NBA ROUNDUP : Hawks Winners as Push Comes to Shove

A third-quarter shoving match seemed to provide the spark for the Atlanta Hawks, who responded by surging to a 19-point lead and holding on to defeat New York, 114-102, Friday night at Atlanta, ending the Knicks’ six-game winning streak.

“I think we made some kind of statement,” Atlanta’s Craig Ehlo said.

The confrontation began with 8:33 to play in the third quarter when John Starks was called for an offensive foul, an elbow to the jaw that knocked down Ehlo.

Starks and Ehlo got into a shoving match, as did Kevin Willis and Patrick Ewing, with all four players drawing technical fouls.

Dominique Wilkins scored 34 points and Willis had 25 points and 14 rebounds as the Hawks moved one-half game ahead of the Knicks for the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Chicago 101, Golden State 99--Scottie Pippen scored 30 points and the streaking Bulls held off the Warriors at Oakland.

Horace Grant added 24 points for Chicago, which improved to 3-0 on its six-game trip. The Bulls have won four straight games overall and 11 of their last 12.

Milwaukee 98, Orlando 92--Vin Baker gave Milwaukee the lead for good with 2:23 to play and Eric Murdock made four free throws in the final minute as the Bucks ended a five-game losing streak with the victory at Orlando, Fla.

Frank Brickowski had 21 points for the Bucks.

Shaquille O’Neal led Orlando with 29 points. He and Anfernee Hardaway, who had 28 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, fouled out in the final minute.

San Antonio 100, Boston 91--David Robinson scored 34 points at Boston and the Spurs extended their winning streak to six games.

Vinny Del Negro’s streak of 50 consecutive free throws ended in the second quarter.

Miami 124, Charlotte 118--Rony Seikaly scored 10 of his 21 points as the Heat outscored Charlotte, 30-12, to open the third quarter at Charlotte, N.C., then held off a comeback to hand the Hornets their fifth loss in a row.

Seattle 108, Detroit 84--Kendall Gill scored 18 points at Auburn Hills, Mich., as the SuperSonics handed the Pistons their 21st loss in 23 games.

Indiana 114, Minnesota 93--Rik Smits scored 21 points at Indianapolis, leading the Pacers to their fourth consecutive victory.

Pacer Coach Larry Brown collected his 454th NBA victory, tying him for 17th place with Billy Cunningham.

Washington 102, Philadelphia 95--Tom Gugliotta had 24 points and 10 rebounds at Philadelphia as the Bullets won for only the fifth time in 22 road games.

Clarence Weatherspoon scored 29 points for the 76ers.

Denver 108, Sacramento 83--LaPhonso Ellis scored 19 points and Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and Brian Williams had 16 and 15 points, respectively, to lead the Nuggets at Sacramento.