Atlanta Hawks top Los Angeles Clippers for fifth straight win

Jeff Teague had 19 points and 11 assists and Zaza Pachulia added 19 points and 12 rebounds as the host Atlanta Hawks won their fifth straight game with a 104-93 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers last night.

Blake Griffin scored 22 points and Chris Paul had 19 for the Clippers.

Los Angeles has lost a season-high three consecutive games after winning six in a row.

Lou Williams finished with 18 points and Josh Smith added 17 for Atlanta.

One night after managing season lows in points and field-goal percentage in an 86-76 loss at Brooklyn, the Clippers shot just 42.7 percent from the field. They began the game with the NBA's third-best shooting percentage.

The Clippers twice closed within six before halftime, the second time coming on Griffin's dunk at the 1:20 mark, but Los Angeles was all but run out of Philips Arena in the third.

After Willie Green's layup cut the lead to eight in the first 2 minutes of the third, the Clippers were outscored 18-4. Smith had a big highlight, catching Pachulia's long pass up the court and dribbling past Griffin for a lefthanded dunk that made it 68-50.

Pachulia followed with two baskets, a 16-footer from the left baseline and a putback to give the Hawks a 22-point lead with 4:06 left in the third.

Atlanta never trailed after Teague hit a 17-footer that made it 26-24 early in the second, and Los Angeles' poor shooting played a big role in its demise.

Williams' 20-footer ended a 16-0 run in the second quarter and gave the Hawks a 37-24 lead.

Thunder: 116, 76ers: 109 Kevin Durant scored 37 points and Russell Westbrook had 30 as visiting Oklahoma City won in overtime.

Serge Ibaka added 18 points for the defending Western Conference champions, who've won nine of 11 to go to 10-4.

Thad Young had a season-high 29 points and career-high 15 rebounds, and Evan Turner scored 26 points for Philadelphia, which has lost two in a row after winning three straight.