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 on a 24-2 run as the Nets (15-41) missed 11 of their final 12 field-goals.

Charlotte are one place behind the Hawks in the East after their 129-112 win at Washington.

LaMelo Ball made a career-high 10 three-pointers, from 15 attempts, and scored 37 points to help the Hornets improve to 27 -31.

Aussie guard Josh Green chipped in with 12 points, four rebounds and one assist, while compatriot Josh Giddey had six points, three boards and five assists in reduced minutes on his comeback from a hamstring injury in Chicago's 105-99 loss at home to New York.

The Bulls (24-35) remain 12th in the division after a ninth-straight defeat.

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 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.

There were also wins for Boston over the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia, Dallas, Portland and Toronto.

With AAP.