Reserve Dennis Schroder scored 23 points, Kyle Korver connected on five 3-pointers, and the Atlanta Hawks came back to beat the Washington Wizards 122-101 on Wednesday night in the second half of the teams’ home-and-home series.
Led by Korver and his 15 points, Atlanta (42-30) made a season-high 17 3s to keep pace in a competitive Eastern Conference playoff picture. Paul Millsap scored 17 and Al Horford added 13 for the Hawks.
Atlanta used a 25-5 second-half run to wrest control of the game away from the Wizards (35-36), whose winning streak was snapped at five. Marcus Thornton led Washington with 23 points, but John Wall was held to 13 points on 6-of-17 shooting.
Turnovers were the Wizards’ undoing as they committed 13 in the second half.
Two nights after a 15-point home loss to the Wizards, the Hawks fell behind by as many as 10 early. They recaptured the lead in the second quarter and trailed by four at halftime.
Schroder, who tweaked his left ankle Monday, looked 100 percent driving the lane. After scoring 11 points in the first half, he added eight more in the third quarter and finished 7 of 9 from the floor.
When the Wizards turned into turnover machines in the third quarter, the Hawks took advantage. An inside-out mix of 3-pointers and layups combined with Schroder’s drives spread out Washington’s defense and allowed Atlanta to pull away.
Korver’s 3-pointer with 10:03 left gave the Hawks a 17-point lead. That began a streak of four straight 3s for Atlanta, and the Wizards never threatened again.
Hawks players said Monday that Wizards center Marcin Gortat may set the best screens in the NBA. That’s high praise.
“Sure, why not? Whatever they say,” Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. “I was a shooter. If you don’t have anybody that can screen, you’re not going to get shots.”
Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer called Gortat an “unsung” or “underappreciated” piece for Washington. Gortat had 14 points Wednesday.
Eight Hawks players made at least one 3 as the Hawks set a new season high with 42 3-point attempts.
A 22-point first quarter snapped Atlanta’s streak of reaching at least 30 in five consecutive games.
Forward Kris Humphries, traded by the Wizards to Phoenix for Markieff Morris and then waived, had nine points in his return to Washington.
The Wizards missed the chance to go above .500 for the first time since Nov. 24, when they were 6-5.
Jared Dudley’s 3 with 10:16 left in the second quarter was his first since March 8, eight games ago. Dudley is seventh in the league in 3-point shooting percentage.
The Wizards’ Alan Anderson missed his fourth game out of the last five with a left ankle injury. Wittman said he has “no idea” how long Anderson will be out.
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