Pacers give away home-court edge

indianapolis JeffTeague scored a playoff career-high 28 points and Paul Millsap added 25 as eighth-seeded Atlanta rolled past top-seeded Indiana 101-93 on Saturday night, taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The Hawks ended an eight-game road losing streak in the playoffs, which dated toMay 2011.

Indiana, which spent the whole season working to get home-court advantage in the playoffs, wasted no time in giving it right back with a dismal third quarter.

Atlanta opened the third quarter on an 8-0 run, breaking a 50-50 tie, then pulled awaywhenTeague scored nine points in a 14-0 run that made it 74-58 with 4:08 left in the quarter.

Indiana couldn’t get closer than eight the rest of the way.

Warriors 109, Clippers 105

los angeles » Klay Thompson scored 22 points, David Lee added 20 and Golden State got BlakeGriffin and Chris Paul in foul trouble to beat Los Angeles in the teams’ playoff opener.

Stephen Curry added 14 points for theWarriors, who trailed by 11 points early in the gamebefore rallying in the third quarter when Griffin and Paul were on the bench together.

Paul led the Clippers with 28 points. Griffin finished with 16 points, fouling out with 48 seconds left and the score tied 105-105.

Nets 94, Raptors 87

toronto » DeronWilliams and Joe Johnson each had 24 points, and Paul Pierce scored nine of his 15 points in the final quarter for Brooklyn in Game 1.

Playing in his 137th career postseason game, Pierce connected on four of his five shot attempts in the fourth as the Nets kept the Raptors at bay.

Thunder 100, Grizzlies 86

oklahoma city » Kevin Durant scored 13 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City won Game 1.

RussellWestbrook had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder, which nearly wasted a 25-point lead but recovered from a dismal third quarter to make 10-of-16 shots in the fourth.