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Saturday, Mar. 10 7:30pm ET
Hawks finally win, but Bulls' woes continue

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ATLANTA (AP) – Lon Kruger hadn't talked about an Atlanta Hawks home win since Jan. 31. He almost didn't know what to say.

Ron Artest, Jason Terry
Bulls guard Ron Artest, left, shadows the Hawks' Jason Terry.
"Through this stretch of games, the guys have stayed positive," Kruger said. "They've handled it well, though the frustration of losing is certainly there."

Jason Terry scored 19 points and Toni Kukoc added 16 as the Hawks snapped a 10-game losing streak Saturday night with a 93-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls.

Driving into traffic in Atlanta's halfcourt offense, Terry hit a layup with 20.8 seconds remaining to give the Hawks a 91-87 lead.

Reserve guard Dion Glover, who finished with a season-high 17 points and a career-high eight rebounds, hit a pair of free throws seven seconds later to end the scoring for Atlanta.

"We've been trying to find out why we've been losing," Glover said. "We've been hanging our heads. We didn't hang our heads tonight."

Ron Artest, who hit a 3-pointer inside the final two seconds, joined Elton Brand in leading the Bulls with 20 points.

Chicago, the worst team in the NBA, has lost five of seven, eight of 11 and 24 of 29. The Hawks, owners of the league's fourth-worst record, avoided setting the second-longest losing streak in Atlanta history.

"We definitely missed a chance," Brand said. "They were struggling as we were. They had lost 10 in a row. I think Jason Terry and Toni Kukoc really stepped up and made some big shots. I think that really was the difference in tonight's games."

The Hawks' 108-103 loss at Philadelphia on Friday put them in a tie with the 1980-81 team, which lost 10 straight from Oct. 30-Nov. 15. Atlanta's 1976 team lost a team-record 16 consecutive games.

"I just feel great for the guys," said Kruger, a first-year NBA coach. "Through this stretch of games we haven't won, the guys have stayed positive. They've been right in some of them but they haven't quite been able to finish."

Kukoc, who played nearly seven years in Chicago, put the Hawks up 76-74 after hitting a running 5-foot jumper and a free throw, but Brand answered with a putback with 5:42 remaining.

"I do still have a soft kind of feeling, I guess," Kukoc said of his former team. "All the memories and all the time spent there. But it's good to win. It's good to win any game."

The Hawks had the lead for good after Terry's 3-pointer 15 seconds later made it 81-78.

"It came down to the last possession," Terry said. "We attacked the basket."

Michael Ruffin pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds for the Bulls.

Game notes
Chicago extended its road losing streak to a franchise-record 18 games. ... Center Lorenzen Wright, placed on the injured list Saturday with a sprained right thumb, is wearing a plaster cast.

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