Hawks, Warriors Pick Up NBA Playoff Wins

Suddenly, the Atlanta Hawks went from so-so in the playoffs to looking a bit more like a No. 1 seed.

"That's how we play. That's how we've been playing all year," forward Paul Millsap said. "Things we didn't do, pretty much all series, we did tonight."

Jeff Teague scored 26 points, Millsap added 19 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Al Horford had 18 points and 10 rebounds as three of Atlanta's four All-Stars played significant roles to help the Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 106-101 on Monday night and evened their second-round series at two games apiece.

Washington's lone All-Star, point guard John Wall, missed a third consecutive game with a broken left hand. Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night at Atlanta.

Warriors 101, Grizzlies 84

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Steve Kerr challenged his Golden State Warriors to ratchet up the intensity to playoff level. With MVP Stephen Curry leading the way, they responded and looked like the team that cruised through the regular season.

Curry scored 21 of his 33 points by halftime, and the Warriors snapped their two-game skid Monday night by routing the Memphis Grizzlies 101-84 to tie the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2.

"Tonight we took a step towards understanding that sense of urgency and kind of competitiveness and physicality to the game," Kerr said. "It was probably our most competitive effort, definitely of the series, but probably of the playoffs just in terms of understanding you got to play every second."

The Warriors hadn't lost three straight games all season, and they never came close as they took back home-court advantage. Curry hadn't scored more than 23 points in a game in this series, and he nearly had that by halftime.

Draymond Green had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors while Klay Thompson had 15 points, Harrison Barnes 12 and Andre Iguodala 11.

Monday, May 11 Scoreboard

Atlanta 106, Washington 101
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Golden State 101, Memphis 84
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Tuesday, May 12 Schedule (All Times Central)

Chicago at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
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Los Angeles at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
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