NBA results | Sunday

HEAT 130, CELTICS 124

BOSTON — Jimmy Butler had 26 points and 11 assists to help Miami hold off Boston as the teams fight for position in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race.

Duncan Robinson added 22 points and Bam Adebayo had 20 for Miami, which increased its lead over Boston to two games for sixth place in the standings. The Heat (37-31) have the same record as fifth-place Atlanta, but the Hawks own the head-to-head tiebreaker.

MAVERICKS 124, CAVALIERS 97

CLEVELAND — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 25 points and Josh Richardson had 20, allowing playoff-bound Dallas to overcome the ejection of Luka Doncic to beat Cleveland.

Doncic received a flagrant-two foul — an automatic ejection — early in the third quarter for hitting Collin Sexton with “an aggressive strike to the groin area,” according to lead official David Guthrie. It occurred while jostling for position under the Cleveland basket.

PELICANS 112, HORNETS 110

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eric Bledsoe had 24 points and 11 assists, Jaxson Hayes added 18 points and short-handed New Orleans rallied to beat Charlotte to stay alive in the race for the play-in tournament.

James Johnson added 17 points and Willy Hernangomez had 16 rebounds for the Pelicans. They pulled within 1 1/2 games of San Antonio for 10th place in the Western Conference.

TIMBERWOLVES 128, MAGIC 96

ORLANDO, Fla. — Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell each scored 27 points and Minnesota built a 30-point halftime lead, led by 43 in the third quarter and cruised past Orlando.

Rookie guard Anthony Edwards added 16 points and 10 rebounds for his third doubledouble of the season to help the Timberwolves end a three-game losing streak. Ricky Rubio added 18 points.

BULLS 108, PISTONS 94

DETROIT — Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 16 rebounds and Chicago beat Detroit to kept its play-in chances alive.

Zach LaVine scored 30 points to help the Bulls move within 2 1/2 games of Indiana for the last Eastern Conference play-in spot. Chicago had lost five of six.

Detroit, which lost for the ninth time in 11 games, played without leading scorer Jerami Grant (knee) and point guard Cory Joseph (ankle). Rookies K

Killian Hayes led Detroit with 21 points.

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