3-point mark falls again: Cavs hit 25

The Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA regularseason record with 25 three-pointers in a 135130 victory over host Atlanta on Friday night.

Kyrie Irving finished with 43 points and LeBron James with 38.

After Paul Millsap’s baseline jumper over James cut Cleveland’s lead to 124-123, Kyle Korver — who was traded from Atlanta to the Cavaliers on Jan. 7 — hit the record-breaking threepointer to pad the lead.

Cleveland made 25 of 46 three-point shots to break a record that stood less than three months. Houston made 24 threes in a 122-100 win over New Orleans on Dec. 16.

Tim Hardaway Jr. made five three-pointers and led the Hawks with 36 points. Millsap had 27 points. Spurs 101, Pelicans 98: Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points and Patty Mills hit a pair of pivotal threes in overtime as San Antonio won its sixth straight while dropping host New Orleans to 0-4 with DeMarcus Cousins in the lineup. Cousins had 19 points and 23 rebounds, but missed a step-back three-pointer that could have tied the score as overtime ended. Raptors 114, Wizards 106: DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points, including a key threepointer late, and grabbed 13 rebounds to help visiting Toronto pull into a tie with Washington for third place in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors also secured a 2-1 victory in the season series, a potential tiebreaker for playoff seeding, two days after losing to Washington at home 10596 in the first game of a homeand-home set.

Suns 118, Thunder 111: Phoenix celebrated broadcaster Al McCoy’s induction into the team’s Ring of Honor with a victory over visiting Oklahoma City despite Russell Westbrook’s 48 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists. McCoy, 83, is in his 45th season calling Suns games.

Jazz 112, Nets 97: George Hill, coming off a two-point game, scored 34 points as host Utah rolled. Hill became the ninth player in the past 50 years to score 34-plus points on 12 or fewer shots after going 10for-12. Quincy Acy scored 18 points and Brook Lopez had 17 to pace Brooklyn.

Celtics 115, Lakers 95: Isaiah Thomas scored 18 points, and visiting Boston rode a 70-point first half. Jae Crowder scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, when the Atlantic Division-leading Celtics shot 51 percent on the way to opening their trip 2-0. The Lakers have lost six straight.

Mavericks 104, Grizzlies

100: Seth Curry scored 24 points, and Nerlens Noel had 15 points and tied a career high with 17 rebounds in his first start since coming to Dallas in a trade. The host Mavericks held on despite going scoreless for more than five minutes in the fourth quarter.

76ers 105, Knicks 102: Justin Anderson made the go-ahead basket with 24.3 seconds left and scored 19 points in Philadelphia’s victory over visiting New York. Acquired from Dallas last week in the deal that sent Noel to the Mavericks, Anderson hit his first seven shots and forced Knicks star Carmelo Anthony into 5-for-18 shooting. Bucks 112, Clippers 101: Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points and eight assists, and host Milwaukee squandered an early 23-point lead before finishing strong to hold off turnover-prone Los Angeles. The Bucks watched their early edge dwindle to 77-74 late in the third quarter following four threes in the period by Chris Paul. The Bucks reasserted control with a 15-2 run for a 92-76 lead with about 9 minutes left. Paul and Blake Griffin each had 21 points for the Clippers.

Magic 110, Heat 99: Nikola Vucevic scored 25 points and Aaron Gordon had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help Orlando beat visiting Miami.