The seemingly unstoppable Atlanta Hawks have stretched their winning streak to 18 games with a 105-99 victory over Portland, despite LaMarcus Aldridge scoring 37 points for the Trail Blazers.
The Hawks stretched their lead in the Southwest Division to eight games, and moved 1.5 games above Golden State for the overall best record in the league after the Warriors lost at Utah.
Golden State did, though, maintain its advantage atop the Pacific Division as the Los Angeles Clippers also lost at New Orleans.
Chicago joined the list of divisional leaders who lost, as the Bulls were defeated at Phoenix.
Atlanta had six players score in double figures, led by Paul Millsap's 21 points and 17 from Al Horford.
Led by Aldridge, who also had 11 rebounds, Portland looked like ending the Hawks' lengthy streak as the Blazers led narrowly after each of the first three quarters but were outscored 36-25 in the fourth quarter.
Phoenix came up with some late baskets to hold off a Chicago surge and beat the Bulls 99-93.
Chicago went on a 7-0 run to cut the Suns' lead to two points with 31.9 seconds to go, but Eric Bledsoe pushed that out to four and the hosts held on. Bledsoe scored 23 points and Goran Dragic had 21.
Derrick Rose scored 23 for the Bulls, who were coming off a double-overtime loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles on Thursday night and didn't arrive in Phoenix until early Friday morning.
New Orleans ended Los Angeles' six-game streak by beating the Clippers 108-103, with Eric Gordon scoring a season-high 28 points.
Utah's Gordon Hayward had 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists to lead the Jazz to a 110-100 victory over Golden State.
Dallas went on an extraordinary 37-2 scoring run in the second half to power past host Miami 93-72.
Houston's Donatas Motiejunas scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to guide the Rockets to a 93-87 win against Boston; their fourth-straight win.
In other games, Toronto scored a 127-122 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland won its ninth successive game by beating Sacramento 101-90, and Philadelphia beat Minnesota 103-94.
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