Jeff Hart

DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Lou Williams added 22 and the Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 126-115 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

In the playoffs in any sport, it can be just as much about who is hot than it is about talent or tradition.

The Dawson County girls basketball team remained unbeaten in the early going after taking a 59-46 win over Union County Tuesday.

Johnson held off North Cobb Christian 66-55 Tuesday in the Johnson Tip-off tournament at the Johnson gym.

Flowery Branch outscored Jefferson 50-20 in the second and third quarters to rally for a 68-49 win Tuesday in the Tabo's Tip-Off Tournament at Jefferson High School.

North Hall used a big third quarter rally to beat Lakeview Academy 65-58 Tuesday in boys basketball action.

Surely, everybody can't have a so-so night. At some point, in an NBA game, somebody has to develop that hot hand that leads one team or the other toward victory, right?

The Gwinnett Gladiators took the early lead against their division rivals, the South Carolina Stingrays and never gave it up, giving them the 4-1 victory and snapping their five-game losing streak.

The Buford girls won the Johns Creek Thanksgiving Tournament with a 60-41 win over host Johns Creek Tuesday.

The White County boys basketball team got its first win of the season with a 75-62 win over Kings Ridge Tuesday night in the Johnson Tip-off tournament.