With the largest crowd of the season in Philips Arena, it got, the words of Nelly, "hot in herre."

How hot? So hot that with a 97-89 victory against the Orlando Magic on Sunday afternoon, the Hawks have won three in a row the first time since mid-November.

So hot that Orlando Magic coach Doc Rivers didn't see the end of the game, ejected in the third quarter after a heated exchange with official Ted Bernhardt.

So hot that usually stoic Hawks forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim howled and flailed his arms after a thunderous dunk in Orlando center Andrew DeClercq's face in the fourth quarter.

"It was an emotional game," said Abdur-Rahim, who had 23 points and 10 rebounds. "Hopefully, everybody got fired up behind it as well."