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Hardaway, Bazemore Pace Hawks Past 76ers, 117-96

ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points, Kent Bazemore added 17 and the Atlanta Hawks won their fourth straight game with a 117-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

Dwight Howard, the NBA's active leader in double-doubles, had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks.

Jahlil Okafor finished with 18 points for the Sixers, who dropped to 1-8 a night after earning their first win.

Despite playing with a depleted roster, Philadelphia kept it close until late, pulling within two with 3:50 left in the third. But Howard's follow dunk gave the Hawks an 84-74 lead and Kyle Korver's 3-pointer on the ensuing possession matched the 10-point advantage in the closing minutes of the period.

Hardaway hit 3s on consecutive possessions midway through the fourth to give Atlanta a 14-point lead. Dennis Schroder's corner 3 made it 108-89 with 3:17 remaining.

Schroder finished with 16 points and Korver had 14.

The injury-marred Sixers were without center Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Jerryd Bayless and Nerlens Noel.

Okafor, who had offseason knee surgery and played just three minutes Friday, was on a 24-minute limit. Embiid was sitting out the second night of the back-to-back.

Philadelphia dropped to 1-45 in October and November dating to Nov. 22, 2013. The Sixers have dropped 19 straight on the road.

The Hawks took their first double-digit lead on Bazemore's 3 in the closing seconds before halftime.

Sergio Rodriguez had 13 points for Philadelphia. Dario Saric and Nik Stauskas each added 12. Robert Covington scored all of his 11 points in the third.

TIP-INS

76ers: Embiid had 25 points in Friday's overtime win over Indiana, but the 7-foot, 275-pound center isn't playing both nights of back-to-back games in his rookie season after the No. 3 overall pick in 2014 had to sit out two years with right foot injuries.

Hawks: Atlanta began the night ranked second in field-goal percentage, third in assists, first in turnovers forced, second in points off turnovers and seventh in rebounding. ... They ranked 24th in rebounding last season, but the presence of Howard, the NBA's active leader in career rebounds, has paid off in his first Hawks season.

IT'S NOT EASY

Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer and Sixers coach Brett Brown both took charge of their teams in 2013 after spending nine seasons together as San Antonio assistants.

Budenholzer feels for Brown, whose teams have struggled with a staggering number of high-profile injuries.

"I genuinely marvel at him to be honest with you," Budenholzer said. "What he does I don't think many people could do."

Budenholzer is 152-102 with the Hawks with three playoff appearances. Brown is 48-206 and has the most losses in Sixers history.

STAR TIME

Actors Jason Bateman and model Jasmine Sanders had front-row seats at center court.

UP NEXT

Sixers: Visit Houston on Monday.

Hawks: Visit Miami on Tuesday.

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