Hawks 93, Raptors 84

16/01/2012 17:57:00

ATLANTA (AP) - Josh Smith scored 28 points and pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds and Joe Johnson added 27 points to help the Atlanta Hawks win their third straight game with a 93-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.Leandro Barbosa finished with 22 points in a reserve role for Toronto, which has lost five straight.Toronto was without center Andrea Bargnani, the NBA´s ninth-leading scorer, for the third straight game because of a strained left calf. Reserve guard James Johnson didn´t play because of a sprained right ankle.The Raptors twice cut the lead to one late in the third quarter when Barbosa hit a pair of free throws and a runner, but Atlanta went on an 18-9 run that Jeff Teague ended with a free throw to make it 81-71 with 7:55 remaining.