ATLANTA — All-star forward Paul Millsap scored 21 points as the Atlanta Hawks won their 18th consecutive contest with a 105-99 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers Friday. Millsap had plenty of help from his fellow all-stars Al Horford and Jeff Teague who finished with 17 and 13 points respectively. Teague scored six of his points in the final quarter. The Eastern Conference-leading Hawks haven't lost since Dec. 26 in Milwaukee. And at 39-8, they have eclipsed last season's win total (38-44). Atlanta could post a perfect 17-0 month with a win Saturday against Philadelphia, which will end a seven-game home stretch. Kyle Korver scored 16 points and Kent Bazemore came off the bench to tally 12 points in 40 minutes as the Hawks won without injured forward DeMarre Carroll, who sat with a left Achilles strain. He was replaced in the lineup by Thabo Sefolosha, who played just 2:21 before he went out with a calf strain. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 37 points for Portland a day after he was named to the Western Conference all-star team. Wesley Matthews posted 16 points and Damian Lillard finished with 13 and 11 assists for the Blazers, who have lost seven of their last nine. Jazz 110, Warriors 100: Small forward Gordon Hayward had a huge game and the Utah Jazz snapped a six-game losing streak to the Golden State Warriors with an upset 110-100 home win. Hayward compiled 24 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and three steals, the first player in the NBA to reach those numbers in a game this season. Golden State All-Star guard Stephen Curry scored a game-high 32 points and had seven rebounds and six assists, but the Warriors (36-8) experienced a rare off night while losing for the second time in a row. Cavaliers 101, Kings 90: Kevin Love had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Sacramento Kings 101-90 for their ninth consecutive victory, their longest winning streak in nearly five years. Cavs forward LeBron James started after missing one game with a sprained wrist. He had 19 points and seven assists. Raptors 127, Nets 122 (OT): Forward Amir Johnson had the go-ahead putback layup with 41.5 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Raptors withstood a fourth-quarter collapse for a wild 127-122 road victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Johnson had 24 points and made 10 of 11 shots from the field as the Raptors survived despite blowing a 17-point lead in a game that saw eight lead changes and seven ties in the final 17 minutes. It was the fifth successive win for Toronto, and the seventh straight home loss for the Nets. Mavericks 93, Heat 72: The Dallas Mavericks went on a 23-0 second-half run and snapped their four-game losing streak in style with a 93-72 road win over the Miami Heat. Pelicans 108, Clippers 103; Suns 99, Bulls 93; Rockets 93, Celtics 87; 76ers 103, Timberwolves 94. — Agencies
