The Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks 97-89.
Aaron Holiday’s 29-foot pull-up 3-pointer put the Pacers ahead for good with 2:39 left in the third quarter.
The Hawks got within 75-74 on Jeremy Lin’s 21-foot pull-up jumper with 10:07 to play, but Holiday answered with a 29-foot 3-pointer, and the Hawks got no closer.
Early in the fourth quarter, Cory Joseph had 3 of his 5 steals, all with the game within five points, and the Pacers scored 4 points off them.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 22 points. Domantas Sabonis added 9 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists off the bench, and Joseph had 4 points and 5 steals.
For the Hawks, Lin had 16 points and 3 steals off the bench.
The Pacers shot 40.2% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Hawks’ 35.6% and 27.6%. The Hawks got 5 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Pacers 27-13 on the fast break. The Pacers did not make a field goal in the last 3:13.