Celtics stay hot with OT win
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Gordon Hayward hit three free throws with 2:29 left in overtime, and the Boston Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 122-119 on Sunday for their third straight victory.
The Celtics hadn't scored in overtime until Hayward went to the line after being fouled by Nikola Vucevic. His free throws put Boston up 115-114 as the Celtics scored 10 of the first 15 points in overtime.
Hayward finished with 31 points and Jayson Tatum scored 29, including the tying basket with 4.2 seconds left in regulation.
Boston is locked into the No. 3 seed in the East. The Celtics now are 4-2 inside the bubble.
The Magic also already had a playoff berth clinched despite losing three straight.
Vucevic led Orlando with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
Spurs 122, Pelicans 113: DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and the Spurs wasted much of a 20-point, second-half lead before hanging on to beat New Orleans. JJ Redick scored 31 points with a season-high eight 3-pointers for New Orleans, which got 25 from Zion Williamson. The Spurs — bidding to become the first team in NBA history to make 23 consecutive playoff appearances — moved past idle Phoenix into 10th place in the West, percentage points behind Portland for the No. 9 spot and a berth in the play-in series that begins Saturday.
Raptors 108, Grizzlies 99: Pascal Siakam scored 26 points to help Toronto prevent Memphis from clinching a spot in the play-in series. The Raptors clinched the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and their fifth consecutive season with at least 50 wins. Dillon Brooks scored 25 points to lead the Grizzlies, who dropped to 1-5 in the restart.
Thunder 121, Wizards 103: Rookie Darius Bazley scored a career-high 23 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which improved to 3-2 in the seeding games. Jerome Robinson...