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The Atlanta Hawks are off to a good start in the playoffs, even though they barely showed up for the second half.

Josh Smith swooped in to slam through Joe Johnson’s missed shot just ahead of the buzzer and the Atlanta Hawks finally beat the Orlando Magic, clinching a third straight trip to the playoffs with an 86-84 victory Wednesday night.

Atlanta coach Mike Woodson knows his team is almost unbeatable at home. He's just trying to get the Hawks to believe they can play just as well on the road -- all the time. On Saturday, they did. The Hawks used their strong frontline tandem of Al Horford and Josh Smith to overpower Indiana for a 110-98 victory, a game in which Atlanta never trailed.

Joe Johnson made it two straight 30-point games, Josh Smith dominated during a decisive first-half run and the Atlanta Hawks won their sixth in the row, beating the Miami Heat 105-90 on Wednesday night to reclaim a share of the NBA’s best record.

Mike Bibby scored 15 points, Pachulia had 12 points and 18 rebounds, and Atlanta frustrated an ailing Dwyane Wade to beat the Miami Heat 81-71 Monday night, tying the first-round Eastern Conference series at two games apiece.

Players refuse to play after a mishap involving the Atlanta Hawks' real-life mascot "Spirit."

Remember how bad Dwyane Wade and his Miami teammates looked in Game 1 of the playoffs? They were that good in Game 2.

With Josh Smith delivering one rim-shaking dunk after another and plenty of teammates chipping in, the Hawks made Miami look like a one-man team, running Dwyane Wade and the Heat ragged for a 90-64 blowout in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series Sunday night.

Mo Williams scored 24 points, LeBron James added 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers
rolled to their eighth straight win, 102-96 over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.

Just when the Atlanta Hawks finally appeared to be getting fully healthy, they had another setback.