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layup as Atlanta padded the lead.

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Michael Carter-Williams scored 17 points with 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his fifth career triple-double, helping the Philadelphia 76ers to a 103-94 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. Luc Mbah a Moute paced the Sixers with 18 points, while Nerlens Noel contributed 14 points, six rebounds and a career-high six blocks in the win. The Sixers, who have won two straight home games since taking the first two at home last season, snapped their season-opening 17-game losing streak with a win over Minnesota on Dec. 3. The bottom line is that we played defense in the second half. Thats where it starts and stops with me, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. Kevin Martin had 19 points, Nikola Pekovic tallied 18 points with seven rebounds and Gorgui Dieng posted 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who looked to win two straight games for the first time this season. Philadelphia bridged the third and fourth quarters with an 11-0 run, as Hollis Thompsons layup gave the Sixers an 85-77. Minnesota went scoreless for the final two minutes of the third and did not register a point until Martin made a free throw 3:18 into the fourth. Wiggins then scored five straight points as part of a 7-0 burst for the Timberwolves to cut the deficit to three with under seven minutes left. Noel and Carter-Williams countered with successive layups as Philadelphia swept the season series. We turned the ball over a lot. We didnt show patience when we needed to, Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said. The two bottom feeders went back and forth in a high-scoring first half. Nether team had a lead larger than six over the first 24 minutes. The Sixers shot 62.2 percent from the floor in the first half, while the Timberwolves made 57.9 percent of their shots. Minnesota led 28-26 after the first quarter, but Carter-Williams raced through defenders with under five seconds remaining in the second quarter and made a layup just at the buzzer sounded to hand Philadelphia a 61-59 lead at the break. The game remained close in the third as the Sixers took a 78-77 lead into the fourth. Game Notes Philadelphias first half was its highest-scoring half of the season ... The Sixers are now 4-34 when allowing more than 90 points ... Thaddeus Young, selected 12th overall by Philadelphia in 2007, had 10 points in the loss ... Philadelphia scored 23 points off 21 turnovers ... There were 19 lead changes and 16 ties. Air Max 97 Undefeated For Sale . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., who trains out of San Diego, will fight bantamweight champion (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey on July 5 in the co-main event of UFC 175 in Las Vegas. 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The victory gave the Hawks 19 wins this season.Theyre not quite ready to celebrate their success though.Weve had a nice start to the season, but the seasons only a couple of months old, Kyle Korver said. We had a losing record last year. We made the playoffs last year but we won 38 games. So by no means are we like happy with ourselves. But I think we feel good about what were building.Korver scored 22 points, including seven points late, to help the Hawks win on Saturday night.The game was tied with three minutes left before Atlanta used a 7-0 run to make it 97-90 with just under a minute to go. Korver hit one of his four 3-pointers during that run.Atlanta made seven free throws down the stretch, with four from Korver, to secure the victory.Korvers four free throws gave him 49 consecutive free throws without a miss to set a franchise record. The mark was previously held by Tom McMillan, who hit 47 in a row in 1978-79. Korvers last miss came on November 7.The Hawks led by 16 points, but Houston used a big third quarter to tie it entering the fourth. The teams stayed close throughout the fourth quarter, with the lead changing or the game being tied several times before Atlanta put it away in the final minutes.We were able to get a cushion which really helps you on the road, coach Mike Budenholzer said. And to keep our poise when they make a run back at us ... and find a way to get back in control of the game is a good sign for a team.Dwight Howard had 19 points and 11 rebounds and James Harden added 18 points with a season-high 14 assists for the Rockets who lost their second straight game.The last couple of games the ball hasnt been falling the way we wanted it to and the defence hasnt been where we need it to be, but we cant lose focus, Howard said.Al Horford and Paul Millsap added 14 points each for Atlanta.The Hawks scored seven consecutive points capped by a 3-pointeer from Korver that made it 81-76 early in the fourth quarter.ddddddddddddThe Hawks led 67-54 with about five minutes left in the third quarter when Houston, which leads the league in 3-pointers, got hot from long range. The Rockets went on a 20-7 run to tie it at 74-74 entering the fourth thanks to four 3-pointers, including consecutive ones from Terry.Houston scored the first nine points of the third quarter to get within 52-49. Harden started it with a 3-pointer and helped cap it with an alley-oop to Howard. The Hawks couldnt do anything right in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the second quarter and had four turnovers.They finally got it together and used a 12-3 spurt to push the lead to 64-52 midway through the period.The Hawks led by eight points in the second quarter before scoring eight straight points to extend the lead to 47-31 with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Houston had a turnover and missed numerous shots, including a layup as Atlanta padded the lead.The Rockets finally got going after that, using a 9-1 run powered by three 3-pointers, to cut the lead to 48-40.Atlanta led 52-40 at halftime.___TIP-INSHawks: Jeff Teague missed his second straight game with a strained left hamstring. ... DeMarre Carroll had 13 points.Rockets: Terrence Jones (left leg nerve inflammation) remains out for Houston. ... Terry had four 3-pointers to give him 1,999 in his career. ... Houston scored a season-low 14 points and shot just 18.2 per cent in the second quarter.NEW FACES: New Rockets Corey Brewer and Alexey Shved, who were acquired in a three-team trade on Friday, were at the Toyota Center on Saturday night. But neither could play because Troy Daniels, who Houston traded to Minnesota in the deal hadnt yet taken his physical to finalize the trade. Brewer came to Houston from the Timberwolves and Shved was playing for the 76ers. 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