NBA ROUNDUP : Hawks Last Team to Beat the Mavericks

Finally, the Atlanta Hawks have done what every other NBA team has--defeat the Dallas Mavericks.

Dominique Wilkins scored 28 points to lead the Hawks to a 125-107 victory over the Mavericks Tuesday night at Atlanta.

The Hawks thus become the last NBA team to beat Dallas this season. Dallas defeated Atlanta, 113-105, at Reunion Arena on Nov. 14.

“I didn’t even want to think about losing to Dallas twice,” Wilkins said.

The Mavericks fell to 6-59.

Houston 111, Charlotte 103--Hakeem Olajuwon scored 31 points and Kenny Smith 27 at Charlotte, N.C., as the Rockets defeated the Hornets for the eighth consecutive time.

Cleveland 127, San Antonio 90--Brad Daugherty scored 25 points and Cleveland Coach Lenny Wilkens moved into third place on the NBA victories list with the rout at Richfield, Ohio.

The victory was the 857th for Wilkens, moving him past Dick Motta. Red Auerbach is first with 938 victories, followed by Jack Ramsay with 864.

Portland 108, Seattle 99--Terry Porter had 36 points and Mario Elie 19 at Seattle as the Trail Blazers ended the SuperSonics’ five-game winning streak.

The Trail Blazers--minus Clyde Drexler, Kevin Duckworth and Rod Strickland--finished the game with a 19-10 run in front of 37,401 at the Kingdome.

Chicago 107, Minnesota 100--Michael Jordan scored 19 of his 34 points during the second quarter for the Bulls at Chicago.

Chuck Person had 31 points for the Timberwolves, making six of 11 three-point attempts.

Philadelphia 88, Denver 80--Hersey Hawkins scored 19 points and the 76ers ended a six-game losing streak with a victory at Philadelphia.

LaPhonso Ellis scored 18 points and Dikembe Mutombo had 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Nuggets, who fell to 5-29 on the road.

Orlando 103, Miami 89--Shaquille O’Neal scored 22 of his 28 points during the second half as the Magic beat the Heat at Orlando.

Utah 119, Indiana 101--John Stockton scored 23 points and the Jazz used a 19-2 run to pull away from the Pacers at Salt Lake City.

Utah ended a three-game losing streak and the Pacers’ three-game winning streak.