Boston Herald

Hawks beat Bulls, LaVine

- — Herald Wire serViCes

Trae Young scored 42 points, Clint Capela had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Atlanta overcame a sizzling performanc­e by Zach LaVine to beat Chicago, 120108, on Thursday night.

LaVine scored 39 of his career-high 50 points in the first half, and Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 10 rebounds, but the Bulls’ three-game winning streak was snapped. Chicago was trying to win four straight for the first time since December 2017.

LaVine, who set the NBA high for points in the first half this season, scored 25 straight in the second quarter, but the Hawks didn’t go easily, taking an 86-84 lead entering the fourth.

Knicks 133, Grizzlies 130 — RJ Barrett scored 20 points, making a tiebreakin­g 3-pointer with 1:15 left in overtime, and New York rallied late to stun Memphis.

Alec Burks had nine of his 19 in overtime and Julius Randle recovered from a scoreless first half to finish with 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in his fifth triple-double of the season.

Pelicans 101, 76ers 94 — Zion Williamson scored 14 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter and New Orleans held on to beat Philadelph­ia.

Williamson scored the first six points of the fourth quarter and eight of the Pelicans’ first 10, extending an eight-point lead to 86-71. He scored three more times after the 76ers pulled to 9487 with 4:03 left.

Pacers 111, Magic 106 — Aaron Holiday scored 20 points and Domantas Sabonis had 16 points, 15 rebounds and six assists in his return from a three-game injury absence to help Indiana beat Orlando.

Holiday made six of Indiana’s 11 3-pointers.

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