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On the air Scoreboard Major League Baseball AmericAn LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Oakland 10 4 .714 _ Texas 8 7 .533 2 1/2 Seattle 7 7 .500 3 Los Angeles 6 8 .429 4 Houston 5 9 .357 5 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Chicago 8 6 .571 _ Detroit 6 5 .545 1/2 Cleveland 7 7 .500 1 Minnesota 6 7 .462 1 1/2 Kansas City 5 7 .417 2 eAst Division W L Pct gB New York 9 6 .600 _ Toronto 8 6 .571 1/2 Baltimore 7 7 .500 1 1/2 Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 2 Boston 5 9 .357 3 1/2 tuesday's games Chicago Cubs at New York, ppd., rain Tampa Bay at Baltimore, ppd., rain Cleveland at Detroit, ppd., inclement weather Texas 5, Seattle 0 Chicago White Sox 2, Boston 1 Kansas City 4, Houston 2 Toronto 9, Minnesota 3 Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 9 (11) Wednesday's games Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Chicago Cubs 0, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0, 2nd game Cleveland 3, Detroit 2 Texas 3, Seattle 2 Boston at Chicago White Sox, (n) Kansas City at Houston, (n) Toronto at Minnesota, ppd., rain Oakland at L.A. Angels, (n) thursday's games Cleveland (Salazar 0-1) at Detroit (Ver - lander 1-1), 10:08 a.m. Toronto (Dickey 1-2) at Minnesota (Pel- frey 0-2), 10:10 a.m., 1st game Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-2) at Texas (Schep- pers 0-1), 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Price 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (McGowan 1-1) at Minnesota (Gibson 2-0), 4:10 p.m., 2nd game Boston (Lester 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 3-0), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 0-2) at Houston (Feldman 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Toronto at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Leaders AmericAn LeAgue Batting AlRamirez, Chicago, .415; Kubel, Min- nesota, .357; Ellsbury, New York, .353; Solarte, New York, .348; LCain, Kansas City, .342; Wieters, Baltimore, .341; Beltran, New York, .327. rBi Colabello, Minnesota, 15; Abreu, Chicago, 14; Ibanez, Los Angeles, 12; Moss, Oakland, 12; AlRamirez, Chicago, 12; DavMurphy, Cleveland, 11; Bautista, To ro nt o, 1 0; B ra nt le y, C le ve la nd , 1 0; Cespedes, Oakland, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 10. Home runs Bautista, Toronto, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; Abreu, Chicago, 4; Beltran, New York, 4; MeCabrera, Toronto, 4; Dozier, Min - nesota, 4; Pujols, Los Angeles, 4. Pitching Sale, Chicago, 3-0; FHernandez, Seattle, 3-0; Buehrle, Toronto, 3-0; 23 tied at 2. erA Feldman, Houston, 0.44; Ventura, Kan- sas City, 0.69; Darvish, Texas, 0.82; Till- man, Baltimore, 0.84; Buehrle, Toronto, 0.86; Gray, Oakland, 0.95; Ross Jr, Texas, 1.00; Pineda, New York, 1.00. strikeouts FHernandez, Seattle, 39; Tanaka, New York, 28; Scherzer, Detroit, 25; CWilson, Los Angeles, 24; Darvish, Texas, 23; Price, Tampa Bay, 22; JChavez, Oakland, 22. Major League Baseball nAtionAL LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Los Angeles 9 5 .643 _ San Francisco 9 5 .643 _ Colorado 7 8 .467 2 1/2 San Diego 6 8 .429 3 Arizona 4 14 .222 7 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Milwaukee 11 4 .733 _ St. Louis 9 6 .600 2 Pittsburgh 7 8 .467 4 Cincinnati 6 9 .400 5 Chicago 4 10 .286 6 1/2 eAst Division W L Pct gB Atlanta 10 4 .714 _ Washington 9 6 .600 1 1/2 New York 8 7 .533 2 1/2 Philadelphia 6 8 .429 4 Miami 6 10 .375 5 tuesday's games Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 7, comp. of susp. game Atlanta at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Chicago Cubs at New York, ppd., rain Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 5 Miami 11, Washington 2 St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Arizona 0 Colorado 3, San Diego 2 San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 (12) Wednesday's games Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Chicago Cubs 0, 1st game Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Arizona 2 Atlanta 1, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0, 2nd game Washington 6, Miami 3 Colorado at San Diego, (n) L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, (n) thursday's games Atlanta (A.Wood 2-1) at Philadelphia (Burnett 0-1), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 2-1) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 2-0), 12:45 p.m. Colorado (Morales 0-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 1-2), 3:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 0-0), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 2-1) at Washington (Jordan 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Friday's games Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Leaders nAtionAL LeAgue Batting Blackmon, Colorado, .468; Utley, Phila- delphia, .449; Freeman, Atlanta, .392; Pagan, San Francisco, .386; Uribe, Los Angeles, .379; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, .377; DGordon, Los Angeles, .372. rBi Stanton, Miami, 21; Trumbo, Arizona, 18; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 14; CGonzalez, Colorado, 13; McGehee, Miami, 13; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 13; Rendon, Wa sh in gt on , 1 2. Home runs Trumbo, Arizona, 6; PAlvarez, Pitts - burgh, 5; Belt, San Francisco, 5; AdGon- zalez, Los Angeles, 5; Stanton, Miami, 5; Walker, Pittsburgh, 5; 8 tied at 4. Pitching Lynn, St. Louis, 3-0; Greinke, Los Ange- les, 3-0; Avilan, Atlanta, 3-1; 30 tied at 2. erA JKelly, St. Louis, 0.59; ESantana, Atlanta, 0.64; Harang, Atlanta, 0.96; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 0.96; Simon, Cincinnati, 1.20; Samardzija, Chicago, 1.29; Cashner, San Diego, 1.29. strikeouts Cueto, Cincinnati, 35; Strasburg, Wash - ington, 33; Fernandez, Miami, 33; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 28; ClLee, Philadelphia, 28; Wainwright, St. Louis, 24; Ryu, Los Angeles, 22; Lynn, St. Louis, 22; Cashner, San Diego, 22. Basketball Western conFerence Pacific Division W L Pct gB y-Clippers 57 24 .704 — x-Golden State 50 31 .617 7 Phoenix 47 34 .580 10 Sacramento 28 53 .346 29 La ke rs 2 7 55 . 32 9 30 1 /2 southwest Division W L Pct gB z-San Antonio 62 20 .756 — x-Houston 54 28 .659 8 x-Memphis 50 32 .610 12 x-Dallas 49 33 .598 13 New Orleans 34 48 .415 28 northwest Division W L Pct gB y-Oklahoma City 59 23 .720 — x-Portland 53 28 .654 51/2 Minnesota 40 42 .488 19 Denver 36 45 .444 221/2 Utah 25 57 .305 34 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division W L Pct gB y-Toronto 48 34 .585 — x-Brooklyn 44 38 .537 4 New York 37 45 .451 11 Boston 25 57 .305 23 Philadelphia 19 63 .232 29 southeast Division W L Pct gB y-Miami 54 28 .659 — x-Washington 44 38 .537 10 x-Charlotte 43 39 .524 11 x-Atlanta 38 44 .463 16 Orlando 23 59 .280 31 central Division W L Pct gB z-Indiana 56 26 .683 — x-Chicago 48 34 .585 8 Cleveland 33 49 .402 23 Detroit 29 53 .354 27 Milwaukee 15 67 .183 41 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference tu esda y' s g am es New York 109, Brooklyn 98 Clippers 117, Denver 105 Wednesday's games Indiana 101, Orlando 86 Charlotte 91, Chicago 86, OT Utah 136, Minnesota 130,2OT Oklahoma City 112, Detroit 111 Atlanta 111, Milwaukee 103 Memphis 106, Dallas 105, OT Lakers 113, San Antonio 100 New Orleans 105, Houston 100 Washington 118, Boston 102 Cleveland 114, Brooklyn 85 Philadelphia 100, Miami 87 New York 95, Toronto 92 Clippers at Portland, (n) Phoenix at Sacramento, (n) Golden State at Denver, (n) end of regular season nHL PLAyoFFs (x-if necessary) First round (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 16 Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT, Montreal leads series 1-0 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3, Pittsburgh leads series 1-0 Dallas at Anaheim, (n) thursday, April 17 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. sa tu rda y, A pr il 19 Chicago at St. Louis, noon Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. sunday, April 20 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 9 a.m. Detroit at Boston, noon Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7 p.m. monday, April 21 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 4 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. tuesday, April 22 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. thursday, April 24 Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m. x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. x-Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m. x-Dallas at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Soccer mAjor LeAgue soccer Western conFerence W L t Pts gF gA FC Dallas 4 1 1 13 15 9 Colorado 3 1 1 10 8 5 Seattle 3 2 1 10 12 10 Salt Lake 2 0 4 10 10 6 Vancouver 2 2 2 8 8 6 Galaxy 2 1 1 7 5 2 Chivas USA 1 2 3 6 7 11 Portland 0 2 4 4 8 11 San Jose 0 2 2 2 5 7 eAstern conFerence W L t Pts gF gA Columbus 3 1 1 10 8 5 Toronto FC 3 2 0 9 5 5 Kansas City 2 1 2 8 5 4 D.C. 2 2 1 7 5 6 New England 2 3 1 7 4 8 Philadelphia 1 2 4 7 9 10 New York 1 2 4 7 8 11 Houston 2 3 0 6 7 8 Chicago 0 1 5 5 9 10 Montreal 0 3 3 3 6 10 note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's game New York 2, Philadelphia 1 saturday's games Houston at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. New England at Chicago, 1 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 3 p.m. Galaxy at Vancouver, 4 p.m. D.C. United at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Montreal at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. auto racing nAscAr sPrint cuP Feb. 15 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 20 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Matt Kenseth) Feb. 20 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 23 — Daytona 500 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) march 2 — The Profit on CNBC 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Kevin Harvick) march 9 — Kobalt 400, Las Vegas (Brad Keselowski) march 16 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Carl Edwards) march 23 — Auto Club 400, Fontana (Kyle Busch) march 30 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va. (Kurt Busch) April 7 — Duck Commander 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Joey Logano) April 12 — Bojangles' Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Kevin Harvick) April 26 — Toyota Owners 400, Rich - mond, Va. may 4 — Aaron's 499, Talladega, Ala. may 10 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan. may 16 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. may 17 — x-Sprint All-Star Race, Con - cord, N.C. may 25 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. june 1 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. june 8 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. june 15 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. june 22 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma june 28 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. july 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. july 13 — Camping World RV Sales 301, Loudon, N.H. july 27 — The Brickyard 400, Indianapolis. Aug. 3 — GoBowling.com 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 10 — Cheez-It 355 at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 17 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 23 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Aug. 31 — Atlanta 500, Hampton, Ga. sept. 6 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. sept. 14 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. sept. 21 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. sept. 28 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. oct. 5 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. oct. 11 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. oct. 19 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. oct. 26 — Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, Ridgeway, Va. nov. 2 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas nov. 9 — Quicken Loans 500, Avondale, Ariz. nov. 16 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Home - stead, Fla. Driver standings Through April 12 1. Jeff Gordon, 297. 2. Matt Kenseth, 296. 3. Carl Edwards, 278. 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 271. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 270. 6. Kyle Busch, 269. 7. Brad Keselowski, 246. 8. Joey Logano, 245. 9. Ryan Newman, 236. 10. Austin Dillon, 235. 11. Greg Biffle, 227. 12. Tony Stewart, 224. 13. Brian Vickers, 224. 14. Kyle Larson, 223. 15. Denny Hamlin, 223. 16. Clint Bowyer, 219. 17. Marcos Ambrose, 216. 18. Paul Menard, 206. 19. A J Allmendinger, 202. 20. Jamie McMurray, 195. Odds gLAntz-cuLver Line major League Baseball nAtionAL LeAgue Favorite Line underdog Atlanta -120/+110 at Philadlphia at San Frncisco -115/+105 Los Angeles at San Diego -135/+125 Colorado Milwaukee -110/+100 at Pittsburgh St. Louis -150/+140at Washington AmericAn LeAgue at Detroit -160/+150 Cleveland Toronto (G1) -130/+120 at Minnesota at Texas -130/+120 Seattle at Tampa Bay -170/+160 New York Toronto (G2) -125/+115 at Minnesota Kansas City -125/+115 at Houston at Chicago -105/-105 Boston nHL tonigHt Favorite Line underdog at N.Y. Rangers -150/+130 Philadelphia at St. Louis -130/+110 Chicago at Colorado -140/+120 Minnesota at San Jose -140/+120 Los Angeles tomorroW at Boston -200/+170 Detroit transactions BAseBALL American League Houston Astros: Selected the contract of OF George Springer from Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated RHP Scott Feldman from the bereavement list. Optioned OF Robbie Grossman to Oklahoma City. Designated RHP Lucas Harrell for assignment. Los Angeles Angels: Placed OF Kole Calhoun on the 15-day DL. Selected OF Brennan Boesch from Salt Lake City (PCL). Transferred RHP Ryan Brasier to the 60-day DL. new york yankees: Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and will option him back to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre following the April 16 night game. oakland Athletics: Claimed RHP Marcus Walden off waivers from Toronto and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). seattle mariners: Recalled INF Nick Franklin and OF James Jones from Tacoma (PCL). Placed OF-Dh Logan Mor - rison on 15-day Dl, retroactive to April 15 and RHP Blake Beavan on the 15-day DL. national League new york mets: Selected the contract of RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka's contract from Las Vegas (PCL). Sent LHP John Lannan outright to Las Vegas. Philadelphia Phillies: Agreed to terms with LHP Adam Loewen on a minor league contract and assigned him to extended spring training. BAsketBALL national Basketball Association nBA: Suspended Los Angeles Clippers' F Blake Griffin a one game after receiving his 16th technical foul of the 2013-14 season. milwaukee Bucks: Announced owner Herb Kohl will sell the franchise to New York investment firm executives Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens. new york knicks: Signed F Lamar Odom for the remainder of the season. FootBALL national Football League cincinnati Bengals: Signed P T.J. Conley. green Bay Packers: Agreed to terms with QB Matt Flynn. new york jets: Agreed to terms with RB Chris Johnson. seattle seahawks: Agreed to terms with WR Sidney Rice. knocking out San Jose in the second round last year. "He battles us hard and challenges as well as any goalie in the league," Sharks forward Tommy Wingels said. "He really comes out and takes the space away." Here are five other things to watch in the Pacific Divi - sion series: hOMe-iCe aDVantaGe » The home team has won 16 of the past 17 games in this series, including all seven in last year's playoffs won by Los Angeles. This time it's the Sharks who have the home- ice advantage, although the Kings did win 1-0 in San Jose on Jan. 27. "It doesn't matter where you play," Quick said. "You're playing a game. You've got your 20 play - ing against their 20. What- ever is going on around you shouldn't be your concern." BaD BLOOD » There is plenty of bad blood between these teams stemming from their proximity in California and two playoff series the past three years that each in- cluded suspensions for ex- cessive hits. It only grew when Kings captain Dustin Brown sidelined San Jose's Tomas Hertl with a knee- on-knee hit in December that sidelined the rookie for more than three months. Hertl is looking for payback by eliminating the Kings. "I t' s pe rso na l, " He rt l said. "It's L.A." Line COMBinatiOnS » An injury to Marty Havlat and Raffi Torres' suspension forced the Sharks to use Joe Pavelski as a top six wing in last year's series, sapping the team of for - ward depth as they got no goals from their bottom two lines. Pavelski spent most of the stretch run in that role this year on a line with Joe Thornton and Brent Burns, but the Sharks are at their best when Pavelski plays third-line center, creat - ing major mismatches for the opposition. With Hertl healthy, the Sharks could move Pavelski back down and reunite Hertl with Burns and Thornton. GaBOriK'S GOaLS » The deadline acquisition of Marian Gaborik provided a needed spark for Los An- geles' offense. Gaborik had five goals and 11 assists in 19 games as he formed an ef- fective duo with Anze Kopi- tar. That production helped the Kings go from 27th in the league in goal-scoring before the deal to 14th after the trade. "I think one thing that stands out is everyone knew him as a goal scorer and how fast he is, but his playmaking ability is really good," Brown said. SPe Ci a L t ea M S » T he Sharks were the best team at staying out of the pen- alty box this season, fac- ing a league-low 219 short- h a nde d ch a nce s . T he Kings were on the other end of that spectrum, going short-handed 296 times, more than all but two other teams. If the Sharks get more power-play chances, they will need to convert. They scored four power- play goals in their three playoff wins against Los Angeles last year but went 0-for-12 in the four losses. AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in El Segundo con - tributed to this report. Sharks FrOM PaGe 1 ELiSE AmENdOLA — ThE ASSOCiATEd PrESS Boston Celtics center Kelly Olynyk (41) goes up to shoot against Washington Wizards forward Nene hilario (42) during the second half Wednesday in Boston. The Associated Press BOStOn » Bradley Beal scored 27 points and the Wa s h i n g t o n W i z a r d s clinched the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference with a 118-102 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednes - day night. The Wizards will be fac- ing Chicago in their first playoff appearance since 2008. Trevor Booker scored 20 points, Marcin Gortat had 15 with 10 rebounds, and John Wall 15 points for Washing - ton, which finished the reg- ular season 44-38. It's the most wins for the franchise since 45 in 2004-05. The Wizards jumped over Brooklyn and into fifth place after the Nets lost in Cleveland. Boston sat injured guards Rajon Rondo and Jerryd Bayless, and injured for - wards Kris Humphries and Jared Sullinger, finishing with a 25-57 record. It was the club's worst since going 24-58 in 2006-07, the year before acquiring Kevin Gar - nett, Ray Allen and winning its 17th NBA title. CaVaLierS 114, netS 85 » Brooklyn coach Jason Kidd sat his starters for the play- offs and the Nets closed the regular season with a loss that dropped them to the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Although the Nets could have clinched the Eastern Conference's No. 5 spot with a win, Kidd elected to rest Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Joe Johnson, Deron Wil - liams and Shaun Livings- ton, who spent the night on the bench as the world's highest-paid cheerleading squad. Kidd also limited the minutes of key reserves and used only seven players. KniCKS 95, raPtOrS 92 » New York finished its dis- appointing season with a victory and Toronto blew a 21-point lead but earned the No. 3 seed in the East - ern Conference playoffs. Toronto will host the Brooklyn Nets, who fell to the No. 6 seed, in its playoff opener Saturday. BOBCatS 91, BULLS 86 (Ot) » Kemba Walker scored eight of his 22 points in overtime to help Charlotte defeat Chi - cago. Joakim Noah finished with 14 points and 13 re- bounds for Chicago, and Carlos Boozer added 14 points and 11 rebounds. PaCerS 101, MaGiC 86 » Ra- sual Butler and Chris Cope- land each scored 19 points as Indiana rested key play- ers and still cruised. The Eastern Confer- ence's top seed ended the season winning three of four to shake off a nasty late-sea- son slump. The Pacers will open the playoffs against eighth-seed Atlanta. 76erS 100, heat 87 » Thad- deus Young scored 20 points, and Michael Carter- Williams had 12 in the fi- nal game of his impressive rookie campaign for Phila- delphia. It was Philadelphia's sec- ond win of the season over the two-time defending NBA champions, though Miami was that in name only Wednesday. haWKS 111 , BUCKS 103 » Mike Scott scored 17 points and Atlanta ended the reg- ular season with a win over the Bucks, hours after Mil- waukee owner Herb Kohl announced he was selling his team. GriZZLieS 106, MaVeriCKS 105 (Ot) » Mike Conley hit two free throws with 1.1 sec- onds left in overtime, and Memphis grabbed the West- ern Conference's No. 7 seed away from Dallas. thUnDerS 112, PiStOnS 111 » Kevin Durant scored 42 points, including 21 in the fourth quarter, and Okla- homa City secured the No. 2 playoff seed in the West- ern Conference. Pe LiCa nS 105, rOCK etS 100 » Tyreke Evans had 25 points and 10 assists, and New Orleans closed out a difficult season with a crowd-pleasing victory. LaKerS 113, SPUrS 100 » Jordan Hill had 18 points and 14 rebounds and the Lakers closed their worst season since they moved to Los Angeles with a victory over San Antonio. JaZZ 136, tiMBerWOLVeS 130 (2Ot) » Trey Burke scored a career-high 32 points to go with nine assists and seven rebounds and the Jazz avoided their worst record since moving to Utah 35 years ago. Wizards top Celtics to clinch No. 5 seed Washington faces Chicago in first playoff berth since 2008 nBa rOUnDUP | SPORTS | rEdBLUFFdAiLYNEWS.COm ThUrSdAY, APriL 17, 2014 2 B