Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 factors in simply 16 minutes because the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder left little doubt, blowing out the visiting Dallas Mavericks 135-86 on Sunday.
The Thunder completed the common season with a five-game profitable streak to assert the highest seed within the Western Convention for the primary time because the 2012-13 season. They held each the tiebreaker with the Nuggets and the three-way tiebreaker; Denver profitable sealed the Thunder’s playoff place.
Oklahoma Metropolis had seven gamers end in double figures, with Aaron Wiggins scoring 14 off the bench and Ousmane Dieng contributing 13. Rookie Chet Holmgren scored 13 factors on 6-of-8 taking pictures with 9 rebounds in simply 11:32.
With the Mavericks’ playoff place set, they sat all of their starters aside from Tim Hardaway Jr. Brandon Williams led the Mavericks with 22 factors and Olivier-Maxence Prosper added 15 as Dallas completed a season-low 33 % from the sector.
Suns 125, Timberwolves 106
Bradley Beal scored 36 factors on 14-for-21 taking pictures, together with 6-for-6 from past the arc, and Phoenix cruised previous Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Devin Booker added 23 factors and 7 assists for the Suns, who moved previous New Orleans for the sixth seed within the Western Convention, escaping the play-in match.
Rudy Gobert scored 21 factors and grabbed seven rebounds to guide Minnesota. The Timberwolves entered the sport in a three-way tie for the most effective report within the Western Convention, however they dropped to the No. 3 seed after shedding on Sunday whereas the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Denver Nuggets each received to safe the highest two spots.
Knicks 120, Bulls 119 (OT)
Jalen Brunson recorded 40 factors, eight rebounds and 7 assists and New York landed the No. 2 seed within the Jap Convention by holding off visiting Chicago in extra time.
A loss to the Orlando Magic by the Milwaukee Bucks aided the Knicks, who registered their second 50-win season in 24 seasons. Donte DiVincenzo added 25 factors for the Knicks, who took the lead for good after DiVincenzo’s 3-pointer gave them a 114-112 lead with 3:13 remaining in extra time.
DeMar DeRozan paced the Bulls with 30 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic completed with a 29-point, 11-rebound double-double and Coby White had 26 factors.
Celtics 132, Wizards 122
Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 38 factors and added 12 assists and 9 rebounds as Boston beat visiting Washington.
Pritchard made 15 of 21 field-goal makes an attempt. Svi Mykhailiuk had 26 factors for the Celtics, who acquired 19 factors and 9 rebounds from Neemias Queta.
Eugene Omoruyi led Washington with 26 factors, and Jared Butler added 22. The Wizards ended their season on a six-game shedding streak.
Pacers 157, Hawks 115
Myles Turner racked up 31 factors and 12 rebounds as Indiana clinched an Jap Convention playoff spot with a lopsided victory over Atlanta in Indianapolis.
By matching their highest-scoring efficiency in franchise historical past, the Pacers earned the No. 6 seed within the East and can play the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks within the playoffs. Pascal Siakam added 28 factors as seven Pacers scored in double figures. Indiana shot a surprising 65 % general (65 of 100) and went 19-for-36 from past the arc (52.8 %).
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Dejounte Murray scored 32 factors to tempo the Hawks, who’re set to face the Chicago Bulls within the first spherical of the play-in match.
Warriors 123, Jazz 116
Klay Thompson scored 25 factors, however Golden State couldn’t enhance from tenth place within the Western Convention regardless of a victory over visiting Utah within the regular-season finale.
The Warriors will face the Sacramento Kings in an elimination sport on Tuesday to tip off the Western play-in occasion. Golden State elected to relaxation Stephen Curry and Draymond Inexperienced on the eve of the playoffs, and restricted Thompson to twenty minutes, throughout which he had sufficient time to shoot 6-for-12 on 3-pointers en path to his game-high level complete. Gui Santos completed with 13 factors and Lester Quinones 12 amongst Golden State’s game-ending group. Andrew Wiggins had 19 in a beginning position, whereas Dario Saric chipped in with 12.
Keyonte George paced Utah with 21 factors, whereas Omer Yurtseven put up a double-double with 11 factors to enhance a game-high 18 rebounds.
Nuggets 126, Grizzlies 111
Jamal Murray scored 21 factors, Nikola Jokic had 15 factors and 15 rebounds and visiting Denver beat Memphis to safe the No. 2 seed within the Western Convention.
Denver moved previous Minnesota, which misplaced at dwelling to Phoenix on Sunday, and can start the primary spherical of the playoffs towards the winner of Tuesday evening’s play-in sport between the No. 7 New Orleans Pelicans and No. 8 Los Angeles Lakers. The Nuggets bounced again from a disappointing loss at San Antonio on Friday evening to tie the franchise report for wins set within the 2012-13 season and provides head coach Michael Malone his 424th profession win. Christian Braun had 19 factors and 10 rebounds, Aaron Gordon had 15 factors, Michael Porter Jr. added 12 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Reggie Jackson and Peyton Watson scored 11 every.
GG Jackson scored a career-high 44 factors, Jake LaRavia had 29 and Scotty Pippen Jr. completed with 15 for the Grizzlies.
Magic 113, Bucks 88
Paolo Banchero had 26 factors, 11 rebounds and 7 assists and Orlando clinched a playoff spot with a rout of visiting Milwaukee.
Franz Wagner added 25 factors and three steals because the Magic earned their first playoff berth because the 2019-20 season. Orlando is the No. 5 seed within the Jap Convention and can face the Cleveland Cavaliers within the first spherical.
The Bucks misplaced for the eighth time up to now 11 video games. Milwaukee would be the 3 seed within the East and can face the Indiana Pacers within the first spherical.
Warmth 118, Raptors 103
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro scored 17 factors every as host Miami routed out-of-contention Toronto.
With the sport nearly determined after three quarters, the Warmth went to their bench, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. completed with 18 factors. Reserve Thomas Bryant additionally had 18 factors and added 10 rebounds. Regardless of the win, the Warmth must accept the play-in spherical because the No. 8 seed within the Jap Convention. They are going to face the No. 7 Philadelphia 76ers within the play-in spherical on Wednesday.
Toronto was led by Gary Trent Jr., who had 18 factors. Toronto was lacking a number of injured standouts, together with starters Scottie Barnes (hand), RJ Barrett (knee) and Immanuel Quickley (adductor).
Hornets 120, Cavaliers 110
Nick Smith Jr. pumped in 24 factors to guide a bunch of backups as Charlotte ended the season by beating playoff-bound host Cleveland.
The Hornets had been sparked on a late 15-2 burst by Smith, Amari Bailey and JT Thor (20 factors), surging to a 117-110 lead with lower than two minutes to play. It was the ultimate sport for Charlotte coach Steve Clifford, who will transfer right into a front-office position with the group.
Max Strus recorded his first profession triple-double with 14 factors, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who completed fourth within the Jap Convention for the playoffs starting Saturday towards the Orlando Magic. Cleveland additionally used a largely makeshift lineup and had decreased minutes for a number of who did play.
76ers 107, Nets 86
Tyrese Maxey scored 26 factors as Philadelphia led nearly all the technique to beat visiting Brooklyn.
The Sixers ended the common season with eight straight wins and survived one other absence by Joel Embiid, who sat out after tweaking his surgically repaired left knee within the first half towards the Orlando Magic on Friday. Embiid appeared in 39 video games and the Sixers went 31-8 when he performed.
Cam Thomas led the Nets with 18 factors and rookie Noah Clowney added 16. Trendon Watford contributed 14 and Lonnie Walker IV completed with 12 as Brooklyn shot 38.6 % and misfired on 25 of 34 3-point tries.
Spurs 123, Pistons 95
Sandro Mamukelashvili poured in 18 factors to guide eight gamers in double figures as host San Antonio rolled over Detroit, each lengthy since eradicated from the postseason.
The Spurs, regardless of being with out six injured gamers who began video games this season, completed sturdy, profitable 4 of their remaining six video games to finish up in 14th place within the West, one spot out of the cellar.
James Wiseman racked up sport highs of 21 factors and 17 rebounds for Detroit. The Pistons dropped 15 of its final 17 video games and completed because the worst group within the NBA after setting a team-low mark for wins in a season, supplanting the 16 wins produced by the 1979-80 squad.
Lakers 124, Pelicans 108
LeBron James had a triple-double, Anthony Davis had a double-double and visiting Los Angeles dominated New Orleans.
James completed with 28 factors, 17 assists and 11 rebounds and Davis had 30 factors and 11 rebounds because the Lakers clinched the No. 8 seed and arrange a rematch with the seventh-seeded Pelicans in a play-in sport Tuesday evening in New Orleans.
CJ McCollum scored 25 factors to guide New Orleans. Herbert Jones added 18, whereas Larry Nance Jr. and Brandon Ingram, getting back from a 12-game absence resulting from a hyper-extended knee, scored 13 every.
Kings 121, Blazers 82
De’Aaron Fox scored 24 factors in three quarters as host Sacramento cruised previous Portland.
After ending with the third seed within the Western Convention final season — once they made the playoffs for the primary time since 2006 — the Kings would be the No. 9 seed this time. Sacramento will host the Warriors in a play-in sport on Tuesday.
Dalano Banton led the Path Blazers with 17 factors earlier than being ejected for a flagrant 2 foul late within the fourth quarter. He went 6-for-26 from the sector and missed all 15 of his 3-point tries, turning into the primary participant in NBA historical past to go 0-for-15 from behind the arc. Eric Gordon, Brook Lopez and Justin Anderson shared the earlier mark of futility by going 0-for-12 from 3-point vary.
Rockets 116, Clippers 105
Cam Whitmore scored 21 factors and Amen Thompson recorded his first profession triple-double with 18 factors, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as Houston defeated host Los Angeles.
Jabari Smith Jr. had 15 factors for Houston, which received for the third time in its final 4 video games and prevented a fourth straight shedding season.
Terance Mann led the Clippers with a season-high 24 factors. Each groups relied on reserve gamers in a sport that didn’t have postseason implications. The Clippers trailed 105-102 with 3:09 remaining earlier than Houston went on a 14-0 run to place the sport away.