In a night of clinching playoff spots and up/down movements, the Cleveland Cavaliers got home court advantage in the East for good, the Dallas Mavericks secured their postseason berth while the Houston Rockets replaced the Utah Jazz at least for a day or two and the Charlotte Hornets beating the Boston Celtics keeps things interesting in the 3-4-5-6 seed race.

Atlanta Hawks 94  Cleveland Cavaliers 109: The Cavs clinch the top spot in the East while things open up in terms of the third and fourth seeds. Kyrie Irving finally played well, scoring 35 points. LeBron James had another terrific games like recently, finishing with 34 points on 13-of-16 from the field with 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Milwaukee Bucks 98  Orlando Magic 107: Two underachieving, young teams, facing each other in some entertaining garbage time. Six Magic players scored in double figures, including 22 from Ersan Ilyasova while Elfrid Payton had 11 points and 11 assists. Greg Monroe scored 23 points for the Bucks.

Charlotte Hornets 114  Boston Celtics 100: The Hornets stun the Celtics with a 39-13 second quarter, led by Jeremy Lin scoring 25 points, including 21 in the first half. The Celtics shot just 38.2% from the field.

Washington Wizards 120  Brooklyn Nets 111: The Wizards reach 40 wins in another garbage time win. Ramon Sessions scored 21 points and added 12 assists, helped by Marcus Thornton with 19 points.

Houston Rockets 129  Minnesota Timberwolves 105: The Rockets pull one out of the hat and find themselves in 8th once more, thanks to 34 points from James Harden and 21 from Trevor Ariza.

Chicago Bulls 121  New Orleans Pelicans 116: Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and added 11 assists while Nikola Mirotic finished with 20. Taj Gibson, Pau Gasol and Derrick Rose didn’t play in a game and win that came a bit too late for the Bulls.

Los Angeles Lakers 79  Oklahoma City Thunder 112: The Thunder didn’t give Bryant a comfortable farewell, with one more home game remaining for him. Kevin Durant scored 34 points while Russell Westbrook picked up his 18h triple double of the season, getting it in the first half already.

Dallas Mavericks 101  Utah Jazz 92: A huge disappointment for the Jazz, falling out of the playoff picture with one game remaining, while the Mavs clinch their spot. Deron Williams stepped up to score 23 points, helped by 22 and 11 rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki while Wesley Matthews finished with 20. Gordon Hayward scored 26 for Utah.

Sacramento Kings 105  Phoenix Suns 101: Seth Curry continues his strong finish to the season with 20 points, helped out by Kostas Koufos with 19. Devin Booker led the Suns scoring 22.

Eastern Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	x– Cleveland Cavaliers	57	24	.704	–	81
2	x – Toronto Raptors	54	26	.675	2.5	80
3	x – Atlanta Hawks	48	33	.593	9.0	81
4	x – Miami Heat	47	33	.588	9.5	80
5	x – Boston Celtics	47	34	.580	10.0	81
6	x – Charlotte Hornets	47	34	.580	10.0	81
7	x – Indiana Pacers	43	37	.538	13.5	80
8	x – Detroit Pistons	43	37	.538	13.5	80
9	o – Chicago Bulls	41	40	.506	16.0	81
10	o – Washington Wizards	40	41	.494	17.0	81
11	o – Orlando Magic	35	46	.432	22.0	81
12	o – Milwaukee Bucks	33	48	.407	24.0	81
13	o – New York Knicks	32	49	.395	25.0	81
14	o – Brooklyn Nets	21	60	.259	36.0	81
15	o – Philadelphia 76ers	10	70	.125	46.5	80

Western Conference Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	x – Golden State Warriors	72	9	.889	–	81
2	x – San Antonio Spurs	65	15	.813	6.5	80
3	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	55	26	.679	17.0	81
4	x – Los Angeles Clippers	52	28	.650	19.5	80
5	x – Portland Trail Blazers	43	38	.531	29.0	81
6	x – Memphis Grizzlies	42	38	.525	29.5	80
7	x – Dallas Mavericks	42	39	.519	30.0	81
8	Houston Rockets	40	41	.494	32.0	81
9	Utah Jazz	40	41	.494	32.0	81
10	o – Sacramento Kings	33	48	.407	39.0	81
11	o – Denver Nuggets	33	48	.407	39.0	81
12	o – New Orleans Pelicans	30	51	.370	42.0	81
13	o – Minnesota Timberwolves	28	53	.346	44.0	81
14	o – Phoenix Suns	22	59	.272	50.0	81
15	o – Los Angeles Lakers	16	65	.198	56.0	81

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