Minnesota overpowered Atlanta today, showing who is the better team. Most around the league expected this kind of result, but Atlanta head coach Bob was defiant until game time. "Underdogs, my ----. We've got enough talent and enough heart to play with anybody in the league." Afterwards, his tune had changed significantly. "We've got some work ahead of us before we can play at their level."

The only bright point for Atlanta was the great play by Hamilton, and Bob was quick to praise his star. "If the whole team had played with his energy, we'd have been able to play with Minnesota. The bright side is that we know what he can do against them, and we'll try to build on that for our next meeting."

Minnesota was led by Smith (30 points, 2 assists), Gisi (10 points, 13 boards, 0 assists, 4 blocks), Daniels (14 points, 11 boards, 2 assists, a steal). Atlanta was led by Hamilton (18 points, 0 assists, a block), Mcnair (8 points, 2 assists, a steal, 4 blocks), Jackson (14 points, 9 boards, 1 assists).

With this win, Minnesota improve to 6-4 and 5-3 at home. They advance to #3 in the Northwest and advance to #7 overall in the Western Conference. With this loss, Atlanta drop to 6-4. They fall to #2 in the Southeast and move down to #6 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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