SUMMARIES

Thursday’s Games

Blazers 98, Jazz 87

PORTLAND (98)

Batum 9-13 1-1 21, Wallace 10-18 5-5 29, Aldridge 6-19 0-0 12, Miller 1-9 3-3 5, Matthews 4-7 8-8 18, Fernandez 0-4 0-0 0, Roy 5-8 1-2 11, C.Johnson 1-1 0-0 2, Mills 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-79 18-19 98.

UTAH (87)

Miles 3-11 0-0 6, Millsap 7-15 4-7 19, Jefferson 4-10 2-2 10, Harris 9-16 3-3 26, Hayward 1-5 8-8 10, Favors 4-7 0-0 8, Watson 3-7 0-0 6, Evans 0-1 0-0 0, Weaver 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 31-74 19-22 87.

Portland 27 22 30 19 — 98

Utah 18 24 25 20 — 87

3-Point Goals—Portland 8-18 (Wallace 4-6, Batum 2-3, Matthews 2-4, Miller 0-1, Roy 0-1, Fernandez 0-3), Utah 6-20 (Harris 5-9, Millsap 1-1, Hayward 0-3, Watson 0-3, Miles 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 43 (Aldridge 11), Utah 47 (Jefferson 14). Assists—Portland 24 (Miller 12), Utah 19 (Jefferson, Harris 5). Total Fouls—Portland 19, Utah 19. Technicals—Millsap. A—18,831 (19,911).

Bulls 97, Celtics 81

BOSTON (81)

Pierce 6-13 2-2 15, Garnett 3-9 4-4 10, J.O’Neal 2-5 1-2 5, Rondo 3-10 1-3 7, Allen 3-11 1-1 7, Davis 1-8 6-6 8, Green 4-7 2-2 10, Krstic 1-2 4-4 6, West 4-7 0-0 9, Pavlovic 1-1 0-0 2, Murphy 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 28-73 23-26 81.

CHICAGO (97)

Deng 9-18 2-2 23, Boozer 6-16 2-3 14, Noah 1-3 0-0 2, Rose 9-16 10-10 30, Bogans 2-3 0-0 6, Brewer 2-4 0-0 4, Gibson 3-5 0-0 6, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Korver 2-7 0-0 5, Watson 1-3 0-0 2, Butler 1-1 0-0 3, Asik 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-78 14-15 97.

Boston 18 25 17 21 — 81

Chicago 26 22 23 26 — 97

3-Point Goals—Boston 2-10 (West 1-2, Pierce 1-5, Allen 0-3), Chicago 9-22 (Deng 3-6, Bogans 2-3, Rose 2-5, Butler 1-1, Korver 1-5, Watson 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Boston 43 (Garnett 10), Chicago 47 (Boozer 12). Assists—Boston 14 (Rondo 6), Chicago 21 (Rose 8). Total Fouls—Boston 12, Chicago 21. Technicals—Davis, Pierce, Thomas. A—23,067 (20,917).

LeaderS

Through Thursday’s Games

SCORING

G FG FT PTS AVG

Durant, OKC 74 677 562 2056 27.8

James, MIA 76 728 481 2027 26.7

Wade, MIA 73 673 470 1879 25.7

Anthony, NYK 74 656 492 1890 25.5

Stoudemire, NYK 77 738 471 1957 25.4

FG PERCENTAGE

FG FGA PCT

Hilario, DEN 387 633 .611

Howard, ORL 610 1024 .596

Okafor, NOR 290 500 .580

Horford, ATL 495 888 .557

Gortat, PHX 309 555 .557

REBOUNDS

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Love, MIN 73 330 782 1112 15.2

Howard, ORL 76 304 768 1072 14.1

Randolph, MEM 73 319 575 894 12.2

Griffin, LAC 79 260 700 960 12.2

Humphries, NJN 74 225 546 771 10.4

Gasol, LAL 78 257 532 789 10.1

Lee, GOL 70 211 478 689 9.8

Jefferson, UTA 79 232 538 770 9.7

Okafor, NOR 68 219 441 660 9.7

Horford, ATL 73 176 519 695 9.5

ASSISTS

G AST AVG

Nash, PHX 72 820 11.4

Rondo, BOS 66 741 11.2

Williams, NJN 65 667 10.3

Paul, NOR 76 747 9.8

Calderon, TOR 68 605 8.9

Wall, WAS 65 553 8.5

Felton, DEN 72 600 8.3

Kidd, DAL 77 636 8.3

Westbrook, OKC 78 641 8.2

Rose, CHI 77 606 7.9

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf

y-Chicago 58 20 .744 — 9-1 W-5 35-5 23-15 35-13

y-Boston 54 24 .692 4 5-5 L-1 31-8 23-16 35-13

y-Miami 54 24 .692 4 8-2 L-1 28-11 26-13 34-14

x-Orlando 50 29 .633 8 1/2 7-3 W-2 28-11 22-18 34-15

x-Atlanta 44 34 .564 14 5-5 L-2 24-16 20-18 31-17

x-New York 40 38 .513 18 5-5 W-5 23-17 17-21 26-22

x-Philadelphia 40 39 .506 18 1/2 4-6 L-3 25-13 15-26 24-25

x-Indiana 36 43 .456 22 1/2 6-4 W-1 23-16 13-27 27-22

Milwaukee 32 46 .410 26 5-5 W-1 20-19 12-27 24-25

Charlotte 32 46 .410 26 4-6 L-4 20-19 12-27 20-28

Detroit 27 51 .346 31 3-7 W-1 20-19 7-32 19-29

New Jersey 24 54 .308 34 2-8 L-1 17-20 5-34 13-35

Washington 21 57 .269 37 4-6 L-1 18-21 3-36 14-34

Toronto 21 57 .269 37 2-8 L-2 15-24 6-31 13-35

Cleveland 17 61 .218 41 4-6 W-2 11-28 6-33 13-35

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf

z-San Antonio 60 19 .759 — 4-6 W-3 35-5 25-14 37-12

y-L.A. Lakers 55 23 .705 4 1/2 7-3 L-3 29-10 26-13 34-14

x-Dallas 53 25 .679 6 1/2 5-5 L-4 26-12 27-13 31-17

y-Oklahoma City 52 26 .667 7 1/2 7-3 W-2 29-10 23-16 30-19

x-Denver 48 30 .615 11 1/2 7-3 W-1 31-8 17-22 28-20

x-Portland 46 33 .582 14 6-4 W-1 28-11 18-22 28-21

x-New Orleans 45 33 .577 14 1/2 6-4 W-2 27-12 18-21 26-22

Memphis 44 34 .564 15 1/2 7-3 L-1 28-11 16-23 28-20

Houston 41 38 .519 19 6-4 L-2 24-15 17-23 23-26

Phoenix 38 40 .487 21 1/2 3-7 W-1 21-18 17-22 21-27

Utah 37 42 .468 23 1-9 L-1 20-20 17-22 19-30

Golden State 35 44 .443 25 5-5 W-3 25-14 10-30 20-29

L.A. Clippers 31 48 .392 29 5-5 L-1 22-18 9-30 18-31

Sacramento 23 55 .295 36 1/2 6-4 L-1 11-28 12-27 14-34

Minnesota 17 62 .215 43 0-10 L-12 12-28 5-34 7-42

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

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Thursday’s Games

Chicago 97, Boston 81 Portland 98, Utah 87

Today’s Games

Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. New York at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Washington at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m.

All Times PDT