Pacers 100, Hawks 94: Roy Hibbert collected 17 points and 13 rebounds as short-handed Indiana jumped out to a big lead and held off a late charge from visiting Atlanta.

Gerald Green scored 19 points and Orlando Johnson added 15 off the bench for the Pacers, who were without starters David West (back), George Hill (groin) and Lance Stephenson (hip flexor). Indiana pulled into second place in the Eastern Conference, a half-game ahead of idle New York.

Josh Smith scored 20 points and Al Horford had 13 as the Hawks dropped percentage points behind idle Chicago for fifth place in the East.

The Pacers used a 32-12 run at the beginning of the second quarter to turn a tie game into a 20-point gap before settling for a 58-43 lead at the half. Indiana pushed the lead to as much as 81-53 with 4:22 left in the third before Atlanta finally made a run.

The Hawks bridged the third and fourth quarters with a 26-8 spurt that brought it to within 89-79 with 6:11 left. D.J. Augustin hit a 3-pointer to end a field-goal drought of nearly seven minutes for the Pacers, but Atlanta kept coming and eventually drew to within 94-90 before Green’s 3-pointer put the game away with 34 seconds left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana was also without G Danny Granger (knee) for the 11th straight game. Granger, Stephenson, West and Hill are all day-to-day. … Pacers F Tyler Hansbrough recorded his fourth double-double (12 points and 11 rebounds) in five starts in place of West. … The Hawks were without starting G Devin Harris (left foot) and kept the starters on the bench during the fourth-quarter rally.