ATLANTA — Jeff Teague scored 23 points, Kyle Korver added 14 and the Atlanta Hawks held off the Toronto Raptors for a 95-87 victory on Thursday night.

It was one of the season’s best performances for the Hawks, who remained in third place in the Eastern Conference by beating the East’s No. 2 seed.

With Paul Millsap scoring 13 points and Al Horford, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Mike Scott each adding 11, Atlanta used a balanced attack to knock off Toronto for the first time in four tries this season.

The Hawks have won 16 of 21 and are a half-game ahead of Boston for the third spot in the East.

Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan each finished with 16 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 for the Raptors.

HEAT 106, BULLS 98: Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, Joe Johnson added 17 and Miami shook off a slow first half, clamping down in the final minutes for its ninth win in 10 home games.

SUNS 124, ROCKETS 115: Mirza Teletovic scored 26 points off the bench, P.J. Tucker added 24 and Phoenix dealt another blow to host Houston’s dwindling playoff chances.

NOTES

76ERS: League-worst Philadelphia is set to hire former NBA executive of the year Bryan Colangelo as its general manager, according to a person with knowledge of the decision, after Sam Hinkie informed the team of his resignation via a 13-page manifesto Wednesday.