It has been more than two months since the Pistons saw Shareef Abdur-Rahim. They didn't forget the 50 points he hung on them on Nov. 23, and Wednesday they turned it around.
"They did what they were supposed to do," the Hawks power forward said.
"They fronted him and they played behind him. They were all over him," Jason Terry said. "They played it the right way."
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A frustrated Shareef Abdur-Rahim turned as if he wanted to go after Ben Wallace. Wallace stepped right up into his face as if to say, "What are you going to do?"
Seconds later, Abdur-Rahim started jawing at Jerry Stackhouse. Stackhouse gave a wicked smile and pointed up to The Palace scoreboard, which read: Pistons 88, Hawks 71.
It was a bad night for All-Stars, and for the Hawks.
"I think Ben gave all the people who voted on the All-Stars something to think about," Cliff Robinson said.
Wallace, who was kept off the Eastern Conference All-Star squad in favor of Abdur-Rahim and Alonzo Mourning, limited Abdur-Rahim to 4-for-14 shooting and 10 points.
"It wasn't about the All-Star Game," said Wallace, who achieved his 13th double-double (10 points, a season-high 19 rebounds). "I wish him the best of luck at the All-Star Game. But he wasn't about to get 50 tonight. That's what this was about."
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim was the topic of conversation leading up to Wednesday night's game at the Palace between the Pistons and Hawks.
The Atlanta forward, who scored 50 points against the Pistons on Nov. 23, was named to the All-Star team for the first time in his six-year career. Last Friday, Abdur-Rahim missed the Hawks' 107-90 loss to the visiting Pistons because he was serving a three-game suspension for fighting with Houston's Kenny Thomas.
Pistons forward Ben Wallace, who like Jerry Stackhouse didn't receive an All-Star invite, was eager to face Abdur-Rahim again Wednesday night. Abdur-Rahim, who played for the Grizzlies his first five seasons, entered the game averaging 20.1 points and 9.8 rebounds. He entered this season averaging 20.8 points and 8.2 boards.
"I know what happened in that game -- we went out and jumped on them early and we sort of got away from the defense we were playing," Wallace said of the Hawks' 106-99 victory Nov. 23 in Atlanta. "We had such a big lead we allowed him to catch the ball where he wanted to and pretty much do what he wanted because they were trying to get back in the game. Before we knew it, the game was close and he was on a roll.
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Hawks Jan 2002 Archive
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| Jan 30, 2002
Blown out.
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| Jan 29, 2002
The Hawks' leading scorer and rebounder has been watching games at home and working out in his private gym.
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| Jan 29, 2002
There is hope for the spiraling Hawks tonight at Philips Arena.
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| Jan 28, 2002
Forget about February and that superfluous NBA All-Star Game.
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| Jan 28, 2002
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| Jan 26, 2002
The Atlanta Hawks' roster is so thinned by injuries and suspensions that assistant coach Rick Mahorn might consider playing tonight against the Pistons, his former team.
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| Jan 26, 2002
"CBA game?" hollered a fan late in the third quarter as he tried to elevate the proceedings.
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| Jan 25, 2002
It seems the floundering Hawks can't get an even break.
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| Jan 24, 2002
Wednesday, Jason Terry confessed what the NBA and its fans already knew, that he threw a punch in the MLK melee against the Rockets Monday afternoon.
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| Jan 23, 2002
According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, Rockets GM Carroll Dawson told the league he thought the 3-game suspension of Kenny Thomas was excessive, but to no avail.
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| Jan 23, 2002
The Atlanta Hawks were without starters Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Jason Terry, both of whom were suspended Tuesday for their part in a fight Monday against the Houston Rockets.
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| Jan 23, 2002
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: The Magic have received interest from 18 groups since announcing the team was for sale.
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| Jan 23, 2002
The Atlanta Hawks showed up with just half their team Tuesday night, and a half-full TD Waterhouse Centre crowd was there to greet them.
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| Jan 23, 2002
This could have been one of those television game shows:
"Who Am I?"
And the Atlanta Hawks would have stumped most everyone at TD Waterhouse Centre on Tuesday night.
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| Jan 23, 2002
The Hawks showed up Tuesday night without their top two scorers and without their top seven players.
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| Jan 22, 2002
The results are in from the Kenny Thomas-Shareef Abdur-Rahim fight during the MLK day Houston-Atlanta game.
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| Jan 22, 2002
Who: Orlando Magic (21-21) vs.
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| Jan 22, 2002
TONIGHT: Atlanta Hawks, 7:30
WHERE: TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Jan 22, 2002
The Rockets had lost another game and another player, though the latest player loss will come from a certain suspension of Kenny Thomas for throwing a punch, rather than because of an injury.
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| Jan 22, 2002
Emanual Davis' season is over, Hawks general manager Pete Babcock said Monday.
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| Jan 21, 2002
Dressed in casual attire, Theo Ratliff looks comfortable as he prepares for another day at the office.
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| Jan 21, 2002
Monday Night Fights saw Shareef Vs Kenny Thomas
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| Jan 21, 2002
For a struggling team that is searching for even small rays of hope, Nazr Mohammed presents a bright welcome beacon.
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| Jan 20, 2002
The statistical line was indistinguishable from any other little-used, obscure reserve in the NBA: two points, three rebounds in nine minutes.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Leon Smith is back in the NBA via a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks.
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| Jan 20, 2002
Running on empty Saturday night, the Hawks gave way to the inevitable.
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| Jan 19, 2002
It never stops for the Hawks, who learned Friday that center Theo Ratliff is likely out for the rest of the month.
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| Jan 16, 2002
ATLANTA - After drowning in a sea of one of their most pitiful performances of the season during Monday's 26-point loss at Orlando, the basket must have looked like an ocean to the Mavericks on Tuesday against the Atlanta Hawks.
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| Jan 16, 2002
Dallas sank 18 3-pointers, one short of the NBA record, and that was more than Jason Terry could overcome on a career night when he scored 46 points in the Hawks' 116-107 loss to the Mavericks.
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| Jan 15, 2002
Welcome back
Magic rookie center Steven Hunter is excited to see Leon Smith, a high school friend and rival from Chicago who became a cautionary tale for high schoolers who jump to the NBA, back in the league.
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| Jan 15, 2002
Deeply disturbed by their team's inability, or unwillingness, to compete in eight of their 23 losses this season, Hawks president Stan Kasten and general manager Pete Babcock were searching for answers Monday amid a mounting toll of injuries.
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| Jan 14, 2002
Nelson is one of many Mavericks staffers who must resist the urge to look past Monday's visit to Orlando for the dramatic reunion that awaits in Atlanta.
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| Jan 14, 2002
Babcock: 'We believe Leon deserves a chance'
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| Jan 13, 2002
ATLANTA - The Celtics' play last night was not necessarily an example of how far the team has come since November, when two consecutive losses to Atlanta briefly sidetracked the Green.
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| Jan 13, 2002
Will this be NY's second bad boy turn star?
Greg Logan tells us:
The Knicks are one of four NBA teams in serious pursuit of troubled former first-round draft pick Leon Smith, a 6-10, 250-pound center who plays for the Gary (Ind.
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| Jan 13, 2002
It was a simple 22-word handwritten statement, but the ramifications raised some complex questions:
"Atlanta Hawks center Theo Ratliff will not play in tonight's game because of a sore hip.
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| Jan 13, 2002
In case you didn't know, the worst thing you can say about any team in professional sports is that nobody cares about it.
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| Jan 12, 2002
Kruger blames officials for confusion in final seconds of overtime loss to Raptors.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Elden Campbell the NBA All-Star? If he continues his recent hot streak, it very well could happen.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Critics have often complained about Elden Campbell's lack of consistency over the years, but they can't say anything these days.
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| Jan 10, 2002
Home and Big Homey.
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| Jan 9, 2002
The Hawks lost more than a game Wednesday against the Hornets.
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| Jan 9, 2002
The youthful Hawks are growing together, coach Lon Kruger noted Tuesday, learning to trust one another in close games.
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| Jan 6, 2002
It was a night when Philips Arena was so cold the ice under the court felt warm, and the Hawks' hopes for a stunning upset were frozen by the glacial inevitability of the Minnesota blizzard
Close as the Hawks stayed much of the night, they gave in to the crunching power of a superior force as the Timberwolves chilled them, 112-96.
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| Jan 6, 2002
The Timberwolves defeated Atlanta 112-96 on Saturday night for their 10th road victory of this season.
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| Jan 4, 2002
Jason Terry feasted on the more publicized Jason Williams of Memphis on Friday night, then delivered a clutch 3-pointer with 28.
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| Jan 4, 2002
How might the Hawks have fared if they had not traded the No.
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