CLEVELAND (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 26 points, DeMar DeRozan added 20 and the Chicago Bulls stayed alone in the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference with a 98-94 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who didn’t wake up until the fourth quarter. The Bulls held the Cavs to just 35 points in the first half and won on the road for the first time since March 9. Chicago came in with a one-game lead over Cleveland for the fifth playoff spot. The Cavs fell into seventh place — one of the play-in positions — and are one game behind Toronto. Darius Garland scored 28 points and Caris LeVert had 17 for Cleveland.
Checking out Saturday’s other NBA action:
— The Miami Heat’s losing streak has reached a season-high four games. Kevin Durant scored 23 points and the Brooklyn Nets led by as many as 37 in a 110-92 thrashing of the Heat. Seth Curry added 17 points and Andre Drummond had 13 with 11 rebounds for Brooklyn. The Heat were without coach Erik Spoelstra (SPOHL’-strah), who missed the game because of a family matter. Bam Adebayo (ad-eh-BY’-oh) led Miami with just 14 points.
— De’Anthony Melton, Desmond Bane, and Dillon Brooks led the Grizzlies’ offense in a 127-102 pounding of the Bucks. Melton was high man for Memphis with 24 points, Bane had 20 and Brooks added 19 as the Grizzlies won its fourth in a row and eighth in their last nine. Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-toh-KOON’-poh) led the Bucks with 30 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
— Pascal Siakam (see-A’-kam) scored 23 points and the Raptors routed the depleted Indiana Pacers, 131-91. The game was delayed 70 minutes in the first half because of a speaker fire that forced the evacuation of fans. Scottie Barnes added 19 points, Precious Achiuwa (ah-CHOO’-ah) 18 and OG Anunoby (ah-noo-NOH’-bee) 16 for Toronto.
— Nikola Jokic (nih-KOH’-lah YOH’-kihch) had 35 points and 12 rebounds to help the Nuggets fend off the scrappy Thunder, 113-107. Jokic added eight assists to go with 13-of-15 shooting from the floor and 9 of 10 at the free-throw line. Aaron Gordon added 20 points and Will Barton scored 18 for the Nuggets, who blew a 16-point first-half lead before recovering in the final minutes.
— Dejounte (deh-ZHAHN’-tay) Murray had a triple-double and Keldon Johnson punctuated his 21-point night with a breakaway dunk in the final seconds of the Spurs’ 107-103 downing of the Pelicans. Josh Richardson scored 18 points for the Spurs, who trailed 92-90 with less than nine minutes to play before stringing together a pivotal 12-0 run. CJ McCollum scored 32 and Jonas Valanciunas (YOH’-nuhs val-an-CHOO’-nihs) had 18 points and 11 rebounds for New Orleans, which is a game ahead of San Antonio for the final play-in berth in the West.
— Donte DiVincenzo and Harrison Barnes hit 3-pointers in the final minute of overtime to push the Kings past the Magic, 114-110. Davion Mitchell paced Sacramento with 22 points and seven assists, Barnes added 19 points and DiVincenzo had 16 points and eight rebounds.
— Alperen Sengun scored 27 points off the bench and Jalen Green had 25 points as the Rockets whipped the Trail Blazers, 115-98 to complete a back-to-back sweep. Trendon Watford led the Blazers with 15 points and 10 rebounds before leaving late with an apparent knee injury.
