In brief: Hawks beat Heat, clinch top seed in East

NBA: DeMarre Carroll scored 24 points and the Atlanta Hawks clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 99-86 victory over the visiting Miami Heat.

The Hawks wrapped up the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage in the conference playoffs when Brooklyn beat Cleveland 106-98.

Paul Millsap had 21 points and Al Horford had 15 for Atlanta.   • Curry, Thompson lead Warriors in rout over Grizzlies: Stephen Curry had 38 points and 10 assists and the Golden State Warriors won their 60th game, matching a franchise record, 107-84 over the Grizzlies in Memphis, Tennessee.

Klay Thompson finished with 28 points and Draymond Green added 10 as the Warriors won their eighth straight.

Mike Conley and Jeff Green led Memphis with 16 points each.

• Wall leads Wizards past Hornets in double-overtime: John Wall scored seven of his game-high 32 points in the second overtime, and the Washington Wizards held off the visiting Charlotte Hornets 110-107.

It was Wall’s second game in a row with 30-plus points as the Wizards snapped a four-game losing streak.

Al Jefferson scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Charlotte, which is battling for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, has lost eight of 10.

• Diaw scores 19 as Spurs thump Mavericks: Boris Diaw scored 19 points, helping the San Antonio Spurs pull away for a 94-76 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks.

Danny Green had 14 points, Tiago Splitter scored 13 and Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard added 12 apiece for San Antonio, which won at home against Dallas for the ninth straight time.

San Antonio extended its lead to 1 1/2 games over Dallas for sixth place in the West.

Jimmy Walker takes lead in Texas Open

Golf: Jimmy Walker shot a 5-under 67 on Friday in the Texas Open to take a one-stroke lead in his hometown event in San Antonio.

Walker overtook first-round leader Charley Hoffman with three straight birdies late in his round at the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio.

Hoffman finished with a 72 to drop into a tie for second with Aaron Baddeley.

Spokane native Alex Prugh shot 80 and missed the cut.

• Pressel ties course record at Kia Classic: Morgan Pressel matched the course record with an 8-under 64 for a share of the second-round lead with Mirim Lee in the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California.

Pressel had eight birdies in her bogey-free round at Aviara to match Lee at 10-under 134.

• Montgomerie, Durant top Champions Tour leaderboard: Colin Montgomerie and Joe Durant shared the lead at 5-under 67 after the breezy first round of the Champions Tour’s Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic in Saucier, Mississippi.

Montgomerie finished with a birdie on the par-4 ninth hole at Fallen Oak.

Tennessee fires Tyndall amid scandal

Miscellany: Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart says he wouldn’t have hired men’s basketball coach Donnie Tyndall if he’d known the details of his activities during his tenure at Southern Miss that surfaced during an NCAA investigation.

After learning of the details, Hart fired Tyndall, who was 16-16 in his lone year at Tennessee.

In his termination letter, Hart said Tyndall acknowledged deleting emails that could have been relevant to the investigation. Hart said it’s highly likely the NCAA will determine Tyndall failed to cooperate and that he failed to disclose “material information concerning violations of NCAA rules” during Tennessee’s hiring process.

• Ex-Vandy coach to replace Manning on playoff committee: Archie Manning is leaving the College Football Playoff selection committee and will be replaced by former Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson.

Manning was one of the original 13 members of the committee. He was expected to serve through the 2016 season.

Johnson, 64, played at Clemson and coached Furman (1994-2001) and Vanderbilt (2002-2010).

• Tim Jitloff defends giant slalom title at nationals: Tim Jitloff used a swift second run to capture his third straight giant slalom title at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Carrabassett Valley, Maine.

Jitloff glided through a bumpy course Friday in an unofficial combined time of 2 minutes, 16.26 seconds. He edged Tommy Ford, the leader after the first run, by 0.42 seconds. Nick Cohee was third.

The 30-year-old Jitloff has now won five national GS races in his career.