Hawks upend top seed Pacers in Indy

Jeff Teague scored a playoff career-high 28 points and Paul Millsap added 25 as eighth-seeded Atlanta rolled past top-seeded Indiana, 101-93, last 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 to May 2011. Game 2 is Tuesday in Indianapolis.

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.

Paul George finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Atlanta opened the third quarter on an 8-0 run, breaking a 50-50 tie, then pulled away when Teague 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.

It was a fitting twist to open the best-of-seven series.

With 30 three-point attempts, the Hawks broke their franchise playoff record for three-point attempts with 30, and the 11 threes they made tied the second-highest playoff total in franchise history. Both records were set in a 26-point loss to Orlando on May 10, 1996, when Atlanta went 12 of 27 from beyond the arc.

Warriors 109, Clippers 105: The Golden State Warriors stumbled out of the gate, missing their first eight shots while falling behind by 11 points and forcing coach Mark Jackson to call two timeouts to steady his young team.

Stephen Curry glanced at the clock and realized there was still plenty of time left to knock off the host Los Angeles Clippers.

Klay Thompson scored 22 points, spiking the ball as time expired, and Golden State beat Los Angeles, 109-105, after getting Blake Griffin and Chris Paul in foul trouble in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series yesterday.

"A big way to start the series," Curry said. "We've been resilient all year. We're not going to quit."

David Lee had 20 points despite his own foul trouble and Curry scored 14 for the Warriors, who rallied in the third when Griffin and Paul were on the bench together.

"I'm proud of my guys," Jackson said. "We just had a tremendous will and competitive spirit." Game 2 is tomorrow night at Staples Center.

-- AP