Hawks guard Dion Glover finished showering after practice and stepped onto the team's practice court, covered in a long white robe that gave him the look of a boxer. A handful of Glover's teammates were still shooting around, and they playfully started calling him "Champ."

"Yeah, y'all know I've been sparring," Glover said.

Glover was joking, but he used the right word to describe how the Hawks should prepare for the Toronto Raptors tonight in Philips Arena -- if Raptors All-Star swingman Vince Carter plays. Carter has delivered the knockout punches in his past five games against the Hawks.