



Cleveland >> Quenton Jackson scored 21 points, RayJ Dennis had seven points in the second overtime and the Indiana Pacers rallied for a 126-118 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday after trailing by 23 with 7:35 remaining in regulation.
Tony Bradley added 14 points. His hook shot with 4:41 remaining in double overtime put Indiana up by two and gave it the lead for the first time since there was 4:21 left in the first quarter.
The Pacers (50-32), who’ll be the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, reached 50 wins for the first time since the 2013-14 season. Indiana reached the milestone even though two starters and four regular rotation players didn’t play.
Bucks 140, Pistons 133 (OT) >> Pat Connaughton had a career-high 43 points and a season-high 11 rebounds as Milwaukee defeated Detroit in overtime to close the regular season on an eight-game winning streak.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and several other regulars didn’t play with both teams already locked into their playoff positions. The fifth-seeded Bucks face Indiana and the sixth-seeded Pistons take on New York in the opening round of the playoffs.
Milwaukee’s lone usual starter to play was Kyle Kuzma, who scored 22 points in the first quarter before sitting out the rest of the game.
Timberwolves 116, Jazz 105 >> Anthony Edwards had 18 of his 43 points in the third quarter to help Minnesota pull away from Utah for a victory to secure a spot in the playoffs and stay out of the play-in games.
Rudy Gobert had 19 points and 18 rebounds and Donte DiVincenzo added 16 points for the Timberwolves (49-33), who guaranteed themselves a top-six finish in the Western Conference.
Edwards initially faced a suspension for this game for a technical foul on Friday that would’ve given him an NBA -high 18 this season, but the league rescinded that penalty after a review.
Thunder 115, Pelicans 100 >> Rookie center Branden Carlson scored a season-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds and three blocked three shots, and Oklahoma City wrapped up the best regular season in franchise history with a victory over injury-depleted New Orleans.
Andrew Wiggins scored a game-high 28 points and Kenrich Williams had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder (68-14), who never trailed.
Grizzlies 132, Mavericks 97 >> Lamar Stevens scored a career-high 31 points, Marvin Bagley III had 25 points and 11 rebounds and Memphis defeated Dallas.
Both the Grizzles and Mavericks will play in the Western Conference play-in tournament. With both teams’ positions pretty well set, many of the starters sat out with soreness, injury recovery or rest.
That left Sunday’s game as a contest between bench players.
Kings 109, Suns 98 >> Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valanciunas each had a double-double, and Sacramento clinched homecourt advantage for first play-in game, beating Phoenix.
Sabonis had 20 points and 12 rebounds for his 61st double-double of the season while Valanciunas had 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Zach LaVine added 20 points as the Kings (40-42) ended a two-game skid.
Knicks 113, Nets 105 >> Landry Shamet scored a season-high 29 points, playing starter’s minutes after replacing Mikal Bridges just 6 seconds into the game, and New York beat Brooklyn.
Bridges started the game to extend his consecutive games streak to 556, having never missed a game in his NBA or college career. After the Knicks lost the jump ball, he committed a foul and left the game.
Bridges was the only starter who played for the Knicks, who rested Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart and OG Anunoby before the playoffs.
Wizards 119, Heat 118 >> Tristan Vukcevic had 28 points and 11 rebounds, Justin Champagnie added 27 points and Bub Carrington banked in a game-winner as time expired to put Washington over Miami.
Carrington had 15 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored a career high 41 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for Miami, and Keshad Johnson and Josh Christopher each had 17 points.
Bulls 122, 76ers 102 >> Kevin Huerter hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points and Chicago warmed-up for the play-in game with a win over Philadelphia.
The Bulls are the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference for the second straight season and will make their third straight appearance in the play-in tournament. The Bulls play the Heat on Wednesday night.
Talen Horton-Tucker scored 17 points in a largely meaningless game for both teams.
Hawks 117, Magic 105 >> Keaton Wallace posted his first career triple-double and Atlanta beat Orlando to give the Hawks a split of their four-game, regular-season series and momentum for a rematch in the play-in tournament.
Wallace had 15 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds to become Atlanta’s first two-way player to record a triple-double. He added five steals.
Most starters were held out as the teams prepared for the play-in tournament.
Celtics 93, Hornets 86 >> Payton Pritchard scored 34 points and Boston swept consecutive home games against Charlotte with a victory despite blowing a 21-point first-half lead in a regular-season ending matchup of all reserves.
Sam Hauser added 15 points for Boston (61-21), which begins the defense of its NBA title in the playoffs next weekend. Pritchard scored 12 in the final quarter.
Nuggets 126, Rockets 111 >> Michael Porter Jr. scored 19 points, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic added 18 each and Denver clinched the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference with a win over Houston.
The victory gives the Nuggets homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs and puts them in the postseason for a seventh straight season.
Spurs 125, Raptors 118 >> Keldon Johnson had 23 points, Stephon Castle added 20, and San Antonio rallied from a 22-point deficit to beat Toronto.
Scottie Barnes had 35 points for Toronto. Jamison Battle had 25 points and Jonathan Mogbo added nine points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
Trail Blazers 109, Lakers 81 >> Dalano Banton scored 23 points and Portland ended their season with a victory over playoff-bound Los Angeles, playing without Luka Doncic and LeBron James.
Rookie Dalton Knecht had 27 points for the Lakers (50-31), who had won the last six meetings with Portland.