John Collins finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds while rookie Kevin Huerter scored 22 and made six 3-pointers but the Hawks lost to the Pacers 116-108 Monday in Indianapolis.
The Hawks have lost only two of their last seven, both to Indiana in the last week.
Huerter’s totals were both season highs.
Daniel Hamilton scored eight points for the Hawks in place of the injured Kent Bazemore, who is expected to miss at least two weeks with a sprained right ankle.
Collins has six straight double-doubles.
Alex Len had 19 points and seven rebounds while Trae Young had 16 points and seven assists for the Hawks, who had a 53-39 rebounding advantage.
The Hawks also played without center Dewayne Dedmon, who has a sore left knee.
Myles Turner scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots in less than 24 minutes for Indiana. But he broke his nose midway through the third quarter.
Turner departed with 4:44 left in the period and did not return.
All-Star guard Victor Oladipo added 22 points for the Pacers.
Oladipo was 9 of 19 from the field, had four rebounds and seven assists and four steals. Domantas Sabonis, Turner's replacement, wound up with 20 points and eight rebounds as Indiana became the third NBA team to record 25 wins this season.
Turner's 3-pointer at the end of the half broke a 60-60 tie and Indiana opened the second half with back-to-back baskets to take a 67-60 lead.
They started pulling away when Turner and Bojan Bogdanovic made consecutive 3s to extend the lead to 87-76 and appeared to seal the victory by scoring the final eight points of the quarter to make it 97-81.
Instead, the Hawks steadily cut the deficit and got as close as 114-108 but didn't score another point against the league's top defense.
"We get it to a two-possession game, we just picked the wrong time to turn the ball over," Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said. "We struggled to execute down the stretch and didn't give ourselves the opportunity to make shots."
The Hawks make their second stop on a three-game road trip Wednesday at Washington.
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