In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have secured the top seed, rallied for a 108-102 win over third-seeds the New York Knicks.
Darius Garland scored 26 points for Cleveland, half of them in the fourth quarter, as the Cavs fought back from 23 points down.
The Knicks secured the third seed when the Indiana Pacers, who sat out all their starters, lost 129-115 to the Orlando Magic.
The Boston Celtics, the second seed, collected their 60th win of the season with a 130-94 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
The New Orleans Pelicans suffered the heaviest regular season defeat in franchise history as they were crushed 153-104 by the Miami Heat.
Bam Adebayo was only on the court for 22 minutes but still put up 23 points and 12 rebounds as Miami, who led by 52 points at one stage, ran rampant against an injury weakened Pelicans.
However, the victory did nothing to improve Miami’s playoff position. With other results going against them, the Heat are locked into tenth place and will play at the Chicago Bulls in a play-in game on Wednesday.
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