CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dwight Howard lost his cool, and the Atlanta Hawks lost a potentially key Eastern Conference game.Howard was ejected with 5:38 left and his team leading by three when he threw an elbow at the head of Charlotte center Cody Zeller and received a Flagrant-2 foul. The Hornets scored the next nine points -- seven by Kemba Walker -- and snapped Atlantas six-game winning streak with a 100-96 victory Friday night.Nic Batum had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Zeller matched his career high with 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting for the Hornets (8-3), who earned their biggest win of the season.Walker overcame a slow start to score 19 of his 21 points in the second half for his 10th straight 20-point game.Howard said afterward the contact wasnt intentional and he didnt think it cost his team the game.It wasnt like I tried to hit him in the face, but my job is to protect my house -- at all costs, said Howard, who finished with 10 points and 18 rebounds. I am making no apologies for it.Paul Millsap, who led the Hawks with 22 points and 13 rebounds, said the ejection fueled the home crowd.Plays like that are momentum shifts, Millsap said. It kind of sparked them. They took that and added fuel to the fire.The ejection revved up the crowd -- and apparently Walker, too.The 6-foot point guard drove baseline and made a reverse layup to give the Hornets the lead for good. Walker added another layup off a hesitation dribble and then connected on a 3-pointer from the top of the arc to push the lead to six.Zeller said after the game he didnt think Howards elbow to the face was a dirty play.I have taken a lot of hard hits with two older brothers, Zeller said. I knew it was going to be a physical game. But it was a huge play in the game because they couldnt go to him late in the game and we went on a run.TIP-INSHawks: Howard had 11 rebounds at halftime, while the rest of the starting lineup had two combined. ... The Hawks shot just 3 of 17 from the field in the fourth quarter.Hornets: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist did a nice job guarding Kyle Korver, limiting him to two points through the first three quarters. ... Jeremy Lamb was close to returning to the lineup but is still bothered by a hamstring injury.STRONG SECOND HALFWalker, who came in averaging 25.8 points per game -- the third-best mark in the Eastern Conference -- missed all seven of his shots from the field in the first half but was 8 of 13 the rest of the way.There wasnt anything different, Walker said. I was aggressive all night, I just stayed aggressive. At one point shots just werent falling for me like they have been lately. I stuck with it, my teammates just kept telling me `stay with it, its going to fall. I just tried to play the game and pick my spots and I was able to come up with some big plays.HORNETS COMEBACKSIn six of Charlottes eight wins the team has come back from 10 points down. Now, the Hornets have a busy stretch coming up with 18 games in 32 days.If were a good team, the kind of team we need to be, then we have to get on this plane with the right attitude and find a way to play a good game tomorrow night on the road and win, coach Steve Clifford said. Thats what the good teams do.SUPPORTING DWIGHTKorver threw his support behind Howard after the game.Hes just kind of a safety net for us, Korver said. Hes back there with all that size, I think he had 18 rebounds tonight, and hes back there to protect the paint. Thats his job. Thats what hes great at.UP NEXTHawks: Travel to New York to face the Knicks on Sunday afternoon.Hornets: Head out on the road to New Orleans to face the Pelicans on Saturday night. Anthony Munoz Jersey . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. Cheap Throwback Bengals Jerseys . 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Kell Brook has been feasting on kangaroo meat as he bids to become the greatest British boxer of all time.Brook will step up two weight divisions to challenge Gennady Golovkin for two of his three world middleweight titles in London on Saturday, and he believes victory would put him above the likes of Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis and Randy Turpin in the pantheon of Britains best fighters.Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs), 34, is regarded as the best middleweight in the world and rival champions such as Saul Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders have turned down offers to fight the knockout specialist from Kazakhstan.In order to prepare for his first fight as a middleweight, IBF welterweight champion Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) has left no stone unturned in his attempt to pile on the pounds.Ive been getting more protein and been eating kangaroo and chicken, Brook said.My nutritionist says its good for energy, plus a lot of organic vegetables and fruits. Ive not been eating junk to put the extra weight on.Ive always been a big welterweight so it doesnt take much for me to put weight on, but Ive been eating clean.Eating kangaroo puts a spring in my step, its got a unique taste, its alright, but its springy meat and it will make a difference.I like my cycling now. I took my bike out to Fuerteventura and did 50 or 60 kilometres every few days. I was riding with my top off to get the sun and vitamin D as well.I was just pedaling away and I got into deep thoughts doing it and it works well for my endurance.Ive introduced cycling in the last year or so to my training. All that running is not great on the joints when you get older and cycling is less resistance.Ive got an altitude tent and everything is being done with a science behind it. Were targeting strength andd conditioning but not training with heavy weights, were just trying to move the weights back and trying to imitate the fight.ddddddddddddBrook, 30, will be a big underdog for the fight against the biggest overseas boxer to visit the UK for over a decade.California-based Golovkin was last taken to points in 2008 and is ranked second in ESPNs pound for pound ratings.The odds are stacked against Brook who believes victory on Saturday would make him one of Britains most successful boxers, alongside the likes of Naseem Hamed, who trained at the same Sheffield gym as he does.Brook even believes that if he can pull off the upset it would be a greater triumph than the 1951 points win by Britains Turpin over American Sugar Ray Robinson.I dont think anyone in Britain has done what Im going to do, Brook said.I dont think it has been done before. Randy Turpin is the only one but because Im going up from welterweight to fight the most feared fighter on the planet its even bigger than that. Its debatable but thats my opinion.Whatever Naz [Hamed] has done or any other British fighter recently, it will blow it out the water.I dont think my feet would ever touch the floor again, to achieve such a thing. Its something that I could tell my grandkids over and over again and not get bored of it.For me, its everything. The legends of British boxing are people like Hatton, Lennox [Lewis], [Nigel] Benn, [Chris] Eubank, [Joe] Calzaghe and it would put me with all those greats and I would be top of the pile.I love this game because you can come from nothing and it gives everyone an opportunity.A win like this is absolutely huge. 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