Hawks 97, Pacers 83
Jamal Crawford scored 25 points and Josh Smith added 21 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 97-83 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
Al Horford added 16 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists for the Hawks (16-9), who won for the third time in four games.
Mike Dunleavy had 16 points and nine rebounds for Indiana (11-11). Dunleavy was 4-for-6 from 3-point range but the Pacers shot just 37.5 percent from the field and 29.6 percent from 3-point range.
Atlanta led 48-35 at halftime, overcoming a slow start in which it led 16-14 after the first quarter. The Hawks outscored Indiana by 11 points in the second quarter.
Danny Granger, Indiana’s leading scorer, scored 14 points but made just 3-of-14 shots from the field. Granger hit all eight of his free-throw attempts.
Brandon Rush also scored 14 points for the Pacers.