PACERS AT HAWKS
March 5, 2017, 1 p.m., Philips Arena
Probable starters
Hawks (34-27)
Dennis Schroder
Kent Bazemore
Thabo Sefolosha
Paul Millsap
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out – Mike Dunleavy (right ankle synovitis)
Inactives: Mike Dunleavy, TBA
Pacers (31-30)
Jeff Teague
C.J. Miles
Paul George
Thaddeus Young
Myles Turner
Injury report: None
Inactives: TBA
Officials: Sean Corbin, Kane Fitzgerald, JT Orr
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 135-130 home loss to the Cavaliers on Friday. … Coach Mike Budenholzer will serve a one-game suspension for bumping an official in the loss. … Ersan Ilyasova has a field goal percentage of .909 (10 of 11), a 3-point percentage of 1.000 (4 of 4) and a free-throw percentage of 1.000 (4 of 4) while averaging 14.0 points the past two games. … Tim Hardaway Jr.’s consecutive double-figure scoring streak is at 16. … Dwight Howard has four straight double-doubles.
From the Pacers
The Pacers are coming off a 100-99 road loss to the Spurs Wednesday. They are playing the fourth of a five-game road trip. … Jeff Teague has led the Pacers in assists in 51 games and ranks sixth in the league with a career-high 8.1 assists per game. … Paul George recently passed former Hawks GM Billy Knight (7,440 points) into eighth place on the Pacers’ NBA scoring list.
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