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Newspaper Page TextEast Oregonian Page 3B SPORTS BLAZERS: Leonard scores career high 24 points Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Continued from 1B Meyers Leonard scored a ca- reer-high 24 points for Portland. The Trail Blazers, who already were locked into the No. 4 spot in the West, were without injured starters LaMarcus Al- dridge (left foot sprain) and Arron Af- ÀDORULJKWVKRXOGHUVWUDLQ The Thunder need a win at Minne- sota and a loss by New Orleans at home against San Antonio on Wednesday to advance. Any other scenario, and New Orleans secures the No. 8 seed. Westbrook followed up his ca- reer-high 54-point effort Sunday by making 13 of 27 shots to extend his lead over Houston’s James Harden in the race for the scoring title. He scored SRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIDQG2NODKR- ma City led 49-42 at the break. The Thunder shot just 35 percent in the AP Photo/Chris Carlson Bubba Watson helps Jordan Spieth put on his green jacket after winning the Masters on Sunday. SPIETH: Runner-up in Texas Open ahead, and Spieth didn’t have the power or the putting to He watched Bubba Wat- catch up. This year was different. son celebrate another Masters title, and all the perks and ce- His lead down to three shots, lebrity that came with it. He Spieth made a simple birdie knew that could have been on the eighth hole. This time, his approach on the ninth was him. “So you get reminded of fraction long enough to land it all the time, because when on the ridge and stay put. He you’re Masters champion, made par, and Justin Rose it’s a different legacy,” Spieth had a three-putt bogey to fall VDLG ³$QG VR WKDW GH¿QLWH- ¿YHVKRWVEHKLQG There was only one shaky ly left me hungry. And then also, having a chance to win moment after that. Spieth was the last couple of week and four shots ahead and looking at a two-shot swing on the not pulling it off.” He was runner-up in the 16th when Rose had 15 feet Texas Open and lost in a for birdie and Spieth faced playoff at the Houston Open an 8-foot putt for par. Rose missed. Spieth made. He was before arriving to Augusta. “So the combination of on his way. “It was probably one of the two allowed me to keep my head down, not worry the best putts he hit all day,” DERXWDQ\RQHHOVHLQWKH¿HOG Rose said. It’s tempting to declare except myself and to play a golf course that is my favorite Spieth as golf’s next big star course in the world,” he said. after such a performance and The par-5 eighth hole the elite company he joins. is where it all started to go In the last century, only four wrong last year. He had a players have three PGA Tour two-shot lead and made bo- titles that include a major gey to Watson’s birdie. On before turning 22 — Spieth, the ninth hole, Spieth’s shot Woods, Tom Creavy and came up a fraction short and Gene Sarazen. He was the tumbled down the front of ¿UVW ZLUHWRZLUH ZLQQHU DW the green and back into the Augusta in 39 years. He al- fairway, leading to anoth- ready is No. 2 in the world, er bogey. Watson birdied and he still has work to do to and suddenly was two shots reach Rory McIlroy at No. 1. Continued from 1B ¿UVWKDOIEXWWKH\KDGRIIHQVLYHUH- bounds and 10 second-chance points. Damian Lillard’s 28-foot 3-point- HU FXW 2NODKRPD &LW\¶V OHDG WR ¿YH with about seven minutes left in the third quarter before the Thunder went on a 7-0 run, highlighted by a 3-point play by Dion Waiters, to go up 66-54. Westbrook scored 13 points in the third quarter, and Oklahoma City led 81-70 heading into the fourth. Portland cut Oklahoma City’s lead to six midway through the fourth, but Anthony Morrow quickly drained a 3-pointer, and the Thunder maintained control from there. Oklahoma City held Lillard, an All- Star, to 10 points on 3-for-9 shooting. TIP-INS Trail Blazers: Leonard started for just the seventh time this season. ... G C.J. McCollum started for just third Teams battle for NBA playoffs berths, seeds By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer With just 72 hours left in the NBA’s regular season, the playoffs virtually have already begun for a handful of teams. Meanwhile, some of the league’s elite are jockeying not only for top seeds, which decide matchups, but also for the right to host playoff games. Home court advantage is determined solely by record, not by seeding or if teams win their divisions. In the Western Conference, An- thony Davis and the resilient Pelicans are close to edging out injury-plagued Oklahoma City for the conference’s HLJKWK DQG ¿QDO SOD\RII SRVLWLRQ ,W ZRXOG EH 1HZ 2UOHDQV¶ ¿UVW SRVWVHD- son appearance since coach Monty :LOOLDPV¶¿UVWVHDVRQLQZKHQ he had Chris Paul and Davis West. Since then, the Pelicans have com- pletely overhauled their roster to build around Davis, their All-Star forward ZKRZDVWKH¿UVWRYHUDOOGUDIWSLFNLQ 2012. At 43-37 entering Monday, New 2UOHDQV DOUHDG\ KDV LWV ¿UVW ZLQQLQJ record in four seasons. “One of our goals this year was to have a winning record. A goal that’s out there — we all want it badly — is to make the playoffs,” Williams said recently. “So we have a chance to do both. I’d say we’ve come a long way.” In the East, Boston is on the verge of clinching the seventh or eighth seed under second-year coach Brad Ste- vens, but Brooklyn, Indiana and Mi- ami all entered Monday’s games with D VKRW DW RQH RI WKH ¿QDO WZR SOD\RII spots as well. At the top of the standings, teams WKDWTXDOL¿HGIRUWKHSRVWVHDVRQZHHNV ago still have plenty at stake. San An- tonio, Houston, Memphis and the Los Angeles Clippers are all within one game of each other as they battle for the second-best record in the West behind Golden State, which would guarantee one of them homecourt advantage at OHDVWWKURXJKWKH¿UVWWZRURXQGV ——— Here’s a look at some of the play- off possibilities to be sorted out by Wednesday. PELICANS-THUNDER: Thanks in no small part to Davis’ game-win- ning, fall-away 3 as time expired in Oklahoma City earlier this season, the Pelicans hold the tiebreaker after win- ning three of four games against the Thunder. That means the Pelicans had a chance to clinch by winning at Min- nesota on Monday, but the Thunder beat Portland. The West’s last spot now hinges on the results of San Antonio at New Orleans and Oklahoma City at Minnesota — with the Spurs possibly looking to lock up the second seed. BOSTON’S BACK? After rout- ing a Cleveland squad that was resting starters Sunday, Boston was in the sev- enth spot in the East, one game ahead of both Brooklyn and Indiana with two games left. The Celtics hold the tie- breaker against both teams, meaning Prep Baseball Union no-hits Heppner Jonny Phillips only al- lowed one runner in the top UNION — Two Union of the seventh on an error at hurlers held Heppner with- third base to get the win. He out a hit, as Bobcat pitching and Rice combined to allow snuffed the Mustangs 6-0 just three hits. White, Rice and Adrian on Monday. JD Graves started for Roa all went 3 for 4 at the 8QLRQDQGZHQW¿YHLQ- plate, and Verley was 2 for nings, striking out three and 3 for Irrigon (7-2, 2-0). In Game 2, the Knights not walking a batter. Wade 5\QHDUVRQ SLWFKHG WKH ¿- took control with seven nal two innings, facing nine runs in the bottom of the batters and retiring them all, fourth. A pair of singles striking out the side in the sandwiched around a Tiger- Scots error loaded the bases VHYHQWKDQG¿QDOLQQLQJ $ ¿UVWLQQLQJ HUURU RQ D to start the Knights off, and hard grounder by Weston Weston-McEwen allowed Putnam made him the only four of Irrigon’s runs on a baserunner for the day for pair of later errors. Roa (2 for 3) and Rice Heppner (2-5). Putnam also reached later in the game (2 for 4) continued to swing after getting hit by a pitch. steady bats for Irrigon, He stole a base both times which was led by Alan Blackman and Fredy Vera he got on. Union scored four runs (3 for 5). ——— LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ VSDUNHG IRRIGON 8, WESTON-MCEWEN 7 by a JD Graves home run. Game 1 R H E WM 003 202 0 — 7 3 3 Rynearson put one over the IHS 211 004 X — 8 14 4 fence, too, one of his two Sutter Ball and Cedric Hall. Austin Rice, Jonny Phillips (4) and Alan Blackman. W RBIs in the game. Jordan — Phillips. L — Ball. 2B — Hunter Sater (Weston-McEwen); added two RBIs himself to Chapman, Adrian Roa, Nate Verley, provide plenty of offense to Darin Blackman, Hayden White 2 (Irrigon). 3B — White (Irrigon). secure the win. IRRIGON 12, WESTON-MCEWEN 4 ——— East Oregonian time this season. He sprained his left DQNOH LQ WKH ¿QDO VHFRQGV RI WKH ¿UVW half and did not return. ... F Nicolas %DWXPOHIWWKHJDPHLQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU after holding his right knee and did not return. X-rays were negative. ... Lillard joined Clyde Drexler as the only Trail Blazers to have more than 1,700 points and 500 assists in a season. Thunder: Oklahoma City won de- spite making just 4 of 21 3-pointers . ... The Thunder outrebounded Portland LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU DQG LQ the game. ... Adams made 2 of 8 free WKURZVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIEXWPDGHERWK of his attempts in the second. ... West- brook also had 11 rebounds and seven assists. UP NEXT Portland: At Dallas on Wednesday. Thunder: At Minnesota on Wednes- day. 7 on the day to lead Pilot Rock at the plate and Bray- don Postma hit a solo home run in Game 1. Collins was 3 for 4 on the day for Hep- pner and Weston Putman was 2 for 2 with three RBIs in Game 1. ——— PILOT ROCK 5, HEPPNER 4 (9 innings) Game 1 R H E PR 000 200 003 — 5 6 3 HHS 100 010 002 — 4 6 6 Jacob Pierce and Dillon Fritz. Pat Collins and Weston Putman. W — Pierce. L — Collins. 2B — Collins (Heppner). HR — Braydon Postma (Pilot Rock). PILOT ROCK 15, HEPPNER 1 (5 innings) Game 2 R H E PR 911 22 — 15 7 2 HHS 001 00 — 1 3 3 Mike Hiatt an Dillon Fritz. Cord Flynn, CJ Kindle (1), Cade Arbogast (1) and Weston Putman. W — Hiatt. L — Flynn. STANFIELD 4-3, EL- GIN 0-1 — At Elgin, the Tiger arms kept the Huskies at bay and the bats did just HQRXJK WRZLQ 6WDQ¿HOG LWV sixth and seventh consecu- tive games on Saturday. Elgin managed just four hits in two games versus 6WDQ¿HOG (2/ pitchers Tony Flores, Klay Jenson and Dylan Grogan. Flores opened the afternoon with a two-hit complete Game 2 R H E Union 6, Heppner 0 game shutout. Jenson al- WM 202 000 0 — 4 9 5 R H E IHS 041 700 X — 12 13 1 HP 000 000 0 — 0 0 1 lowed two hits the only Elgin Brendan Dearing, Hunter Sater (4) UN 411 000 x — 6 8 1 and Cedric Hall. Nate Verley, Fredy Vera (5-4, 0-2 EOL) to start the 2B: J Alexander (Union) (3) and Alan Blackman. W — Vera. L — HR: W Rynerson, Jd Graves (Union) second game before Grogan Dearing. 2B — Hall, Vince Roff (Weston-McEw- entered for two perfect in- IRRIGON 8-12, en); Blackman (Irrigon). nings to close out the sweep. W E S TO N - M C E W E N :LWK WKH ZLQV 6WDQ¿HOG PILOT ROCK 5-15, 7-4 — The Irrigon Knights sits atop the Eastern Oregon followed a pair of offensive HEPPNER 4-1 — At Hep- League standings with Vale. outbursts to a sweep of the pner, the Mustangs left the 6WDQ¿HOG ZDV KHOG RII Weston-McEwen Tiger- tying run stranded in the WKH VFRUHERDUG IRU WKH ¿UVW Scots on Saturday to open bottom of the ninth in the ¿YH LQQLQJV RI WKH RSHQHU opener, then fell behind Special District 6 play. before Grogan, Flores and Irrigon used a big inning early and never recovered Steven Allan completed in each game to give it the in the closer as Pilot Rock run-scoring at-bats. edge in wins of 8-7 and 12-4. claimed a pair of victories Catcher Thyler Monkus In Game 1, the Knights on opening weekend in scored three of the Tigers EHOWHG RXW ¿YH KLWV WR FRPH Special District 6 play. Pilot Rock’s Jacob seven runs. from behind with four runs in 6WDQ¿HOG KRVWV the bottom of the sixth inning. Pierce and Heppner’s Pat- Weston-McEwen on Tues- Darin Chapman’s double rick Collins battled from the day in a non-league contest. opened the inning, and was mound for nine innings in ——— followed by a single from WKH RSHQHU 3LHUFH ¿QLVKHG STANFIELD 4, ELGIN 0 Game one R H E with 11 strikeouts and four Fredy Vera and an RBI dou- STAN 000 002 2 — 4 4 2 ELG 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 walks, while Collins fanned ble by Nate Verley before Tony Flores and Thyler Monkus. J. $ODQ %ODFNPDQ¶V VDFUL¿FH 10 but also walked 10. Vermillion and R. Graves. W — T. Flores. Heppner would need L — J. Vermillion. À\JDYH:HVWRQ0F(ZHQLWV three pitchers just to get out STANFIELD 3, ELGIN 1 ¿UVWRXWZLWKWKHVFRUH two R H E Hayden White hit his RIWKH¿UVWLQQLQJVRI*DPH Game STAN 102 000 0 — 3 6 2 ELG 000 010 0 — 1 2 1 2, though, and the Rockets second double of the game Klay Jenson, Dylan Grogan (6) and on the next at-bat to tie the seized on their control is- Thyler Monkus. J. Griffin and R. Graves. W — K. Jenson. L — J. Griffin. score, and Austin Rice then sues for a 9-0 lead. 2B — D. Grogan (STAN). Bryson Pierce west 3 for singled him in. Boston clinches with one more win or one more loss by either the Nets or Pacers, who are tied for the eighth spot. HEAT’S HOPE: At 35-45, Miami is technically alive, but would need to win its last two games, and would need both Brooklyn and Indiana to lose their last two. WEST’S BEST: Because division winners can be seeded no worse than fourth, that’s where Portland (51-29 entering Monday night’s game) will end up. And though they won the Northwest Division, they’ll open the playoffs on the road. The second seed will be the South- west Division winner, which will be San Antonio, Houston or Memphis. Those three teams, along with the Clip- SHUV DOO KDYH D FKDQFH WR ¿QLVK ZLWK the West’s second-best record — and DOOZLOO¿QLVKZLWKEHWWHUUHFRUGVWKDQ Portland. The Spurs are 55-26, while the Rockets, Clippers and Grizzlies were all 54-26 entering Monday. EAST’S ELITE: Toronto has clinched the Atlantic and will be the third-best division winner behind At- lanta and Cleveland, but could fall to the fourth seed behind Chicago, which entered Monday night with an identical 48-32 record. On Monday, the Bulls were in Brooklyn, where they could not only help themselves with a win, but also clinch a playoff spot for Boston. Wash- ington also entered Monday with a chance to catch Chicago for the fourth- best record in the East and home ad- YDQWDJHLQWKH¿UVWURXQG SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Monday Heppner at Union, 5 p.m. Tuesday Pilot Rock at Elgin, 4 p.m. Sherman at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Riverside at Prescott/Waitsburg (WA), 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 5 p.m. Friday Nyssa at Riverside (DH), 1/3 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi (DH), 3/5 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Valley Catholic at Stanfield, Noon Hermiston at The Dalles (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton (DH), Noon/2:30 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Tuesday Riverside at Vale (DH), 1/3 p.m. Umatilla at Heppner, 3 p.m. Pilot Rock at Elgin, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Echo at Baker, 4 p.m. Enterprise at Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m. Thursday Southridge (WA) at Hermiston, 4 p.m. Friday Nyssa at Riverside (DH), 1/3 p.m. Grant Union at Echo (DH), 1/3 p.m. Umatilla at Enterprise (DH), 1/3 p.m. Mac-Hi at Baker (DH), 3/5 p.m. Saturday Culver at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Union at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Burns at Irrigon (DH), 1/3 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Tuesday Hood River at Hermiston, 4 p.m. Friday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen, Stanfield, Pilot Rock, Irrigon, Heppner, Arlington, Condon/ Wheeler, Echo at River’s Edge Meet (Umatilla), 11 a.m. Pendleton, Ione at Apple Blossom Invite (Hood River), 4 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Oregon Relays (Eugene), 10 a.m. PREP BOYS TENNIS Monday Mac-Hi at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Tuesday Stanfield at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m. Helix at Ione, 4 p.m. Pendleton at Hermiston, 4 p.m. Thursday Riverside at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Ione, Stanfield, Helix at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Stanfield at Helix, 4 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 4 p.m. Saturday Pendleton, Riverside, Helix at Mac-Hi Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP GIRLS TENNIS Monday Mac-Hi at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Tuesday Umatilla at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m. Stanfield at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m. Helix at Ione, 4 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Thursday Riverside at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Ione, Stanfield, Helix at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 4 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Sherman at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Friday Stanfield at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Saturday Pendleton, Riverside, Helix at Mac-Hi Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP BOYS GOLF Monday Hermiston at Bend CC, 9 a.m. Tuesday Heppner at La Grande CC, 1 p.m. Thursday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi at Pendle- ton CC, Noon Friday Echo at Echo Hills GC, 10 a.m. Heppner at John Day CC, 1 p.m. Pendleton at La Grande CC, 1 p.m. PREP GIRLS GOLF Monday Pendleton, Hermiston at Broken Top GC (Bend), 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Heppner at La Grande CC, 1 p.m. Friday Echo at Echo Hills GC, 10 a.m. Heppner at John Day CC, 1 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Tuesday Hermiston at Central Valley (WA), 6 p.m. Friday Hermiston at Summit, 8 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Ridgeview, 5 p.m. PREP RUGBY Saturday East Oregon at Polk County (Salem), 12:15 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Wednesday Blue Mountain at Big Bend (DH), 1/4 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla (DH), 1/4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Yakima Crossover, TBA Sunday Blue Mountain at Yakima Crossover, TBA COLLEGE RODEO Saturday Blue Mountain at NW Regional 3 (Spo- kane Valley, WA), 1 p.m./6 p.m. Sunday Blue Mountain at EWU Rodeo (Spokane Valley, WA), Noon Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB Boston 5 2 .714 — Tampa Bay 4 3 .571 1 Toronto 4 3 .571 1 Baltimore 3 4 .429 2 New York 3 4 .429 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 7 0 1.000 — Detroit 6 1 .857 1 Chicago 2 4 .333 4½ Cleveland 2 4 .333 4½ Minnesota 1 6 .143 6 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 4 4 .500 — Houston 3 4 .429 ½ Los Angeles 3 4 .429 ½ Seattle 3 4 .429 ½ Texas 3 5 .375 1 National league East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 6 1 .857 — New York 4 3 .571 2 Philadelphia 3 4 .429 3 Washington 2 5 .286 4 Miami 1 6 .143 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 4 2 .667 — Cincinnati 4 3 .571 ½ St. Louis 3 3 .500 1 Pittsburgh 3 4 .429 1½ Milwaukee 2 5 .286 2½ West Division W L Pct GB Colorado 5 2 .714 — Arizona 4 3 .571 1 Los Angeles 4 3 .571 1 San Diego 4 4 .500 1½ San Francisco 3 5 .375 2½ ——— Sunday’s Games Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 Tampa Bay 8, Miami 5 Toronto 10, Baltimore 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2 Houston 6, Texas 4, 14 innings Kansas City 9, L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 8, Oakland 7, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 14, Boston 4 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 5, 11 innings Tampa Bay 8, Miami 5 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3 Washington 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 4 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4 Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4 Boston 9, Washington 4 Kansas City 12, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1 L.A. Angels 6, Texas 3 Oakland 8, Houston 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Seattle 5, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 2, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4 Boston 9, Washington 4 Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 4 Colorado 2, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 3, Miami 2 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 6, 10 innings Arizona 8, San Diego 4 Tuesday’s Games Washington (Strasburg 0-1) at Boston (Masterson 1-0), 3:10 p.m. Detroit (Greene 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-0), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-1) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0) at Toronto (Da. Norris 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0) at Cleveland (Carrasco 1-0), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Rucinski 0-0) at Texas (N.Mar- tinez 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Oakland (Graveman 0-1) at Houston (Wojciechowski 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Huff 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 0-1) at Atlanta (Cahill 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Buchanan 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 0-1) at San Diego (Despaigne 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Toronto 48 32 .600 — x-Boston 38 42 .475 10 Brooklyn 37 44 .457 11½ Philadelphia 18 63 .222 30½ New York 17 64 .210 31½ Southeast W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 60 21 .741 — x-Washington 46 34 .575 13½ Miami 36 45 .444 24 Charlotte 33 48 .407 27 Orlando 25 56 .309 35 Central Division W L Pct GB y-Cleveland 52 29 .642 — x-Chicago 49 32 .605 3 x-Milwaukee 41 40 .506 11 Indiana 37 43 .463 14½ Detroit 31 50 .383 21 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 55 26 .679 — x-Houston 55 26 .679 — x-Memphis 54 27 .667 1 x-Dallas 49 32 .605 6 New Orleans 44 37 .543 11 Northwest W L Pct GB y-Portland 51 30 .630 — Oklahoma City 44 37 .543 7 Utah 38 43 .469 13 Denver 30 51 .370 21 Minnesota 16 65 .198 35 Pacific Division W L Pct GB z-Golden State 66 15 .815 — x-L.A. Clippers 55 26 .679 11 Phoenix 39 42 .481 27 Sacramento 28 53 .346 38 L.A. Lakers 21 60 .259 45 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— Sunday’s Games Milwaukee 96, Brooklyn 73 Boston 117, Cleveland 78 Detroit 116, Charlotte 77 Denver 122, Sacramento 111 Washington 108, Atlanta 99 Indiana 116, Oklahoma City 104 Houston 121, New Orleans 114 San Antonio 107, Phoenix 91 Dallas 120, L.A. Lakers 106 Monday’s Games Milwaukee 107, Philadelphia 97 Houston 100, Charlotte 90 Cleveland 109, Detroit 97 New York 112, Atlanta 108 Miami 100, Orlando 93 Chicago 113, Brooklyn 86 Oklahoma City 101, Portland 90 New Orleans 100, Minnesota 88 Utah 109, Dallas 92 Sacramento 102, L.A. Lakers 92 Golden State 111, Memphis 107 L.A. Clippers 110, Denver 103 Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 5 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Orlando at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Detroit at New York, 5 p.m. Indiana at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.