Standings

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

y-Miami 53 14 .791 —

x-Indiana 42 26 .618 11½

d-New York 40 26 .606 12½

Brooklyn 40 28 .588 13½

Atlanta 38 30 .559 15½

Chicago 36 31 .537 17

Boston 36 31 .537 17

Milwaukee 34 33 .507 19

Philadelphia 26 42 .382 27½

Toronto 26 42 .382 27½

Washington 24 43 .358 29

Detroit 23 46 .333 31

Cleveland 22 46 .324 31½

Orlando 18 51 .261 36

Charlotte 16 52 .235 37½

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 52 16 .765 —

x-Oklahoma City 50 19 .725 2½

Memphis 46 21 .687 5½

d-L.A. Clippers 47 22 .681 5½

x-Denver 48 22 .686 5

Golden State 39 31 .557 14

Houston 37 31 .544 15

L.A. Lakers 36 33 .522 16½

Utah 34 34 .500 18

Dallas 32 36 .471 20

Portland 32 36 .471 20

Sacramento 25 44 .362 27½

Minnesota 23 43 .348 28

Phoenix 23 46 .333 29½

New Orleans 23 46 .333 29½

d-division leader

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

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Thursday’s Games

Portland 99, Chicago 89

Denver 101, Philadelphia 100

Sacramento 101, Minnesota 98

Today’s Games

New York at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Portland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 5 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Boston at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 6 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Summaries

Thursday’s Games

Blazers 99, Bulls 89

PORTLAND (99)

Batum 3-12 2-2 11, Aldridge 14-23 0-1 28, Hickson 4-7 1-3 9, Lillard 9-17 2-2 24, Matthews 4-8 0-0 11, Leonard 3-6 2-2 8, Maynor 4-9 0-0 8, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Barton 0-1 0-0 0, Babbitt 0-0 0-0 0, Freeland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-84 7-10 99.

CHICAGO (89)

Deng 2-7 0-0 5, Boozer 8-18 0-1 16, Noah 7-10 4-4 18, Hinrich 1-7 0-0 2, Belinelli 3-10 0-0 7, Robinson 4-12 0-0 8, Gibson 7-14 0-1 14, Butler 4-7 3-5 12, Mohammed 2-3 0-0 4, Teague 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 39-89 7-11 89.

Portland 20 32 28 19 — 99

Chicago 21 16 16 36 — 89

3-Point Goals—Portland 10-21 (Lillard 4-7, Matthews 3-5, Batum 3-7, Maynor 0-2), Chicago 4-14 (Teague 1-1, Deng 1-2, Butler 1-2, Belinelli 1-3, Robinson 0-2, Hinrich 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 54 (Hickson 21), Chicago 46 (Boozer 11). Assists—Portland 19 (Lillard 7), Chicago 30 (Robinson 9). Total Fouls—Portland 16, Chicago 16. Flagrant Fouls—Boozer. A—21,946 (20,917).

Nuggets 101, 76ers 100

PHILADELPHIA (100)

Turner 6-12 0-2 12, T.Young 9-15 0-0 18, Hawes 8-11 0-0 17, Holiday 6-12 3-3 18, Wilkins 10-15 2-4 24, Moultrie 3-6 2-2 8, Ivey 1-4 0-0 3, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-78 7-11 100.

DENVER (101)

Gallinari 3-10 4-4 12, Faried 4-9 0-0 8, Koufos 2-6 1-2 5, A.Miller 9-14 3-5 21, Iguodala 5-9 3-4 13, Brewer 10-18 4-5 29, McGee 1-3 4-5 6, Randolph 3-6 1-2 7, Fournier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-76 20-27 101.

Philadelphia 22 22 27 29 — 100

Denver 17 34 24 26 — 101

Kings 101, Timberwolves 98

MINNESOTA (98)

Kirilenko 3-9 0-0 6, Williams 6-16 0-0 12, Pekovic 6-12 6-8 18, Rubio 4-13 4-4 12, Ridnour 1-7 2-2 4, Budinger 3-7 2-2 9, Shved 3-8 0-0 6, Barea 5-11 1-2 11, Cunningham 6-11 0-0 12, Stiemsma 4-4 0-0 8. Totals 41-98 15-18 98.

SACRAMENTO (101)

Salmons 5-11 3-3 13, Thompson 2-5 0-0 4, Cousins 6-12 3-5 15, Thomas 8-15 5-5 24, Evans 8-11 4-5 21, Patterson 5-10 0-0 11, Thornton 1-2 0-0 2, Fredette 2-3 0-0 4, Douglas 2-3 0-0 5, Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Aldrich 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-75 15-18 101.

Minnesota 26 31 20 21 — 98

Sacramento 25 28 26 22 — 101

Leaders

Through Thursday’s Games

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Durant, OKC 69 624 593 1962 28.4

Anthony, NYK 53 494 336 1453 27.4

Bryant, LAL 67 640 415 1813 27.1

James, MIA 67 671 351 1784 26.6

Harden, HOU 66 505 580 1739 26.3

Westbrook, OKC 69 570 389 1612 23.4

Curry, GOL 66 512 225 1467 22.2

Wade, MIA 63 528 283 1355 21.5

Aldridge, POR 66 571 253 1397 21.2

Parker, SAN 56 462 228 1174 21.0

Ellis, MIL 67 493 248 1297 19.4

Lillard, POR 68 462 218 1295 19.0

Lopez, Bro 61 462 237 1161 19.0

Pierce, BOS 66 409 291 1231 18.7

Lee, GOL 67 513 221 1247 18.6

Holiday, PHL 64 479 156 1189 18.6

Griffin, LAC 67 499 241 1242 18.5

Williams, Bro 65 402 252 1195 18.4

Gay, TOR 62 435 205 1136 18.3

Jennings, MIL 67 436 207 1226 18.3

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Howard, LAL 63 213 572 785 12.5

Asik, HOU 68 232 566 798 11.7

Randolph, MEM 61 262 451 713 11.7

Vucevic, ORL 68 230 550 780 11.5

Noah, CHI 63 256 464 720 11.4

Lee, GOL 67 193 553 746 11.1

Chandler, NYK 62 260 422 682 11.0

Hickson, POR 67 236 489 725 10.8