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 Heat 106, Cavaliers 92
Dwyane Wade scored 32 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 106-92
victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a match-up against good
friend and former team mate LeBron James.
Wade scored 21 of his points in the first half, when the Heat built
an 18-point lead, and point guard Goran Dragic had 20 points and
nine assists as Miami (30-36) moved into a tie with Indiana for the
last two playoff spots in the East.
James had 26 points, two rebounds and four assists, while Kyrie
Irving had 21 points but none in the fourth quarter.
Cleveland (43-26), currently the second seed in the Eastern
Conference, had its four-game win streak snapped. The Cavaliers only
led the game once, 2-0 after scoring the opening basket.
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Warriors 108, Lakers 105
The Golden State Warriors clinched an NBA playoff spot for the third
consecutive season with a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Klay Thompson led the way with 26 points for the NBA-best Warriors
(53-13), who got a surprise scare from the Lakers.
Jordan Clarkson tallied 17 points for Los Angeles, who committed a
turnover on their final possession to end the game.
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Grizzlies 92, Nuggets 81
Zach Randolph scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds, his 34th
double-double of the season, to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to
victory over the Denver Nuggets.
The Grizzlies (47-20) moved two games clear of Portland for second
place in the Western Conference.
Jameer Nelson had 24 points to lead the Nuggets, who saw their
four-game winning streak snapped.
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Mavericks 119, Thunder 115
Chandler Parsons scored a game-high 31 points and Dirk Nowitzki
drove a third-quarter comeback as the Dallas Mavericks tripped the
Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Mavs trailed by 15 points in the third before Nowitzki dropped
three three-pointers and scored 13 of his 22 points in the quarter.
Dallas (43-25) sits fifth in the West with the win.
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Hawks 110, Kings 103
Jeff Teague scored 23 points and Kent Bazemore canned a key
three-pointer with 1:06 left in the fourth quarter as the Atlanta
Hawks held off the Kings.
Bazemore, who finished with 11 points, sank the long-range bomb from
the right corner after Sacramento had closed to 100-99 on guard
Andre Miller's layup with 2:11 left.
The Hawks (53-14) were without guard Kyle Korver who broke his nose
on Sunday and will miss at least two more games.
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Wizards 105, Trail Blazers 97
Bradley Beal scored 23 points and John Wall nearly recorded a
triple-double as the surging Washington Wizards fended off the
Portland Trail Blazers.
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Wall finished with 21 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds for the
Wizards (39-28), who almost blew a 25-point lead.
Washington has won four straight games and six of eight after losing
11-of-13 from Jan. 28 through Feb.27.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 12 rebounds for Portland
(44-21).
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Raptors 107, Pacers 98
Kyle Lowry had a triple-double as he and fellow Toronto Raptors
guards DeMar DeRozan and Lou Williams combined for 66 points to lead
the Raptors past the Indiana Pacers.
Williams led the way with 24 points, and DeRozan had 22. Lowry
finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as Toronto
(40-27) swept the three-game season series.
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Celtics 108, 76ers 89
The rebuilding Boston Celtics continued their surprising bid for a
playoff berth with an easy victory over the hapless Philadelphia
76ers.
The Celtics are tied with the seventh-place Indiana Pacers and
eighth-place Miami Heat with a record of 30-36.
Tyler Zeller scored a career-high 26 points and Boston never
trailed, leading by as many as 27 in winning its fifth straight and
seventh in the past eight.
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Nets 122, Timberwolves 106
Brooklyn Nets forward Joe Johnson scored 22 points and grabbed five
rebounds in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The victory moved Brooklyn (27-38) to within 2 1/2 games of the
final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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Jazz 94, Hornets 66
Rodney Hood scored a career-high 24 points, which included 5-of-5
shooting from three-point range, and Gordon Hayward added 18 to lead
the Utah Jazz to victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
Center Rudy Gobert pulled down 22 rebounds for the Jazz (30-36), who
won their sixth consecutive game.
The Hornets (29-36) lost for the third time in four games. (Compiled
by Jahmal Corner; Editing by John O'Brien)
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