A 4-game Thursday night lineup didn’t pack a lot of star power, but included the extension of winning streaks for the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder, while the Philadelphia 76ers forgot about their injury woes for one night thanks to playing the second worst team in the East, the New York Knicks.

New York Knicks 106 Philadelphia 76ers 115

The perfect remedy to playing without the team’s two stars? Playing the New York Knicks. The Sixers jumped to the lead early and never let it slip, improving to 28-2 at home this season behind 34 Tobias Harris points. The Sixers are still 5th in the East, but with 0 games behind the Miami Heat, this looks like one of the best playoff-seeding battles to watch in what’s left of this season.

Portland Trail Blazers 100 Indiana Pacers 106

The struggling Pacers finally put a 2-game win streak together, led by 20 points from Domantas Sabonis. The entire starting five scored in double figures, including 14 by Myles Turner who hit a key three pointer late in the game. The Blazers, painfully shorthanded, fall to 3 games behind the Grizzlies in the chase for the 8th and final playoff spot in the West.

Sacramento Kings 108 Oklahoma City Thunder 112

Much has been said of the Thunder’s and especially Chris Paul’s clutch abilities this season. Well, it happened again, as the Thunder improved to 37-22 (5th in the West) after coming back from a 19-point deficit. Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points, knocking down four 3-pointers. It’s the 5th straight win for the Thunder, now only 1.5 games behind the equally hot Rockets in 4th.

Los Angeles Lakers 116 Golden State Warriors 86

The Lakers, playing without LeBron James, had no problem against the worst team in the league (8th straight loss). Anthony Davis set the tone with 23 points as the Lakers picked up their 8th straight victory. Eric Paschall led the Dubs with 23 points off the bench, as they await the return of Stephen Curry while another player (Ky Bowman) is lost to injury for an undetermined period of time.

Eastern Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Milwaukee Bucks	50	8	.862	–	58
2	Toronto Raptors	42	16	.724	8.0	58
3	Boston Celtics	41	17	.707	9.0	58
4	Miami Heat	36	22	.621	14.0	58
5	Philadelphia 76ers	37	23	.617	14.0	60
6	Indiana Pacers	35	24	.593	15.5	59
7	Brooklyn Nets	26	31	.456	23.5	57
8	Orlando Magic	26	32	.448	24.0	58
9	Washington Wizards	21	36	.368	28.5	57
10	Charlotte Hornets	20	38	.345	30.0	58
11	Chicago Bulls	20	39	.339	30.5	59
12	Detroit Pistons	19	41	.317	32.0	60
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	17	41	.293	33.0	58
14	New York Knicks	17	42	.288	33.5	59
15	Atlanta Hawks	17	43	.283	34.0	60

(Teams in bold clinched playoff spot)

Western Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Los Angeles Lakers	45	12	.789	–	57
2	Denver Nuggets	40	18	.690	5.5	58
3	Los Angeles Clippers	39	19	.672	6.5	58
4	Houston Rockets	38	20	.655	7.5	58
5	Oklahoma City Thunder	37	22	.627	9.0	59
6	Utah Jazz	36	22	.621	9.5	58
7	Dallas Mavericks	36	23	.610	10.0	59
8	Memphis Grizzlies	28	30	.483	17.5	58
9	Portland Trail Blazers	26	34	.433	20.5	60
10	New Orleans Pelicans	25	33	.431	20.5	58
11	San Antonio Spurs	24	33	.421	21.0	57
12	Sacramento Kings	24	34	.414	21.5	58
13	Phoenix Suns	24	35	.407	22.0	59
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	40	.298	28.0	57
15	Golden State Warriors	12	47	.203	34.0	59

Standings via Wikipedia