Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall and Robert Thornton are fighting against elimination from the Premier League on Judgement Night. The bottom two in the table will be eliminated and only one player from the struggling trio will survive in Cardiff on Thursday night, live on Sky Sports.This weeks line-up also includes a clash between leader Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld, in a repeat of their World Championship thriller. Premier League bottom three Robert Thornton 4 points Dave Chisnall 3 points Michael Smith 3 points James Wade v Gary Anderson Gary Anderson has defeated his last six opponents Anderson continued his red-hot run with his 7-4 win over Chisnall, and will be searching for a seventh successive victory over the returning Wade.The defending champion suffered a shock exit in Germany, falling to a 6-0 loss to Joe Cullen in under 10 minutes, but has shown few signs of vulnerability in the Premier League.Wade sat out last week after a double-header earlier in the campaign, but favourable results mean he has not lost too much ground in the play-off hunt.Michael Smith v Phil Taylor Michael Smith can only survive if he defeats Taylor Smith has been left in a desperate position at the foot of the table following last weeks defeat to fellow struggler Thornton.Bully Boy badly needs a win and favourable results to keep him in the competition, although he can perhaps draw some confidence from his performance at the German Masters, which saw him reach the semi-finals. Phil Taylor hit an impressive 141 checkout during his match with Peter Wright. But Taylor, who decided to avoid the trip to Europe, will show no mercy to Smith as he hunts top spot in the tableDave Chisnall v Peter Wright Peter Wright held Phil Taylor to a draw on night eight Chisnall needs at least a point from the opening clash against Wright to keep alive his hopes of avoiding an early exit.The St Helens man reached last years play-off night, but he has failed to pick up a win since the opening week of the current campaign. Peter Wright and Phil Taylor shared the spoils in Liverpool but one man was more grateful for the point than the other. Wright, in contrast, has maintained a high standard and was only narrowly beaten by Van Gerwen in this Mondays German Masters final. Robert Thornton v Adrian Lewis Robert Thornton climbed out of bottom two after picking up four points Thornton dramatically changed his fortunes last week, claiming his first win of the campaign against Smith, and then held Van Gerwen to a battling draw.Those precious three points could be good enough to spare Thornton, who can watch drop rivals Chisnall and Smith before his match with Lewis.Jackpot boosted his hopes of a top-four finish with a narrow win over Raymond van Barneveld, leaving Lewis just two points off top spot.Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld won an epic encounter with Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace Van Barneveld claimed a memorable 4-3 victory over Van Gerwen when the two Dutch stars shared the stage at Alexandra Palace in December.There was more title success for Mighty Mike this week when he retained the German Masters trophy, but the world No 1 has been held to back-to-back draws in the Premier League. 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According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. ATLANTA -- Dwight Howard was everything the Hawks were hoping for in his hometown debut.Tim Hardaway Jr. in a starring role?That was a major surprise.Hardaway scored 21 points and ignited a fourth-quarter outburst that carried new-look Atlanta to a 114-99 victory over the Washington Wizards in the season opener Thursday night.Howard, who returned to the city where he grew up in the Hawks biggest offseason move, did nothing to disappoint. He grabbed 19 rebounds -- more than anyone had for Atlanta all of last season -- and was a huge presence at the defensive end, disrupting shots and giving his teammates the freedom to be more aggressive on the perimeter.The worst thing you can do is lay an egg in the first game, said Howard, who also had 11 points and three blocks. I think all of us were a little nervous in the first half because we want to do so well. We really want put on for this city. ... Once we kind of settled in, kind of got our feet wet, we took it to another level.Paul Millsap, for one, didnt have to spend so much time banging on the boards. He took advantage at the offensive end, leading the Hawks with 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting.But Hardaway was the one who really came up big, which was totally unexpected given that he was largely confined to the bench and even spent time in the D-League during his first season with the Hawks.Its definitely a new page, a new start, Hardaway said. But (last season) will always be the intro to me in Atlanta. That will always be in the back of my head, how they pushed me, how they got me prepared to get to this point in my career.Hardaway scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, including back-to-back 3-pointers that helped Atlanta pull away, and wound up matching his best showing in a Hawks uniform. Thabo Sefolosha was another key contributor off the bench, scoring 11 of his 13 points in the third quarter.The Hawks, who led only 81-80 heading to the final period, outscored the Wizards 33-19 over the final 12 minutes.Markieff Morris led Washington with 22 points, but it was a tough night for the Wizards dynamic backcourt duo. John Wall finished with only 12 pointts on 3-of-15 shooting, while Bradley Beal was held to 13 in the debut for new Washington coach Scott Brooks.ddddddddddddWe got a lot of good looks. Some went down, some didnt, Beal said. But at the end of the day, we cant control our offense. We can control our defense and our effort. We just gave up the last quarter and a half.TIP INSWizards: Marcin Gortat had 11 rebounds but didnt have much help. Washington was outrebounded 52-40. ... Otto Porter was the only other Washington player in double figures with 10 points. ... The Wizards locked arms during the national anthem.Hawks: Howard posted the most rebounds for anyone in their Atlanta debut, breaking the mark of 18 that Shareef Abdur-Rahim set at Houston on Oct. 30, 2001. ... Dennis Schroder, taking over as the starting point guard after the trade of Jeff Teague, had 14 points but only two assists.BROOKS RETURNSAfter deciding not to pursue a coaching job last season, Brooks was back on an NBA sideline with the Wizards.He spent six-plus seasons guiding the Oklahoma City Thunder before he was fired in 2015 after the team failed to make the playoffs.TEMPERS FLAREAtlantas Kent Bazemore was called for a flagrant foul early in the third quarter when he got underneath Wall as the Washington star went in for a breakaway dunk, sending him tumbling to the court.Wall hopped up, looking to go after Bazemore, but several players stepped in before something more serious could develop.Bazemore said he didnt mean to make contact with Wall.I dont play the game that way, Bazemore said. It was just an unfortunate play. We hugged and made up after that.UP NEXTWizards: Play at Memphis on Sunday, facing a Grizzlies team that began the season with a 102-98 victory over Minnesota.Hawks: Travel to Philadelphia on Saturday to take on the 76ers, who went 10-72 last season and opened with a loss to Oklahoma City.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '