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ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks pulled away from the Washington Wizards 111-101 Monday night to even the opening-round playoff series at 2-all. Paul Millsap ...

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April 25, 2017 3:00 am

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks pulled away from the Washington Wizards 111-101 Monday night to even the opening-round playoff series at 2-all. Paul Millsap bounced back from a sluggish start to score 19 points and Dwight Howard finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Bradley Beal scored 32 points and John Wall had 22 points and 10 assists. Game 5 is Wednesday in Washington.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Linebacker Will Compton has re-signed with the Washington Redskins. Compton was a restricted free agent. The team announced the deal Monday. He signed with the Redskins after going undrafted out of Nebraska in 2013, playing in 48 regular-season NFL games, including 30 starts.

DENVER (AP) — Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run homer in the seventh and Colorado’s bullpen threw three-plus scoreless innings as the Rockies beat Washington 8-4 on Monday night. The Rockies ended the Nationals’ seven-game winning streak.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning, Hyun Soo Kim and Jonathan Schoop also went deep, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 Monday night. All three home runs were off Chris Archer, who gave up five runs, six hits and five walks in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander didn’t allow a long ball in his previous four starts this season.