National Basketball Association

Millsap, Horford pace Hawks past Pacers 102-96

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:38 p.m. ET

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ATLANTA (AP) Paul Millsap scored 24 points, Al Horford added 21 points and the Atlanta Hawks won their third straight game with a 102-96 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Paul George finished with 31 points for Indiana, which has lost 17 of its last 19 regular-season matchups in Atlanta.

Millsap scored 14 of the Hawks' first 24 points and finished 10 for 14 from the field.

The Pacers missed their first six shots of the fourth quarter before C.J. Miles' runner cut the lead to 78-74 with 8 minutes remaining.

George's 3 with 4:49 left gave Indiana its last lead at 86-84. He hit another 3 with 1:02 left, falling back and heaving the ball over his right shoulder for a 35-footer that brought the Pacers within two.