The Bulls led for almost the entire first half, behind hot starts from Bobby Portis and Markkanen. Lead assistant Jim Boylen served as coach. He had 15 points and 14 assists against the Hornets, but was given Sunday off against the Bulls and the Wizards struggled without him.Ĭhicago coach Fred Hoiberg missed the contest with an illness. Washington's All-Star guard missed 27 games recovering from a knee injury. Wall returned from a two-month absence Saturday and helped the Wizards clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Charlotte Hornets. Lauri Markkanen scored 23 points, and the Chicago Bulls won their second game in a row with a victory over the playoff-bound Washington Wizards, who were without John Wall. After officials reviewed the incident, both players were tossed, and Drummond ripped off his jersey as he headed toward the locker room. Drummond took exception and shoved the Brooklyn forward. With 21 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Ish Smith missed a short jumper and before Joe Harris could get the defensive rebound, Drummond and Acy jostled for position. He missed a chance for a league-leading eighth 20-20 game after getting ejected for an incident with Quincy Acy late in the third. Reggie Jackson scored 12 of his season-high 29 points in the fourth quarter as Detroit withstood Andre Drummond's ejection and beat host Brooklyn.ĭrummond posted his 59th double-double of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds.
Montrezl Harrell contributed 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting and Austin Rivers finished with 18 points. Tobias Harris scored 21 and Lou Williams was right behind with 20 for the Clippers. Bojan Bogdanovic added 15 for the Pacers. Darren Collison scored 11 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for Indiana. Myles Turner scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Pacers, who won their fifth consecutive game, including three in a row on the road. Indiana guard Victor Oladipo scored 30 points and delivered a season-high 12 assists to lead the visiting Pacers over Los Angeles. It's the Sixers' first 10-game win streak since they started the season 10-0 in 2000-01, when they went to the NBA Finals.
Marco Belinelli added a team-best 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting off the bench for the Sixers, who completed the four-game sweep of the season series with Charlotte. The Mavericks have already been eliminated from the postseason.īen Simmons put on a clinic with 20 points, 15 assists, eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks to lift Philadelphia to its 10th straight win with a victory over host Charlotte. The Cavaliers can finish no better than third, but are just a half-game up on Philadelphia and a game ahead of Indiana as those three teams battle for the Nos. With the win, Cleveland remains in third place in the Eastern Conference standings with five games to play. The Cavaliers (47-30) were down by four points entering the fourth quarter but used a 13-0 run over a four-minute time frame in the middle of the period to take charge and finish off shorthanded Dallas. LeBron James racked up his 17th triple-double of the season with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists as Cleveland came from behind at home to beat Dallas. Paul George added a game-high 27 points, Carmelo Anthony had 16 points, Steven Adams 14 and Jerami Grant 12.Īnthony Davis had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Ian Clark scored 16, E'Twaun Moore had 15, Darius Miller 14, Jrue Holiday 12 and Rajon Rondo 11 to lead the Pelicans, who lost their fourth straight
Westbrook finished with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists as the Thunder ended a three-game losing streak. Russell Westbrook had a triple-double as Oklahoma City held on against host New Orleans, which is hanging on to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. 4-10 spots in the West, with just five of those teams earning places in the postseason. Both teams are part of a group of seven squads separated by four games for the No. The victory allowed the Jazz (44-33) to leapfrog Minnesota (44-34) into sixth place in the Western Conference standings. Utah led by 11 at halftime and poured it on in the second half, forging as much as a 29-point lead in the fourth quarter to run away with the contest. Ricky Rubio poured in 23 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc to lead five teammates in double-figure scoring as visiting Utah romped past Minnesota in a game with major postseason implications for both teams.