Former NBA player Randy Smith has died following a career in which he starred for the Buffalo Braves in the 1970s. He was 60.

Atlanta starting center Al Horford was held out
of practice because of a tender ankle and is a game-time decision
for Thursday’s Game 2 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers shook off some rust, and then the Atlanta Hawks.

The final blowout went to Atlanta, so it’s the Hawks who’ll get a shot at LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Dwyane Wade soared past Zaza Pachulia, throwing down a fierce dunk as the Atlanta forward sent him sprawling into a row of photographers.

Atlanta starting forwards Al Horford and Marvin
Williams will not play Friday in Game 6 of the Hawks’ Eastern
Conference first-round series against the Miami Heat.

On a night of hard fouls, plenty of banging and staredowns galore, the Atlanta Hawks moved closer to reaching the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time in a decade, beating Miami 106-91 Wednesday to take a 3-2 lead in the series.

Zaza Pachulia had 12 points and 18 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks raced out to a huge first-half lead and frustrated Dwyane Wade endlessly in beating the Miami Heat 81-71 Monday night to tie the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at two games apiece.

Jamario Moon of the Miami Heat will not play Monday
night in Game 4 of the team’s Eastern Conference first-round series
against the Atlanta Hawks because of a strained lower abdominal
muscle.

Dwyane Wade swished a 3-pointer, then turned and shook his hand like it was burning.

Remember how bad Dwyane Wade and his Miami teammates looked in Game 1 of the playoffs? They were that good in Game 2.

With Josh Smith delivering one rim-shaking dunk after another and plenty of teammates chipping in, the Hawks made Miami look like a one-man team, running Dwyane Wade and the Heat ragged for a 90-64 blowout in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series Sunday night.

Flip Murray scored 17 points to lead the Atlanta
Hawks reserves past the Miami Heat scrubs 81-79 Tuesday night in a
playoff preview that was more like a preseason game.

Josh Smith scored 30 points and Joe Johnson had
24 to help the Atlanta Hawks clinch the fourth spot in the Eastern
Conference with a 122-118 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday
night.

Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Rajon Rondo had
20 to lead Boston to a 104-92 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on
Friday night, helping the Celtics maintain their hold on the
second-best record in the Eastern Conference.