With his start, the Hawks maintained their perfect record with injuries. The team has yet to have a player miss a game because of injury this season. Bibby had undergone two hours daily of treatment that consisted of ice and electrical stimulation.

Bibby appeared to be slightly favoring the ankle, but played 16 minutes through the first half.

No rest for weary

For the second time this season, the Magic played the second game of a back-to-back against a team coming off four days' rest. The first was Cleveland, which beat the Magic 102-93 earlier in the month. Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy lamented that such a matchup might occur three times in an entire NBA season, and his team already had faced it twice.

"If I was a college coach, I could schedule my own game, and that wouldn't happen," Van Gundy said. "In fact, we'd be playing, like, Glenville State or something like that."

Etc.

The Hawks held the Magic to 39 points in the first half, a season low for Hawks opponents and Orlando. The Magic shot 37.5 percent from the field.

Among the celebrities at Philips Arena on Thursday night: "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Kandi Burruss, who sang the national anthem; hip-hop stars Young Jeezy; Daryl McDaniels from Run DMC; hip-hop star The Dream and actor Chris Tucker.

FG FT Reb

HOUSTON Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts

Battier 31:49 2-8 0-0 0-0 1 0 5

Hayes 17:00 3-6 0-0 5-5 0 4 6

Scola 34:40 6-12 5-6 4-10 2 2 17

Brooks 31:48 7-16 0-0 2-4 2 0 15

Ariza 37:33 7-18 0-0 2-8 2 1 16

Budinger 14:56 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 6

Landry 31:00 6-14 6-6 5-8 1 3 18

Lowry 27:59 4-9 5-7 1-3 7 2 14

Andersen 13:15 2-6 2-2 1-3 2 5 6

Totals 240:00 39-92 18-21 20-42 18 18 103

Percentages: FG .424, FT .857.

3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318 (Budinger 2-3, Ariza 2-8, Lowry 1-1, Brooks 1-3, Battier 1-5, Andersen 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 9. Team TO: 13 (19 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 0.

Turnovers: 12 (Ariza 3, Scola 3, Landry 2, Lowry 2, Battier, Brooks).

Steals: 7 (Lowry 2, Scola 2, Ariza, Battier, Landry).

Technical Fouls: None.

FG FT Reb

ATLANTA Min M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts

Williams 40:21 13-19 0-0 5-9 0 3 29

JosSmith 23:38 3-7 3-6 3-8 3 5 9

Horford 33:43 6-9 5-6 1-6 2 6 17

Bibby 36:46 3-9 0-0 0-3 2 1 7

Johnson 45:20 6-18 7-8 3-6 9 2 19

Crawford 31:17 7-13 3-4 0-2 2 0 21

Teague 7:16 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 1 0

Pachulia 14:12 0-1 1-2 3-4 0 3 1

J Smith 5:24 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2

Evans 2:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Totals 240:00 39-78 19-26 15-39 21 22 105

Percentages: FG .500, FT .731.

3-Point Goals: 8-20, .400 (Crawford 4-9, Williams 3-5, Bibby 1-4, Johnson 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 12. Team TO: 15 (20 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 11 (Jos.Smith 4, Pachulia 3, Horford 2, Crawford, J. Smith).

Turnovers: 15 (Johnson 4, Pachulia 3, Jos.Smith 3, Crawford 2, Bibby, Horford, Williams).

Steals: 6 (Crawford 3, Johnson 2, Bibby).

Technical Fouls: None.

Houston 26 25 21 31 --- 103

Atlanta 28 27 22 28 --- 105

A --- 16,674 (18,729). T --- 2:25.

Officials --- Dick Bavetta, Joe Forte, Derek Richardson.