Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 34 points with nine 3-pointers, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 108-104.
The Hawks took control with a 23-9 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 15.
The Pacers got within 106-104 on Quenton Jackson’s driving dunk with 1:23 to play, but Onyeka Okongwu answered with a 13-foot hook shot, and the Pacers got no closer.
Okongwu’s 13-foot hook shot with 10.2 seconds left made it 108-104 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Hawks 5-4. Late in the fourth quarter, Jackson had two of his four steals, one of them during a 9-0 Pacers run, and the Pacers scored four points off them.
For the Pacers, Jay Huff had 22 points (16 in the paint) and eight rebounds. Jackson had 20 points and four steals but missed six of his seven 3-point tries.
The Hawks grabbed 17 offensive rebounds to the Pacers’ five. The Hawks made 23 3-pointers, nine of them by Alexander-Walker and four by Luguentz Dort. They took 17 of their 103 shots at the rim (17%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 31%. The Pacers outscored the Hawks 54-26 in the paint.