Coby White and Nikola Vucevic recorded double-doubles to power the short-handed Chicago Bulls past the host Dallas Mavericks 115-112 on Friday.
The result ended the Mavericks' hopes of reaching the Western Conference play-in tournament. Dallas came into the evening trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder by one game for the West's final play-in spot yet played without Kyrie Irving, Tim Hardaway Jr., Christian Wood, Josh Green and Maxi Kleber.
The Clippers hold the tiebreaker advantage over the Warriors and would finish fifth with wins Saturday over the Portland Trail Blazers and Sunday at Phoenix, or with one win coupled with a Warriors loss in their regular-season finale Sunday at Portland. The Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans are both one game back of the Warriors, a half-game back of the Clippers.
Atlanta was led by Trae Young with 27 points and a career-high 20 assists. Dejounte Murray and John Collins both scored 19 points. The Nets clinched their fifth straight postseason berth by winning for the sixth time in eight games to surpass last season's victory total. Brooklyn is locked into a first-round matchup with the third-seeded 76ers. Cameron Johnson added 18 points, Nic Claxton collected 14 points and 15 rebounds and Seth Curry contributed 13 points.
Jayson Tatum added 21 points and did not play in the second half for the Celtics, with the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference already clinched. Jaylen Brown , Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon did not play for Boston.
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