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SPORTS
BLAZERS: Leonard scores career high 24 points
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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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-
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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
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ma City led 49-42 at the break. The
Thunder shot just 35 percent in the
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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
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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.
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bounds and 10 second-chance points.
Damian Lillard’s 28-foot 3-point-
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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.
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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.
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thony Davis and the resilient Pelicans
are close to edging out injury-plagued
Oklahoma City for the conference’s
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record in four seasons.
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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.”
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of clinching the seventh or eighth seed
under second-year coach Brad Ste-
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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
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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
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nings, striking out three and 3 for Irrigon (7-2, 2-0).
In Game 2, the Knights
not walking a batter. Wade
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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
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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).
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by a JD Graves home run.
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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
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secure the win.
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time this season. He sprained his left
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half and did not return. ... F Nicolas
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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 .
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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.
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Game 1
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Jacob Pierce and Dillon Fritz. Pat Collins
and Weston Putman. W — Pierce. L —
Collins.
2B — Collins (Heppner). HR — Braydon
Postma (Pilot Rock).
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innings)
Game 2
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Mike Hiatt an Dillon Fritz. Cord Flynn, CJ
Kindle (1), Cade Arbogast (1) and Weston
Putman. W — Hiatt. L — Flynn.
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GIN 0-1 — At Elgin, the
Tiger arms kept the Huskies
at bay and the bats did just
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sixth and seventh consecu-
tive games on Saturday.
Elgin managed just four
hits in two games versus
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pitchers Tony Flores, Klay
Jenson and Dylan Grogan.
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with a two-hit complete
Game 2
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game shutout. Jenson al-
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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-
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nings to close out the sweep.
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opener, then fell behind
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before Grogan, Flores and
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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
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score, and Austin Rice then sues for a 9-0 lead.
2B — D. Grogan (STAN).
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Pierce
west
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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.
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west Division winner, which will be
San Antonio, Houston or Memphis.
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the West’s second-best record — and
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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-
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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
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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
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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.