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Hawks beat Blazers 99,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Josh Smith had 20 points and 16 rebounds for Atlanta, which extended its winning streak to five with the victory in the matchup of division leaders. The Hawks' streak also includes a win at Boston.
"The last two years being in the playoffs has put this team in a totally different light," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "Now when they go on the court,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they know they have a chance to win. . It's kind of nice sitting on the top of the division."
The Hawks snapped Portland's six-game winning streak by rallying from deficits of 12 points in the third quarter and nine points, 67-58,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at the start of the fourth.
"We were able to fight them off," Smith said. "Maybe three or four years ago we wouldn't have gotten the win."
Rudy Fernandez led Portland with 19 points,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of regulation.
"The play was for me for the last shot and I made it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Fernandez,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who added two more 3s in overtime.
Portland had won four straight road games,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], holding each opponent under 85 points, before falling to the Hawks in the last game of its trip.
"We played good here but probably the road trip is very long and we were tired,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Fernandez said. "But it's a positive for us."
LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and Brandon Roy added 17 for the Trail Blazers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"It's disappointing because we had a big lead and we didn't do a good job of taking care of the ball and defending,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Roy said. "But they beat us up on the inside and dominated the paint."
Atlanta enjoyed a 47-37 rebounding advantage,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Al Horford overcame early foul trouble to total 15 points and 10 boards. Horford and Smith each blocked two shots.
"They won the game how they've been winning the game,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in the paint," Portland coach Nate McMillan said. "I thought the defense did a better job of keeping them out of the paint,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but we didn't finish. We didn't finish the play with rebounding the ball."
Johnson started overtime with two quick field goals. Following a basket by Horford, Johnson scored again for a 93-87 lead with 1:42 remaining. Greg Oden, who had 11 points and seven rebounds,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], had Portland's only basket in the first 3 minutes of OT.
The Hawks pushed the lead to 97-89 on two free throws by Johnson before Fernandez had two 3s in the final 12 seconds.
Johnson had a combined 18 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
"When my team needs it the most, that's when I want to come up big," Johnson said.
Johnson hit two 3-pointers in the fourth, each tying the score.
Johnson's drive with 14.8 seconds remaining in regulation gave Atlanta an 83-82 lead. He pushed the lead to three with two free throws, but Fernandez hit a fallaway 3 to send it to overtime,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], connecting over Horford.
The Trail Blazers pushed the ball inside to Oden in the opening minutes and quickly sent Horford to the bench. Horford drew his second with 3:08 remaining in the first quarter and did not return in the first half.
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