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January 5, 2009, Monday
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MIKE Bibby connected on a three-pointer with 1.5 seconds to play to give the Atlanta Hawks a 103-100 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.
Bibby scored off a pass from Joe Johnson to give Atlanta its sixth successive home win.
"It was a good pass," Bibby said. "I told myself if I caught it I was going to shoot it. And there was enough space to get a good shot up."
The win came a day after the Hawks had lost in overtime to the New Jersey Nets on Vince Carter's three-pointer at the buzzer.
"You don't want to lose two in a row," Bibby added. "We toughed it out and got the energy we needed at the end of the game."
Josh Smith added a season-high 29 points and Johnson had 14 assists and 14 points for the Hawks.
Houston's Aaron Brooks had a chance to tie the score as time expired but missed a three-pointer.
Reserve Carl Landry paced the slumping Rockets with 18 points. Center Yao Ming added 16 points and 15 rebounds. All 16 of Yao's points came in the first half.
"They were coming at him, but we we've worked on that," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said.
"(Yao's) got to be solid when he gets the ball. That one play he made, he doesn't pass the ball off the dribble like that. He's got to pick it up and pass it out."
Adelman believed the Hawks should have been called for more fouls when Yao had the ball.
"It amazes me how he never gets any calls," he said. "When he moves through the lane like that, they don't look at anybody pushing on his body."
The defeat was Houston's fifth in seven games.
In other games on Saturday, it was: Heat 101, Nets 96 (OT); Pacers 122, Kings 117; Bobcats 102, Bucks 92; Spurs 108, 76ers 106; Timberwolves 102, Bulls 92; and Nuggets 105, Hornets 100.
Bibby scored off a pass from Joe Johnson to give Atlanta its sixth successive home win.
"It was a good pass," Bibby said. "I told myself if I caught it I was going to shoot it. And there was enough space to get a good shot up."
The win came a day after the Hawks had lost in overtime to the New Jersey Nets on Vince Carter's three-pointer at the buzzer.
"You don't want to lose two in a row," Bibby added. "We toughed it out and got the energy we needed at the end of the game."
Josh Smith added a season-high 29 points and Johnson had 14 assists and 14 points for the Hawks.
Houston's Aaron Brooks had a chance to tie the score as time expired but missed a three-pointer.
Reserve Carl Landry paced the slumping Rockets with 18 points. Center Yao Ming added 16 points and 15 rebounds. All 16 of Yao's points came in the first half.
"They were coming at him, but we we've worked on that," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said.
"(Yao's) got to be solid when he gets the ball. That one play he made, he doesn't pass the ball off the dribble like that. He's got to pick it up and pass it out."
Adelman believed the Hawks should have been called for more fouls when Yao had the ball.
"It amazes me how he never gets any calls," he said. "When he moves through the lane like that, they don't look at anybody pushing on his body."
The defeat was Houston's fifth in seven games.
In other games on Saturday, it was: Heat 101, Nets 96 (OT); Pacers 122, Kings 117; Bobcats 102, Bucks 92; Spurs 108, 76ers 106; Timberwolves 102, Bulls 92; and Nuggets 105, Hornets 100.
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