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Hawks 114, CAVALIERS 100: Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as Atlanta, despite resting center Dwight Howard and missing three other key starters, stunned Cleveland. Mike Dunleavy added 20. The Hawks recorded 39 assists.

RAPTORS 96, Heat 94: DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points and Toronto beat Miami night in their final home game of the regular season. DeRozan broke Vince Carter’s franchise record with his 31st 30-point game of the season, shooting 14 of 32 from the floor. Carter set the mark in 2000-01.

Pistons 114, ROCKETS 109: Stanley Johnson hit a tiebreakin­g 3-pointer with 32.4 seconds left and added two free throws to lift Detroit to a victory over Houston. Boban Marjanovic, Detroit’s 7-foot-3 backup center, led the Pistons with a careerhigh 27 points with 12 rebounds off the bench.

GRIZZLIES 101, Knicks 88: Mike Conley scored 31 points and Memphis clinched the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference with a victory over a short-handed New York. Conley was 12 of 17 from the field, including 7 of 11 from 3-point range, as Memphis snapped a three-game losing streak.

Spurs 102, MAVERICKS 89: Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 27 points with San Antonio resting most of its starters, and the Spurs ran past Dallas after the Mavericks pulled most of their key veterans in the second half. Dewayne Dedmon, the only San Antonio starter to play, had 10 points and 13 rebounds.

JAZZ 120, Timberwolv­es 113: Gordon Hayward scored a career-high 39 points and Utah rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Minnesota. Hayward scored 30 in his second consecutiv­e game and Johnson threw in 22 off the bench. The pair combined to shoot 8 for 10 from behind the arc. NUGGETS 122, Pelicans 106: Rookie Jamal Murray scored a career-high 30 points, including several high-soaring dunks, and Denver kept their postseason hopes afloat by beating New Orleans. Nikola Jokic added 23 points and 12 rebounds to help the Nuggets pull within a game of Portland.

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