James Harden had 29 points, six rebounds and six assists and Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers prevented the New York Knicks from clinching a playoff berth with a 126-113 victory Wednesday night.

Norman Powell added 19 points and Ivica Zubac finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who improved to 41-31 and tied Golden State for sixth place in the Western Conference, the final guaranteed postseason place.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 34 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks.

LAKERS 120, PACERS 119 >> LeBron James had a buzzer-beating tip-in to cap a 10-point fourth quarter, Luka Doncic scored 34 points and visiting Los Angeles beat Indiana.

James extended his NBA-record streak of 10 or more points to 1,283 games — barely. He was 0 for 6 with three points through the first three quarters. He had 13 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.

The Lakers snapped a three-game losing streak to move into a tie with Memphis for the fourth seed in the Western Conference.

Bennedict Mathurin had 23 points to lead the Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton had a season-high 18 assists and 16 points.

RAPTORS 116, NETS 86 >> Orlando Robinson had 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and added 12 rebounds to help visiting Toronto rout Brooklyn.

Eleventh in the Eastern Conference, the Raptors won their second straight game and handed the 12th-place Nets their fifth straight loss.

Nic Claxton led the Nets with 22 points and 11 rebounds.

WIZARDS 119, 76ERS 114 >> Alex Sarr scored 24 points and had seven rebounds to lead visiting Washington to a victory over Philadelphia that snapped a five-game skid.

Quentin Grimes scored 22 points for the 76ers, who dropped their sixth straight.

MAVS’ IRVING HAS SURGERY ON TORN ACL >> Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving had surgery on the torn ACL in his left knee, starting a process of recovery that’s likely to continue into next season.

Irving was injured in the first quarter of a 122-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings on March 3.

JORDAN JERSEY GOES FOR $4.215m AT AUCTION >> An autographed Chicago Bulls jersey that Michael Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction that closed Wednesday.

Sotheby’s billed it as the only game-worn photo-matched Jordan rookie jersey to publicly surface at an auction.