Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork. Dennis Schroder Jersey .com) - The Atlanta Hawks have become the most dominant team in the NBA over the past two months. They now have a franchise-record 15 consecutive victories. Paul Millsap, had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Jeff Teague scored 17 with nine assists and the Hawks pulled away for a 103-93 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Friday night. Atlanta, which hasnt lost since Dec. 26 at home against Milwaukee, has won 29 of its last 31 games. Its only other defeat in the stretch came at Orlando when Tobias Harris nailed a jumper at the buzzer on Dec. 13. That marked the end of a home-and-home set. The Hawks previously won 14 in a row Nov. 16 - Dec. 14, 1993, the last season in which the Hawks won a division title. Al Horford posted 14 points and 12 boards, and DeMarre Carroll and Dennis Schroder each had 13 points for Atlanta. Its cool to get your name in the record books, but at the same time we still have a big task at hand, Carroll said. Thats to make it to the playoffs and bring an NBA championship here to Atlanta. Russell Westbrook scored 22 with 11 assists, and Kevin Durant chipped in 21 points for Oklahoma City, which had a four-game winning streak broken. Millsap had 11 points in the final quarter, when the Hawks extended their margin. Durant made 1-of-2 at the charity stripe to start the fourth to get the visitors within 79-76, but Atlanta scored the next eight, capped by Schroders layup. He had six points during the surge. OKC didnt get closer than eight the rest of the way. Westbrook scored 13 in the opening quarter to help the Thunder to a 30-23 advantage after one period. They were ahead as many as nine in the second, but the Hawks gained a 48-47 lead at the break when Korver drove in for a dunk in the final second. The Thunder never regained the lead. I thought we came out very solid defensively and made them work for every shot, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. We had a lead and got away from that in the last two or three minutes of the second quarter. Game Notes The clubs will play again in Oklahoma City on March 20 ... OKCs season-long five-game road trip concludes Sunday afternoon in Cleveland ... Atlanta is 3-0 on a seven-game homestand, which continues Sunday night against Minnesota ... Serge Ibaka had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder. Desmond Mason Jersey . However, it wasnt a problem on Monday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night. Detlef Schrempf Jersey . Price was hurt at the start of Wednesdays practice after facing just one shot as the team worked on their power play. He left the ice in discomfort and appeared to be favouring his leg. A Habs source told TSNs John Lu that Price suffered the injury in Sochi and not before the Olympics.New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, Detroit Red Wings forward Tomas Tatar and New York Islanders right wing Kyle Okposo were named the NHLs players of the week on Monday. Byfuglien was selected as the First Star. He led all defensemen with three goals and added three assists, helping the Jets to wins in all four of thheir games last week. Chris Paul Jersey. Tatar picked up the Second Star after sharing the league lead with five goals and seven points last week. He scored in four straight games, leading Detroit to wins in each contest. Okposo also scored five goals last week to garner the Third Star. Four of those goals came Friday in a 6-3 win over Pittsburgh. ' ' '
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