Like all NBA coaches in this lockout-shortened season of three-games-in-three-nights stretches, the Atlanta Hawks' Larry Drew knows he's going to need to give his top players a chance to catch their breath now and then. Facing the no-lead-is-safe Washington Wizards, those types of decisions become a little easier. After Drew sat Joe Johnson and Josh Smith in the fourth quarter Saturday night, that pair of forwards went back in the game and carried Atlanta back from a 16-point deficit. Johnson scored nine of his 16 points in the last period, including a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and the Hawks beat the Wizards 95-92 for their third consecutive victory.
