Not too many games on a Tuesday NBA night but a lot of happenings. The Golden State Warriors keep marching towards an NBA record, the Chicago Bulls finally win and complicate things for the Indiana Pacers, the Detroit Pistons stop the Oklahoma City Thunder while the Cleveland Cavaliers play without LeBron James and lose at home to the Houston Rockets.

Chicago Bulls 98  Indiana Pacers 96: What did the Bulls do, besides finally win a game? Make things complicated for the Indiana Pacers. The Bulls are still two games out of 8th, but the Pacers now are there, instead of the rising Pistons. Jimmy Butler hit the game-winning jumper with 3.7 seconds left, while Nikola Mirotic led the Bulls with 28 points.

Brooklyn Nets 105  Orlando Magic 139: A stat padding opportunity for a lot of players, with Andrew Nicholson scoring 24 points and Aaron Gordon adding 20, along with a number of dunks that would have worked well in the All-Star dunk contest.

Charlotte Hornets 100  Philadelphia 76ers 85: The Hornets remain 0.5 games behind 4th in the East thanks to an easy win in Philly, with Nicolas Batum grabbing a triple double of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Cody Zeller had 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Oklahoma City Thunder 82  Detroit Pistons 88: Kevin Durant didn’t play, Russell Westbrook was terrible and Reggie Jackson pissed everyone off with his celebrating, although it was Marcus Morris with 24 points who stood out for the Pistons, moving to 7th in the East, now 2.5 games clear of missing the playoffs.

Houston Rockets 106  Cleveland Cavaliers 100: LeBron James didn’t play but seemed like he was busy coaching players. Whatever he was doing, it didn’t help as they remain 2.5 games ahead of the Raptors. The Rockets are in 8th, 0.5 games above the Mavericks, thanks to 27 points and 8 assists from James Harden while Michael Beasley helped out with 17 off the bench. Kyrie Irving scored 31 for the Cavaliers.

Washington Wizards 94  Golden State Warriors 102: Business as usual in Oakland with the Warriors picking up win number 67. Stephen Curry scored 26 points to go with 7 assists and 5 steals, Klay Thompson had 16 points and Draymond Green helped out with 15, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.

Eastern Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers	52	22	.703	–	74
2	Toronto Raptors	49	24	.671	2.5	73
3	Atlanta Hawks	45	30	.600	7.5	75
4	Miami Heat	43	30	.589	8.5	73
5	Boston Celtics	43	31	.581	9.0	74
6	Charlotte Hornets	43	31	.581	9.0	74
7	Detroit Pistons	40	35	.533	12.5	75
8	Indiana Pacers	39	35	.527	13.0	74
9	Chicago Bulls	37	37	.500	15.0	74
10	Washington Wizards	36	38	.486	16.0	74
11	Orlando Magic	31	43	.419	21.0	74
12	Milwaukee Bucks	30	44	.405	22.0	74
13	New York Knicks	30	45	.400	22.5	75
14	Brooklyn Nets	21	53	.284	31.0	74
15	Philadelphia 76ers	9	66	.120	43.5	75

Western Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors	67	7	.905	–	74
2	San Antonio Spurs	62	12	.838	5.0	74
3	Oklahoma City Thunder	52	23	.693	15.5	75
4	Los Angeles Clippers	46	27	.630	20.5	73
5	Memphis Grizzlies	41	33	.554	26.0	74
6	Portland Trail Blazers	39	36	.520	28.5	75
7	Utah Jazz	37	37	.500	30.0	74
8	Houston Rockets	37	38	.493	30.5	75
9	Dallas Mavericks	36	38	.486	31.0	74
10	Denver Nuggets	31	44	.413	36.5	75
11	Sacramento Kings	29	45	.392	38.0	74
12	New Orleans Pelicans	27	46	.370	39.5	73
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	25	49	.338	42.0	74
14	Phoenix Suns	20	54	.270	47.0	74
15	Los Angeles Lakers	15	59	.203	52.0	74

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