Nets beat Pacers to take No. 7 spot in East

NEW YORK » Kyrie Irving scored 35 points, Kevin Durant had 20 points, a career-high 16 assists and 10 rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets locked up seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 134-126 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.

The Nets will host No. 8 Cleveland on Tuesday in the play-in tournament, with the winner moving into the playoffs as the No. 7 seed. The loser will have a second chance by hosting the winner of the game between the Nos. 9 and 10 seeds on Friday.

Brooklyn and Cleveland both finished 44-38, but the Nets won the season series to take the tiebreaker.

Oshae Brissett had 28 points for Indiana. The Pacers lost their final 10 games to finish 25-57.

CAVALIERS 133, BUCKS 115 » Kevin Love made eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points and Cleveland beat Milwaukee to take the No. 8 play-in spot — and a matchup against Brooklyn.

Love did all his damage in 15 minutes, matching his career high for 3s and adding 10 rebounds. Rookie Evan Mobley added 18 points and 10 rebounds.

The defending champion Bucks rested superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and their other regulars for the regular-season finale. Milwaukee rookie Sandro Mamukelashvili had a season-high 28 points and added 13 rebounds.

76ERS 118, PISTONS 106 » Joel Embiid sat out after he clinched the scoring title and James Harden joined him on the bench, leaving Shake Milton and Tyrese Maxey to lead Philadelphia past Detroit.

The 76ers finished with the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and will open against Toronto. Milton scored 30 points, and Maxey and Paul Reed had 25.

Allen Iverson was in the house and the last Sixer to win a scoring title -- four, actually— got to share the arena with this season’s champ. Embiid finished at 30.6 points per game. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo also rested Sunday, finishing at 29.9 points.

Luka Garza led the Pistons with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

HAWKS 130, ROCKETS 114 » Trae Young had 28 points and 11 assists and Atlanta wrapped up the regular season with a victory over Houston that didn’t improve its postseason position.

The Hawks finished ninth in the Eastern Conference and will host 10th-seeded Charlotte on Wednesday night in the play-in tournament.

Jalen Green, the second overall pick in the draft, had a season-high 41 points for the Rocket. The lost their seventh straight game to finish 20-62, giving them the NBA’s worst record for a second straight season.

CELTICS 139, GRIZZLIES 110 » Jayson Tatum scored 31 points, Jaylen Brown added 18 and Boston secured the second seed in the East, beating Memphis.

Al Horford added 13 points as the Celtics shot close to 55% against the short-handed Grizzlies.

Santi Aldama led Memphis with 20 points, and Ziaire Williams finished with 18 points. John Konchar had his first career triple-double with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Kyle Anderson scored 16 points.

HORRNETS 124, WIZARDS 108 » Terry Rozier had 25 points, LaMelo Ball added 24 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and Charlotte beat Washington

The Hornets finished 4339 — 10 more wins than a year ago in an abbreviated 72-game season — and will be the 10th seed in the East for the second straight year.

Rui Hachimura had 21 points for Washington.

MAGIC 125, HEAT 111 » Mo Bamba and R.J. Hampton each scored 21 points and Orlando beat Miami.

Victor Oladipo had 40 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Heat. They wrapped up the top seed in the Eastern Conference on Thursday night and rested several players.

Oladipo, playing in only his eighth game of the season after recovering from surgery on his right quad 11 months ago, scored 25 points in the first half.

BULLS 124, TIMBERWOLVES 120 » Patrick Williams scored a career-high 35 points and Ayo Dosunmu had 26 points in a season-high 45 minutes and Chicago beat Minnesota with both teams resting regulars before the postseason.

Troy Brown Jr. added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who played without four starters and stopped a four-game losing streak. The Bulls already had the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference bracket secured. They’ll face No. 3 seed Milwaukee in the first round.

Nathan Knight had 17 points and eight rebounds for Minnesota. Locked into seventh place in the Western Conference earlier in the week, the Timberwolves will host the Los Angeles Clippers in a play-in game Tuesday night.

KNICKS 105, RAPTORS 94 » Obi Toppin scored a careerhigh 42 points, Immanuel Quickley had 34 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds and

New York beat Toronto to finish a disappointing season.

The Knicks finished 3745 after making the playoffs last season, but secondyear players Toppin and Quickley ended on high notes. Quickley had career highs in points and assists and equaled his best night on the boards.

Toronto held out Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet in their final game of the regular season ahead of their first-round playoff matchup with fourthseeded Philadelphia. Chris Boucher scored 21 points for the Raptors.

CLIPPERS 138, THUNDER 88 » Amir Coffey had career highs of 32 points and 13 rebounds, and Los Angeles routed depleted Oklahoma City to end the regular season on a five-game winning streak.

The Clippers finished 4240, a major accomplishment after playing the entire season without injured superstar Kawhi Leonard — and with Paul George only returning recently after missing 43 games with an elbow injury.

JAZZ 111, TRAIL BLAZERS 80 » Juancho Hernangomez had a season-high 22 points and Utah clinched the fifth seed in the Western Conference with a victory over Portland in the regular-season finale.

MAVERICKS 130, SPURS 120 » Luka Doncic strained his left calf in Dallas’ win over San Antonio in what turned out to be a meaningless regular-season finale, putting the superstar’s status in question for the playoffbound Mavericks.

KINGS 116, SUNS 109 » Justin Holiday, Damian Jones and Donte DiVincenzo each scored 19 points and Sacramento beat Phoenix in the regular-season finale for both teams.