NBA ROUNDUP : Hawk Streak Hits 14 in Wilkens’ Return

The Atlanta Hawks made it 14 victories in a row Tuesday night, taking the lead on Stacey Augmon’s alley-oop dunk with two minutes to play and beating the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers, 103-92, at Richfield, Ohio.

The Hawks ended a 10-game losing streak against the Cavaliers and gave Coach Lenny Wilkens a victory in his return to the arena that was his home the previous seven seasons. Atlanta’s 14-game winning streak is already a franchise record and is the second-longest in the NBA this season behind Houston’s season-opening 15-game streak.

“It’s the first win for the Hawks here in I don’t know how long, so they have a lot to feel good about,” Wilkens said. “Hey, don’t think it didn’t seem strange sitting down at that end of the arena. But those are the adjustments you make.”

Augmon scored 23 points.

Seattle 124, Orlando 100--Ricky Pierce scored 24 points at Seattle to help keep the SuperSonics unbeaten at home.

Orlando’s Shaquille O’Neal received a level-2 flagrant foul--which brings automatic ejection--for knocking Shawn Kemp into a TV camera underneath the Seattle basket as the latter was driving to the basket in the third period. Kemp did not play again.

O’Neal, who was ejected with 1:45 to play in the third quarter, finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Portland 100, Dallas 93--Cliff Robinson scored four of his 23 points in overtime at Dallas as the Trail Blazers handed the Mavericks their 16th consecutive defeat.

Clyde Drexler led Portland with 25 points and Terry Porter added 20.

Indiana 106, Washington 87--Rik Smits scored 22 points and Reggie Miller added 21 at Indianapolis to help the Pacers hand the Bullets their eighth consecutive loss.

Former Laker Byron Scott scored a season-high 16 points for the Pacers.

New York 93, Denver 84--Patrick Ewing scored 20 points to lead the Knicks at New York.

The Knicks, who have given up a league-low 90.9 points per game, took control at the start of the fourth quarter, taking an 87-68 lead after a 16-5 spurt.

Charlotte 101, Minnesota 85--Dell Curry made five consecutive three-point shots to break open a tight game and finished with 26 points at Charlotte, N.C.

With the Hornets leading, 72-63, Curry made a three-point shot with 2.8 seconds to play in the third quarter. In the opening 3:32 of the fourth quarter, he made four to put the Hornets ahead, 86-66.

Houston 97, Miami 88--Vernon Maxwell scored 25 points and made four three-point shots early in the fourth quarter at Miami to lead the Rockets to their fifth consecutive victory.

Hakeem Olajuwon had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Rockets (20-1). Only the 1970 NBA champion New York Knicks, who started 23-1, did as well through the first 21 games in a season.