Hawks remain optomistic despite rough patch

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Losers of 4 straight and 11 of last 14, team remains loose on long road trip

"If you heard the back of the bus, you can tell that we bond better when we're on these long road trips," said Hawks forward Marvin Williams, who will help lead his team against his hometown Seattle Sonics tonight at KeyArena. "It's going to be tough, but we've done this before. We've beaten these teams we're going to face, and our mission is win as many as we can.

"But we're together in this thing. We've got each other's back, and all we can do is give everything we've got to try and get back to winning games the way we've done in the past."

The Hawks' recent past hasn't been anything to feel good about. They've been living a recurring nightmare on the floor, losing games in the same fashion