Cavaliers to sign Dahntay Jones for playoffs

Despite the loss, Brook Lopez scored 25 points and became the Nets' all-time scoring leader, passing Buck Williams. They conclude their fifth straight season out of the playoffs Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. The Cavs are in second place in the Eastern Conference entering Wednesday's season finale against Toronto.

The Bulls crushed the Orlando Magic, 122-75, and at 40-41 have the same record as Miami with one game remaining for each. And really not only the starting five, but our second unit, and whichever guy that steps in there is important and they'll bring something to the table.

Robin Lopez scored 18 points for the Bulls and Jimmy Butler added 17. LeBron was too exhausted to play Monday night, but not too exhausted to go to the nightclub til whenever.

Kevin Love was listed as questionable for the game against the Heat, but he started Monday's game after playing 42 minutes against the Hawks. Both teams are 50-31 with one game remaining before they meet in the playoffs with only home court yet to be decided.

George Hill scored 20 points for Utah, while Stephen Curry made 28 including six three-pointers in a losing cause for the Warriors. It's over. Can they give us the game back?

Elsewhere, the Wizards defeated the Pistons 105-101. The Heat have gone 5-5 in their last 10 games and are 21-18 at AmericanAirlines Arena this season.

"I remember after the Knicks game I went upstairs and I probably shot 200, 300 free throws after the game just because I didn't want to feel that feeling again", said Johnson, who missed three free throws in the Heat's crippling 98-94 loss to the Knicks at home two weeks ago. "Credit to my teammates". They yielded 44 in Sunday's fourth quarter and became the third team in recorded National Basketball Association history to lose when leading by 26 after 36 minutes.

Jones played in 15 postseason games last spring.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook will sit out Tuesday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after notching his NBA-record 42nd triple-double of the season Sunday against the Denver Nuggets.

At 6-6, the 29-year-old Liggins is an interesting wing.

The Palace was also the site of one of professional sports' most infamous brawls, the "Malice at the Palace" on November 19, 2004, when Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers left the court to go after a fan in the stands, and teammates battled fans on the court. This game's over/under comes in at a combined 211.5 points. Put it this way: Can we envision a team that has been outscored by 79 points over 80 games actually facing Golden State/San Antonio in June? (Only one team ranked below them will make the playoffs - Portland, which will be the West's No. 8 seed.) They yielded 114 points Friday to a Hawks team minus Millsap, Howard, Bazemore, Schroder and Sefolosha. "Great drive from Timmy, finds him in the corner", Budenholzer said of Muscala's three-pointer.