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Korver helps Hawks win 6th straight, 121-115 over Pelicans
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Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder, center, battles under the basket with New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, right, and guard Ish Smith, left, in the first half of the game in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. - photo by The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - Kyle Korver scored 22 points, hitting all eight of his shots, including four from 3-point range, and the Atlanta Hawks won their sixth straight, 121-115 over the winless New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.

Anthony Davis tied a career high with 43 points to go with 10 rebounds and four steals, but injury-decimated New Orleans dropped to 0-5 under new coach Alvin Gentry.

Paul Millsap also scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Atlanta (6-1), which had six players score in double figures, shot 53.2 percent and led by double digits for much of the game. The Hawks fended off a furious comeback attempt in the fourth quarter, when New Orleans briefly tied it twice inside the final 5 minutes.

Jeff Teague scored 19 points, Dennis Schroder 15, Al Horford 14 and Kent Bazemore 10 for the Hawks.

Eric Gordon scored 22 and Ish Smith had a career-high 11 assists for New Orleans.

Luke Babbitt had 13 points for the Pelicans, but missed five of the six 3s he attempted. New Orleans went 10 of 30 from 3-point range as a team, while the Hawks were 9 of 21.

Atlanta led by 12 after Justin Holiday's alley-oop dunk with 7:45 left. But New Orleans, desperate for its first victory, responded with a 16-4 run during which Davis scored 10, including a 3 from the left wing. Ryan Anderson capped the run with a put-back dunk that rattled the backboard as the riled-up crowd seemed to shake the arena.

But Atlanta responded with an 11-4 spurt that included a clutch 3 by Korver to break a 108-all tie, followed by Teague's end-to-end layup. The Pelicans couldn't recover after that.

New Orleans had a solid start in its third home game this season and led 30-26 lead early in the second quarter. But Atlanta, now 4-0 on the road, responded with a 17-4 run that began with Horford's dunk and included five points by Korver, including his first 3. Holiday capped the spurt with a layup on a back-door cut that gave the Hawks a 43-34 lead.

The Hawks led by as many as 13 in the second quarter and took a 58-47 lead into halftime after Horford's 19-foot jumper with 1 second on the clock.

TIP-INS

Hawks: With his second assist of the night, Teague moved ahead of Cliff Hagen for eighth on Atlanta's all-time list. Teague finished with seven assists, giving him 2,243. ... Atlanta trailed 28-26 after the first quarter, marking the first time in their six-game winning streak that they trailed at that point.

Pelicans: The Pelicans were without C Omer Asik (right calf strain), G Norris Cole (left ankle sprain), G Tyreke Evans (right knee), C Kendrick Perkins (right pectoral) and F Quincy Pondexter (left knee). ... With two centers unable to suit up, Davis started the game at center, with Dante Cunningham and Babbitt at forward.

UP NEXT

Hawks: Host Washington on Saturday night.

Pelicans: Visit Dallas on Saturday night.