Al Horford scored 21 points, Dennis Schroder added 20 and the Atlanta Hawks won their fifth straight game, 101-87 over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.
Brook Lopez finished with a season-high 27 points and Thaddeus Young had 14 for Brooklyn, which dropped to 0-5.
Jeff Teague had 16 points and six assists and Paul Millsap had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks.
After going 1 for 7 from the field with four turnovers in first half, Schroder had a strong start in the third, hitting three 3s, a pair of layups and assisting on two baskets by Horford.
The Hawks took the game's first double-digit lead when Schroder hit a pair of free throws to make it 95-84 with 4:21 remaining. Atlanta began the third quarter with a two-point lead.
Lopez was 11 for 16 from the field. Nets forward Joe Johnson went 1 for 10, including 0 for 3 on 3-pointers, and finished with five points.
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There were 14 lead changes. ... Lopez and Young combined for 21 rebounds. ... Atlanta has won six straight in the regular-season series. The Nets' last regular-season win came Jan. 16, 2014, in a game played in London.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Hawks G Kyle Korver, who hit 23 3-pointers in Atlanta's six-game playoff win over Brooklyn last season, was given the night off to rest his left ankle. Schroder replaced the 13-year veteran in the starting lineup. ... Nets G Jarrett Jack started his fourth straight game, but is still dealing with a sore left hamstring that kept him out of the season opener. Jack finished with six points on 3 of 10 shooting.
STOP THE SKID
The Nets are off to their worst since they went 0-18 to begin the 2009-2010 season. They never led after Tiago Splitter's dunk made it 72-70 in the closing seconds of the third. Brooklyn blew a chance to win Monday at home when Milwaukee scored the game's final nine points.
TOUGH BEYOND THE ARC
The Nets began the game shooting 24.6 percent on 3s, worst in the NBA, and went just 5 for 21. Johnson is 3 of 15 beyond the arc this season.
UP NEXT
Nets: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
Hawks: Host the Washington Wizards on Saturday.
