MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Danilo Gallinari scored 25 points and the Los Angeles Clippers clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night with a 122-111 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Coach Doc Rivers club is back in the postseason after falling short last year. Los Angeles finished 42-40 last season, missing the playoffs after making it six straight years four under Rivers.
The Clippers (45-30) became the fifth Western Conference team to secure a postseason berth.
Lou Williams added 20 points off the bench for the Clippers, who outscored Minnesotas reserves 53-25.
The Clippers have won six in a row, the longest active streak in the NBA, and 10 of 11 overall.
Karl-Anthony Towns led Minnesota with 24 points and 13 rebounds.
BUCKS 108, ROCKETS 94
MILWAUKEE (AP) Eric Bledsoe scored 23 points, including 16 in the decisive third quarter as Milwaukee topped Houston.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Bucks, who improved to an NBA-best 56-19.
James Harden scored 23 and Chris Paul 19 for the Rockets, who lost for just the third time in 17 games. Harden shot 9 of 26, including 1 for 9 from 3-point range with Bledsoe closely guarding him throughout most of the game.
MAGIC 104, HEAT 99
MIAMI (AP) Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and 16 rebounds, Jonathan Issac added 19 points and Orlando extended its longest winning streak in eight years to six games by downing Miami.
D.J. Augustin scored 17 points and Aaron Gordon finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic (37-38), who won the season series 3-1 and moved past the Heat (36-38) into eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Evan Fournier added 11 points for Orlando, which hadnt had a winning streak this long since January 2011.
Dion Waiters scored 26 for the Heat, who lost on the night they retired Chris Boshs No. 1 jersey and raised it to the rafters during a halftime ceremony. Dwyane Wade had 22 points.
CELTICS 116, CAVALIERS 106
