Horford's Career Night Leads Hawks

Al Horford continued his streak of great games on Wednesday night. He set a new career-high in scoring as the Hawks beat the Utah Jazz 102-91.
It appeared that the Hawks were going to run away with the game in the third quarter, but the Jazz kept fighting back at the end of the quarter and into the fourth. It wasn't enough though as the Jazz lost their third straight game. Al Jefferson led the team with 26 points and he added eleven rebounds. Georgia Tech alum Derrick Favors had seventeen points and led the Jazz with fifteen rebounds, he started for the injured Paul Millsap. Randy Foye and Gordon Hayward, who came off the bench, each added eleven points for the Jazz. With the loss, Utah is now 31-27 on the season.
The Hawks outscored the Jazz in every quarter except for the fourth, but by the end of that quarter it was too late. Four players did the bulk of the scoring for Atlanta, but Horford topped them all. He led the Hawks with his career-high 34 points, he was fourteen of 22 from the field. He also pulled down fifteen rebounds to led the team.
Josh Smith also had a great night, scoring 24 points and pulling down fourteen rebounds. Jeff Teague added nineteen points and Devin Harris chipped in with twelve points against the team he played with last season. Anthony Tolliver and Dahntay Jones both didn't play in the game due to Coach Larry Drew's decision.
The Hawks are now 33-23 on the year and have won four straight. Their next game will be on Friday night at 9 p.m. in Phoenix against the Suns. The Suns have won two games in a row and are 20-39 on the year.

Al Horford throws down a dunk in front of Al Jefferson of the Utah Jazz. Horford scored a career-high 34 points in the Hawks' 102-91 victory over the Jazz.
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