Hawks tie club record but Millsap is injured
ATLANTA 131 BROOKLYN 99
Al Horford and DeMarre Carroll scored 20 points each Saturday night to help the Atlanta Hawks match a franchise record with their 57th win, a 131-99 rout of the Brooklyn Nets in Atlanta.
However, the Hawks lost forward Paul Millsap to a right shoulder injury in a collision with Brooklyn’s Earl Clark with 1:52 left in the first half. There was no foul called on the play, which left Millsap sprawled on the floor. He grimaced as he held his shoulder while walking off the court. He did not return.
The Nets’ season-best six-game winning streak ended. Golden State 123, at Dallas 110: Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Warriors clinched homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs with their 12th straight win. Golden State (63-13) needs one more victory to assure finishing with the best record in the NBA for the first time since 1975-76. at Portland 99, New Orleans 90: LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and the Trail Blazers ended the Pelicans’ fourgame win streak and pushed them half a game behind Oklahoma City for eighth place in the West. Boston 117, at Toronto 116 (OT): Marcus Smart hit a buzzer-beating layup in overtime to give the Celtics a victory that moved them back into eighth place in the race for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, half a game ahead of Miami, which lost at Detroit.
at Detroit 99, Miami 98: Regg ie Jackson scored 15 of his 29 points in the final quarter, including the winning layup with five seconds left. Washington 92, at Memphis 83: Bradley Beal had 20 points, John Wall had 18 plus 14 assists, and the Wizards won their third straight. at Charlotte 92, Philadelphia 91: Gerald Henderson’s layup with six seconds won it, and the Hornets kept their slim playoff hopes alive. Orlando 97, at Milwaukee 90: Tobias Harris had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Vucevic scored 20, and the Magic got its second road win in two nights after losing 12 straight games away from home.
at Phoenix 87, Utah 85: Gerald Green came off the bench to score all 24 of his points in three quarters, and the Suns held off the Jazz in the fourth.
Clippers 107, at Denver 92