Millsap, Korver help Atlanta keep Nuggets down as Hawks take 6th straight win
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Paul Millsap scored 23 points, Kyle Korver added 15 points and the Atlanta Hawks won their sixth straight game with a 96-84 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
Wilson Chandler finished with a season-high 29 points and Timofey Mozgov had 14 points for the Nuggets. Chandler and Mozgov combined for 21 rebounds.
Denver began the season with a win over Detroit before losing seven of eight. A Nov. 17 victory at Cleveland started a 7-1 stretch, but the Nuggets have dropped their last three.
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Al Horford and DeMarre Carroll each had 11 points and combined for 17 Atlanta rebounds.
The Nuggets missed 23 of their first 32 field-goal attempts and trailed 45-26 after Mike Scott's short turnaround jumper midway through the second.
Atlanta took its biggest lead at 24 when Millsap hit a 3 early in the third. Denver went on a 28-14 run to cut the lead to 10 late in the period, and baseline jumper by Mozgov made it a nine-point lead in early in the fourth.
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The Nuggets were 5 for 32 on 3-point attempts before Chandler's made it 87-78. He followed with a layup on Denver's next possession, cutting the lead to seven, but Korver's 3 and Teague's layup put the Hawks back up by 12.
Atlanta never trailed after Korver's 3 midway through the first.
Denver point guard Ty Lawson had four points and 10 assists to snap his streak of six consecutive double-doubles. Alonzo Gee had 14 points in a reserve role for the Nuggets.
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Dennis Schroder gave Atlanta its first double-digit lead with a free throw late in the first, and his straightaway 3 made it 41-24 midway through the second.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Faried, Denver's fourth-leading scorer, has a lower back strain and missed his first game this season. J.J Hickson started in his place and had four points and nine rebounds in 20 minutes. .... Reserve G Nate Robinson (back) missed his first game. Reserve C JaVale McGee (left leg) was sidelined, too.
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Hawks: Atlanta, which began the game with no major injuries, has won six of seven against Denver at Philips Arena. The Hawks improved to 32-7 against the Nuggets at home.
UP NEXT
Nuggets: Visit Toronto on Monday.
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Hawks: Visit Indiana on Monday.