<div class="quote_poster">Quoting :</div><div class="quote_post">What a relief it was. The Hawks ended the year on a good note, snapping a nine-game road losing streak with a victory in Washington. "It's good to have something positive to start the new year off right," Hawks small forward Stephen Jackson said after the Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 83-73 Tuesday. But the New Year's celebration could be short-lived because the Hawks (9-24) kick off 2004 with their most brutal stretch of the season. The Hawks will play the Minnesota Timberwolves (20-10) here in the Targer Center at 8 tonight, then head to Denver, Sacramento, the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah. "A West Coast trip like this could be a good thing for us or it could be a bad thing for us, depending on how we approach it," Jackson said. "We're playing against teams in the West, where any one of them could be NBA champions, but as long as we go out and focus on having fun and winning, and not really worry about not making mistakes . . . we should be fine. </div> Full Story
