Hawks rally late to beat Sixers

Hawks rally late to beat Sixers

Hawks rally late to beat Sixers

The Hawks, once dominant at home, are nothing much to fear anymore at Philips Arena.

Their home struggles nearly reached a low point Friday when one the league's worst road teams came to town and led nearly start to finish. That's when Al Horford saved the Hawks.

The All-Star center made several key plays in the final moments to help the Hawks steal an improbable 93-88 win from Philadelphia, where to buy Cheap NBA Jerseys? ujersy is a good choice.

The Sixers were in line to win just their second road game in 11 tries. They led by as many as 17 points in the second quarter and were still ahead 88-82 with 2:18 to play.

Horford made a jump shot to pull the Hawks within 88-86, then converted a 3-point play with 31.1 seconds left for the Hawks' first lead of the game at 89-88. Horford then rebounded a missed shot by Philadelphia center Elton Brand.

That led to a Sixers foul on Hawks guard Jamal Crawford, who missed both free throws. But Zaza Pachulia rebounded the miss, leading to two more Crawford free throws; he made both this time to give the Hawks a 91-88 lead with 12.3 seconds left.

The Sixers called timeout, but were foiled again by Horford. He stole Philadelphia's inbounds pass, poking the ball away from Jodie Meeks, and then made two free throws after the Sixers fouled him.

The closing sequence was the most energy the Hawks had shown all game, and it was just good enough. Down by 17 points in the third quarter, the Hawks finally rallied.

After Tony Battie made one of two free throws for Philadelphia, Pachulia made two free throws to cut the lead to 88-84.

Enter Horford, whose heady plays allowed the Hawks to improve to 2-0 without Joe Johnson, their injured All-Star guard, if you want to buy Chicago BullsJerseys, go to ujersy.

The Hawks trailed 78-72 early in the fourth quarter when a series of poor plays halted its momentum.

Crawford fouled Evan Turner as he scored, then earned a technical foul for arguing the call. The Sixers made all three free throws to lead 82-72.

Pachulia was called for a moving screen on the Hawks' next possession, leading to a basket by Brand. After Hawks forward Josh Smith missed a jump shot that earned coach Larry Drew's ire, Turner made one free throw to extend Philadelphia's lead to...

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