Hawks soar past Warriors

Pacers end Cavaliers’ 12-game winning streak

ATLANTA — Jeff Teague scored 23 points as the Atlanta Hawks overcame Golden State's one-two backcourt punch with balance, beating the Warriors 124-116 on Friday night in a showdown between the NBA's two conference leaders.

It was tied at halftime and Atlanta led by four entering the final period. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Mike Scott and Kyle Korver, who each had 17 points, helped stretch the lead. Al Horford had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Atlanta. Golden State's one-two punch of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson did do some damage. Thompson scored 29 points and Curry had 26 for Golden State, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Atlanta improved to 42-9, and Golden State dropped to 39-9.

PACERS 103, CAVALIERS 99 C.J. Miles had 26 points, George Hill converted a key four-point play to help Indiana end Cleveland's winning streak at 12 games.

With Indiana down by one with 1:26 to play, Hill hit an off-balance, one-handed 3 and was fouled taking the shot. He made the free throw to extend Indiana's lead to three points.

Hill finished with 20 points, and David West had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Cleveland led by as many as 13 points, but Indiana closed the third quarter on a 14-2 run to cut it to three.

Kyrie Irving led the Cavaliers with 29 points, and LeBron James had 25.

RAPTORS 123, CLIPPERS 107 DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, Kyle Lowry had 21 and Toronto overcame a 20-point deficit to hand Los Angeles its fourth loss in five games.

Lou Williams had 18 points, Greivis Vazquez scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and James Johnson returned from a four-game absence to add 16 for the Raptors.

Blake Griffin scored 26 points for Los Angeles. Chris Paul had 22, and Jamal Crawford 18. The Clippers are 2-4 on an eight-game trip that will finish with stops in Oklahoma City and Dallas.

NETS 92, KNICKS 88 Brook Lopez had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Jarrett Jack made a clutch 3-pointer with 13.8 seconds left to help Brooklyn beat visiting New York.

The Nets secured the city series by beating the Knicks for the third time in three meetings this season, clinching it for the first time since sweeping all four games in 2006-07. Jack finished with 20 points and eight assists. Carmelo Anthony had 21 points for the Knicks.

MAGIC 103, LAKERS 97, OT Tobias Harris had a career-high 34 points and Orlando snapped a 10-game losing streak with the victory over Los Angeles.

Nik Vucevic added 25 points and 13 rebounds. It was the Magic's first victory under interim coach James Borrego. He took over after Jacque Vaughn was fired on Thursday.

Ryan Kelly led Los Angeles with 20 points, connecting on five 3-pointers.

CELTICS 107, 76ERS 96 Jared Sullinger had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to help Boston beat Philadelphia for its third straight victory.

Avery Bradley added 18 points, and Marcus Thornton and Tyler Zeller each had 16 for Boston. Luc Mbah a Moute led Philadelphia with 18 points.

PISTONS 98, NUGGETS 88 Greg Monroe had 21 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and Detroit cruised past slumping Denver.

D.J. Augustin added 22 points and 11 assists, and Andre Drummond had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit. Ty Lawson had 20 points and nine assists for Denver. The Nuggets have dropped 12 of 13.