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Landale, Johnson lead Hawks' comeback win over Nets

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Aussie big man Jock Landale has helped Atlanta to a stunning come-from-behind win over Brooklyn. (AP PHOTO)
Camera IconAussie big man Jock Landale has helped Atlanta to a stunning come-from-behind win over Brooklyn. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP

Jock Landale has made the most of his 16 minutes off the bench in Atlanta, scoring 17 points in the Hawks' 115-104 NBA win over Brooklyn.

The Boomers centre knocked down six of 11 shots, including all three of his three-point attempts on Sunday.

Fellow Australian Dyson Daniels tallied seven points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, while the 'Great Barrier Thief' also had three steals.

Teammate Jalen Johnson led all scorers on the night in Georgia with 26 points, completing a double-double with 12 rebounds as Atlanta rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to hand the Nets a fourth loss on the bounce.

Atlanta (28-31), ninth in the Eastern Conference, trailed 102-91 with 8:01 to play, but closed the game on a 24-2 run as the Nets (15-41) missed 11 of their final 12 field-goal attempts.

In Oklahoma City, the NBA-leading Thunder were led by Isaiah Joe's 22 points and a career-high five steals and Cason Wallace's 20 points and a career-high 10 assists in a 121-113 win over Cleveland.

Joe and Wallace were in the hosts' starting line-up, who were down their two star guards in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.

OKC hit 21 threes in the game, including eight of 12 in the first quarter, as they improved to 44-14 in the Western Conference.

The loss snapped the Cavaliers' (36-22) seven-game winning streak.

Elsewhere, Brandin Podziemski scored 12 of his 18 points in the final five minutes of the fourth term and undermanned Golden State beat Denver 128-117.

Moses Moody had 23 points, Al Horford hit six triples and finished with 22 as the Warriors ended a two-game losing streak despite being without Stephen Curry (knee), Kristaps Porzingis (sick), Draymond Green (back) and Jimmy Butler (torn right ACL).

The Nuggets' Nikola Jokic had 25 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists for his fifth triple-double in seven games, 19th of the season and 183rd of his career.

And in Milwaukee, Immanuel Quickley scored 32 points and Toronto snapped the Bucks' three-game win streak with a 122-94 victory.

With AAP & Reuters.

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