The starting front line scored 10 points. It was that sort of night for the Atlanta Hawks, routed again, hard-pressed to be competitive and failing.

The final score was 94-83, and it tells a lie because the Hawks were never really in the game. They did not compete in Washington and, down 20 in the first quarter Friday night, they ran around a lot but they weren't going anywhere. Shots were delivered wide of the hoop and short of the hoop and a few times completely over it.