ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks beat Portland  99-95 in overtime on Monday, spoiling the Trail Blazers’ bid  for a perfect five-game road trip.

Joe Johnson had a game-high 35 points, including eight in  overtime, as the Hawks won their fifth game in a row.

“Two, three, four years ago we’d have lost a game like  this,” Johnson told reporters after the Hawks moved into a tie  for the league’s best record at 9-2.

“We are no where near close (to those Hawks of the past).”

Portland (8-4) entered the game winning six straight,  including four in a row on the road.

Johnson also had nine assists while Josh Smith recorded 20  points and 16 rebounds for the Hawks.

Blazers reserve Rudy Fernandez drained a three-pointer as  time expired in the fourth quarter to send the game into  overtime and scored a team-high 19 points.

Johnson scored six of his team’s first eight points in  overtime as the Hawks built a 93-87 lead. They improved to 5-0  at home for the first time since the 1997-98 season.

Atlanta swept the season series with Portland after  defeating them 97-91 on Nov. 3.

The Blazers, coming into the game on a six-game winning  streak, had 18 points and nine rebounds from LaMarcus Aldridge  and 17 and nine from Brandon Roy.

Portland held a 72-62 lead with 8:22 left in the fourth  before Atlanta ran off 10 unanswered points in a little more  than two minutes to tie the game.

Johnson had his team’s final four points in regulation as  the Hawks led 85-82 with four seconds left, but Portland put  together an out-of-bounds play to get Fernandez his game-tying  shot.

The Blazers have been in top form since inserting new point  guard Andre Miller into the starting lineup on Nov. 6. Miller  was signed as a free agent in the offseason and helped spark  the team’s winning streak.

The Hawks, surprise leaders of the Southeast division, have  been bolstered by their own offseason pickup of high-scoring  guard Jamal Crawford.

“Expectations are high this year,” said Atlanta coach Mike  Woodson. “It’s kind of nice starting out at the top of your  division. There’s nothing wrong with winning the division.”