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Schroeder, Hawks end 8-game skid, beat Cavaliers 117-115

21.3 seconds left. Atlanta’s and Taurean Prince each
Isaiah Taylor missed two scored 17 points.
free throws with 12.1 sec- Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue
onds to go, but Channing used two timeouts in the first
Frye missed a 3-pointer and seven minutes as the Hawks
Dwyane Wade’s tip-in fell raced ahead 27-11.Cleve-
off the rim.The Cavaliers land’s opponents came
have also lost to Orlando, into the game shooting
New York, Indiana and an NBA-best percentage
Brooklyn during their rocky (.416) going into the game.
stretch, which has included Atlanta hit 11 of 25 3-point-
three straight defeats at ers.Cleveland point guard
home. Wade kept Cleve- Isaiah Thomas, acquired
land in the game with 19 as part of the trade that
points in the first half and sent Kyrie Irving to Boston,
finished with a season-high has been doing on-court
25. workouts. The team an-
Schroeder scored 11 nounced before the sea-
straight points in the third son that it hoped he would
quarter to kept Atlanta return by January.“The
ahead. Cleveland steadily staff’s doing a great job
cut into the lead behind trying to get him ready,”
Kyle Korver’s 19 points in Lue said. “We don’t want
the fourth. to rush him back if he’s not
Atlanta Hawks’ Dennis Schroder (17), from Germany, looks to pass against Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love of the Cavaliers 100 percent. They’ve been
Derrick Rose (1) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Cleveland. left with an illness in the third doing a good job taking it
(AP Photo/Tony Dejak) quarter and didn’t return. slow and make sure they
By STEVE HERRICK land Cavaliers 117-115 on formance Friday night at He had four points and four rehablitate him the right
Associated Press Sunday. Washington, LeBron James rebounds in 19 minutes. way.”Thomas averaged
CLEVELAND (AP) — Dennis The Hawks were missing had 26 points and 13 assists Atlanta put seven players a career-high 28.9 points,
Schroeder scored 28 points five players, but still posted for Cleveland. The Cava- in double figures, including third in the league, last sea-
and the injury-riddled At- their first victory since top- liers have lost five of seven. the five starters. Luke Bab- son. Rose has been starting
lanta Hawks ended an ping Dallas in the season The Cavaliers cut a 16-point bitt, making his first start of at point guard while James
eight-game losing streak, opener. deficit in the second half to the season in place of Mike has also run the offense.
beating the skidding Cleve- Coming off his 57-point per- two on James’ basket with Muscala (sprained ankle), TIP-INS q
Heat blow 25-point lead, bounce back to top Clippers 104-101

LOS ANGELES (AP) — rebounds for the Heat and Miami for the birth of his
James Johnson made Tyler Johnson scored 17 daughter.
two free throws with 8.7 points.Griffin had 23 points He is expected to rejoin the
seconds left and the Mi- and Lou Williams had 22 for Heat at some point during
ami Heat recovered after Los Angeles. Clippers for- their current six-game road
blowing a 25-point lead, ward Danilo Gallinari didn’t trip.Clippers: Recalled for-
bouncing back to beat the play in the second half be- ward Brice Johnson from
Los Angeles Clippers 104- cause of a bruised left hip. their development team
101 Sunday.Down 25 in the The Heat got off to a fast in Ontario, California. In
second half, the Clippers start, using a stifling defense Ontario’s first two games,
began the fourth quarter and sharp 3-point shooting Johnson averaged 17.5
with a 16-0 run and surged to build a lead that swelled points and 10.5 rebounds.
to take a 101-100 edge to as many as 19 points. q
with 16.3 seconds left. They Miami was up 62-49 at half-
missed a chance to extend time.The Clippers missed
the lead when Austin Rivers their first seven 3-point at-
missed a pair of foul shots. tempts, shot 27.2 percent in
Johnson put Miami ahead the first quarter and at one
and, after Blake Griffin Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed (35) shoots as Mi- point had seven turnovers
missed a 3-pointer, Josh ami Heat guard Tyler Johnson, left, center Kelly Olynyk, to Miami’s one.
Richardson added two right, and forward Josh Richardson defend during the first TIP-INS Heat: Starting guard
more foul shots.Hassan Wh- half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Dion Waiters was not with
iteside had 21 points and 17 Los Angeles. the team. He returned to
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)