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Joe Johnson scored 27 points and Zaza Pachulia had 19 to lift the Atlanta Hawks over the Orlando Magic 100-96 in a pre-season game Tuesday night. Johnson hit a short jumper with 3:40 left to give Atlanta its first lead since the second quarter, and extended it to 88-83 the next trip down with a three-pointer from the wing. It was Orlando's first pre-season loss after winning three straight, and pushes Atlanta's exhibition record to 3-1. Dwight Howard ...

Joe Johnson scored 22 points with 4 assists, Zaza Pachulia scored 18 points and Marvin Williams added 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Atlanta to a 91-81 exhibition win over Miami on Saturday night. Antoine Walker led the defending NBA champion Heat (0-2) with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Udonis Haslem added 16 points and five rebounds. After dropping its Oct. 10 exhibition opener 84-64 to Detroit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miami rested three ...