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 Spurs 95, Heat 81
The San Antonio Spurs cut the 'magic number' to clinch a playoff
berth to one after beating Miami 95-81.
The Spurs were led by Kawhi Leonard, who had a game-high 22 points,
while Tim Duncan added 12 points and 11 rebounds and Tony Parker
chipped in with 16 points and five assists.
San Antonio (48-26) have now won four straight while Miami (34-40)
had their five-game home winning streak snapped.
The Heat, who lost to the Spurs in last year's NBA Finals, were led
by Goran Dragic's 19 points, while Dwyane Wade had 15.
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Pistons 105, Hawks 95
Andre Drummond had 22 points and 13 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons
gave Stan Van Gundy his 400th coaching victory by downing the
Atlanta Hawks 105-95.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope supplied 18 points, including 12 in the
second half, and Reggie Jackson contributed 12 and 11 assists for
Detroit (29-45), who have won five of six.
Anthony Tolliver also had a double-double with 13 points and 10
rebounds.
Van Gundy became the 43rd coach in NBA history to reach the 400-win
mark.
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Nets 111, Pacers 106
Brook Lopez continued his dominant play of late, scoring 24 points
and grabbing 11 rebounds, and Joe Johnson added 21 including a
clutch three-pointer in the closing seconds as the Brooklyn Nets
beat Indiana 111-106.
The victory was the fourth straight for the Nets (33-40) and their
fifth in their last six games as they moved a half-game ahead of
idle Boston into the eighth and final playoff place in the Eastern
Conference with nine games to play.
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The Pacers lost for the eighth time in their last 10 games and fell
to 32-42, 1 1/2 games behind the Nets in the standings.
The Pacers were led by George Hill, who had 28 points.
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Warriors 110, Clippers 106
Stephen Curry scored 27 points and Klay Thompson added 25 to guide
the Golden State Warriors to a 110-106 victory over the Los Angeles
Clippers at Staples Center.
Blake Griffin had 40 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for the
Clippers (49-26), who had their seven-game winning streak snapped.
Chris Paul finished with 27 points and nine assists.
David Lee had 17 points for the Warriors (61-13), who won their 10th
in a row despite trailing by 17 early on.
Two free throws by Paul knotted the score at 100 with 3:11 left, but
the Clippers' offense stalled down the stretch. (Compiled by Ben
Everill; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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