Penticton Herald

Hawks 105, Raptors 99

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ATLANTA — Dennis Schroder scored 26 points, including 13 in the final period, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Toronto Raptors 105-99 on Friday night to pull closer in the race for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.

DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 28 points and became the first player to score 11,000 points with the Raptors.

Atlanta won the season series 2-1 and would win a head-to-head tiebreaker if needed to determine a playoff position. Toronto is fourth in the East, two games ahead of the Hawks.

Paul Millsap had 21 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 20 for Atlanta.

Serge Ibaka had 18 points for Toronto.

Wolves 103, Warriors 102

MINNEAPOLI­S — Andrew Wiggins scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and hit the goahead free throws with 12.8 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Timberwolv­es to a 103-102 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

Ricky Rubio had 17 points and 13 assists, and Karl-Anthony Towns scored 23 points to give the Timberwolv­es their sixth win in eight games as they chase the eighth seed.

Klay Thompson scored 30 points for Golden State in the Warriors’ second straight loss and fourth in six games without injured star Kevin Durant. Steph Curry had 26 points, but was 10-for-27 from the field and 1-for-8 from 3-point range.

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