Cleveland saw a four-game losing streak come to an end on Friday when they suffered a 114-100 loss at home to the Hawks. James had 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, but he did not get a lot of help from his friends. Irving added 18 points, and Love contributed 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Cleveland still lost.
Kyle Single inbounded the ball to Steven Adams, who fed Westbrook for the victor.
Danilo Gallinari scored 22 of his season-high 34 points in the third quarter for the Nuggets.
LOS ANGELES, USA -Atlanta's Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points as the Hawks stunned the National Basketball Association champion Cleveland Cavaliers 114-100 on Friday, April 7 (Saturday in Manila) despite sitting their starters.
Cleveland owns the head-to-head tiebreaker with Boston, which has two games remaining in its regular-season schedule.
The best chance for the Celtics to get a loss from the Cavaliers will be Cleveland's game on Monday at Miami, playing on the second night of a back-to-back against a Heat squad fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive. Cleveland's magic number is 2, which means they need to win two out of their final three games to clinch the #1 seed if Boston wins out.
The Hawks wiped out a 26-point deficit in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Cavs 44-18 in the period and forcing overtime on Millsap's baseline jumper at the buzzer.
James struggled to explain what went wrong just two days after the Cavs had played one of their best games this season, blowing the Celtics out in Boston. This games' over/under comes in at a combined 212.5 points.
Ryan Anderson made six 3-pointers and had 21 points for Houston.
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Jeff Teague added 15 points and seven assists for the Pacers.
NEW YORK (AP) - DeMar DeRozan scored 35 points as Toronto beat New York to wrap up at least the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.
He also joined Vince Carter as the second Raptor to reach 2,000 points in a season. The road team has won and covered the spread in all three games meetings this season. He took one shot in the final frame. The Grizzlies played their reserves in the fourth with the seventh seed in the Western Conference already secured.
The All-Star put up 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Bulls in Philadelphia. Jeremy Lin led Brooklyn with 32 points.
Cleveland Cavaliers: PG - Kyrie Irving, SG - JR Smith, SF - LeBron James, PF - Kevin Love, C - Tristan Thompson.
The Mavericks rested starters Dirk Nowitzki, Nerlens Noel and Wesley Matthews in the second half.
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers posted what many are calling a statement win over Celtics. Bazemore has come off the bench in four games since coming back following a five-game absence.
Something else that happened following the 101-86 victory was also typical of Lillard: He gave the game ball to Utah veteran Joe Johnson, who scored his 20,000th career point during the game.
Ignoring the potential draft-lottery implications, the Lakers were content to allow Towns and Wiggins run wild while containing the rest of the Timberwolves.
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