 11 rebounds, while Predrag Drobnjak netted 16 points off the bench for the Hawks, who won for the second time in three games. Walker recorded his 16th double-double of the season.

Josh Smith finished with 10 rebounds for the Hawks.

Already leading throughout the entire contest, the Hawks’ advantage bloomed to 18 in the third quarter, 78-60, and the Bobcats were unable to recover. Walker’s three-point jump shot with under a minute to go sealed the win for Atlanta.

The Hawks have a day off before hosting the New Jersey Nets on Monday night. Atlanta has lost the first two meetings with the Nets this season.