Hawks rout Nets

ATLANTA — Center Al Horford and forward DeMarre Carroll each scored 20 points Saturday as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Brooklyn Nets 131-99 and matched the franchise record for wins in a season.

The Hawks are 57-19; they also won 57 games during the 1986-87 and 1993-94 seasons. The team already has clinched first place in the Eastern Conference.

Horford was 10-for-13 from the field, with two rebounds and three assists. It was the first time he had scored 20 since March 15, a span of seven games.

Carroll was 7-for-9, including four 3-pointers, and tallied eight rebounds and five assists. He has scored at least 20 points in three of his last four games.

Jeff Teague added 17 points and eight assists for Atlanta, which had seven players in double figures.

Brooklyn (35-41), which had its six-game winning streak broken, was led by guard Bojan Bogdanovic’s 19 points. Forward Thaddeus Young and guard Jarrett Jack each scored 14.

Atlanta took control early in the opening quarter and hit three consecutive 3-pointers, two by Carroll, that stretched the lead to 10. The Hawks shot 63.2 percent in the quarter and 64.1 percent in the first half, which led to a 66-48 lead.

Atlanta started the second half on an 18-5 spurt to stretch the lead to 30 points with 8:43 left in the third period. The Hawks led 108-71 after the quarter and rested the starters for the entire fourth quarter.

Atlanta forward Paul Millsap injured his right shoulder in the second period and did not return. Millsap was knocked down in a scramble for a loose ball and fell on his shoulder. He had eight points and five assists in 17 minutes.

NOTES: Atlanta signed F Austin Daye to a multi-year contract. The Hawks had signed him to consecutive 10-day contracts on March 15 and March 25. Daye has appeared in five games and is averaging 3.0 points. He earlier played 26 games with San Antonio. … Atlanta G Dennis Schroder missed his second game with a sprained toe and F Mike Scott returned after missing 11 games with a sprained toe. Brooklyn was without G Alan Henderson (sprained left ankle) and G Sergey Karasev (torn right MCL). … The Nets return home to play Portland on Monday, and Atlanta hosts Phoenix on Tuesday. The Nets and Hawks play again on Wednesday in Brooklyn.