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Atlanta pushes winning streak to 18 games
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THE seemingly unstoppable Atlanta Hawks stretched their team-record winning streak to 18 games with a 105-99 victory over Portland on Friday, despite LaMarcus Aldridge scoring 37 points for the Trail Blazers.
The Hawks stretched their lead in the Southwest Division to eight games, and moved 1-1/2 games above Golden State for the overall best record in the league after the Warriors lost at Utah.
Golden State did maintain its advantage atop the Pacific Division as the Los Angeles Clippers lost at New Orleans.
Chicago joined the list of divisional leaders who lost, as the Bulls were defeated at Phoenix.
Atlanta had six players score in double figures, led by Paul Millsap’s 21 points and 17 from Al Horford.
Led by Aldridge, who also had 11 rebounds, Portland looked like ending the Hawks’ lengthy streak as the Blazers led narrowly after each of the first three quarters but were outscored 36-25 in the fourth quarter.
Phoenix came up with some late baskets to hold off a Chicago surge and beat the Bulls 99-93.
Chicago went on a 7-0 run to cut the Suns’ lead to two points with 31.9 seconds to go, but Eric Bledsoe pushed that out to four and the hosts held on. Bledsoe scored 23 points and Goran Dragic had 21.
Derrick Rose scored 23 for the Bulls.
New Orleans ended Los Angeles’ six-game streak by beating the Clippers 108-103, with Eric Gordon scoring a season-high 28 points.
Utah’s Gordon Hayward had 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists to lead the Jazz to a 110-100 victory over Golden State.
Hayward was 9 for 20 from the field and 7 for 8 at the line, showing no lingering effects from the illness that kept him out of practice the previous day. Trevor Booker had 17 points for the Jazz.
Dallas went on an extraordinary 37-2 scoring run in the second half to power past host Miami 93-72.
Houston defeated Boston 93-87 and Toronto dumped Brooklyn 127-122 in overtime.
Cleveland won its ninth successive game, beating Sacramento 101-90, with 23 points from Kevin Love. Philadelphia beat Minnesota 103-94.
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