Solomon Alabi had an audition as the Hawks return the favor

Solomon Alabi played almost 22 minutes which is 2 minutes longer than he had played in the other 9 games he has played in this season and he looked like a guy who has not played serious minutes against the opponents starters in a 109-87 Hawks blow out win. He should that he not aware of where he was late in the third quarter and he was in the restricted area and stood there and had a chance to move forward and take the charge but instead he stood in the restricted area and wait for Joe Johnson to come to the hoop and when he did Johnson put his knees into Alabi's chest and slammed home a dunk and then went to the line for a free throw which he did not make. He also had teammates reminding him to keep his arms up on defense to make it tougher for the Hawks to put up points and he still put up 8 points and 9 boards and after this game it was nice that he got a chance to show what he can do but I still think it is extremely unlikely that he will be on the Raptors next season or even in the NBA because if he had shown anything he would of gotten more of a rub or the last two seasons. The Raptors were still in the game @ halftime even though they had 11 turnovers and the Hawks had 13 points of those turnovers but they were only down 3 @ 54-51 but the Hawks took another 8 turnovers leading to another 7 points and they outscored the Raptors 55-36 in the second half. The Hawks only turnover the ball 10 times but the Raptors scored 17 points of those turnovers and the Hawks put up 28 fast break points which is the most the Raptors have given up this season to an opponent and they shot 48.8% and made 25 free throws while the Raptors shot over 55% @ half and ended up shooting 44.3% and only made 13 free throws as the Hawks hade 20 more free throw attempts (36-16). The Hawks were lead Jeff Teague who had 18 points, 10 assists, and 6 boards in the game and Joe Johnson after a 2 for 12 game last night was 6 of 13 from the floor and had 18 points. They also were lead by Ivan Johnson in points with 21 points and also 6 boards which was one less than Josh Smith who had and added 15 points as well and the Hawks had 28 assists which was 8 more than the Raptors. The Raptors who only had 5 fast break points where lead by DeRozan who had 21 points while James Johnson had 18 points but it was Ben Uzoh could find his shot as he 2 of 12 from the floor and instead he getting boards (10) and assists (8). The Raptors actually out rebounded the Hawks for the second night in a row by collecting 46 boards which was four more than the Hawks 42 in the game. It was interesting to see Solomon Alabi get heavy minutes Tom Mehegan