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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored seven of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, Jeff Green had 22 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 116-103 Tuesday night and clinched a playoff spot.
Durant, who was playing his second game after returning from a thigh injury, added 10 rebounds in 33 minutes for his eighth double-double of the season. Durant hit a 3-pointer with 1:47 remaining and glared at the Toronto bench after putting his team up 111-101.
Kyrie Irving finished with nine points, six rebounds and four assists while making just 3 of 13 shots. But the other seven Nets who played all finished in double figures on the night Brooklyn became the first Eastern Conference team to lock up a postseason berth.
THUNDER 119, CELTICS 115
BOSTON (AP) -- Lu Dort scored 24 points, Darius Bazley added 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Oklahoma City snapped a 14-game skid with a win over Boston.
Isaiah Roby and Ty Jerome each finished with 15 points for the Thunder, who won their first game since March 31 against Toronto.
MAVERICKS 133
WARRIORS 103
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Luka Doncic scored 39 points and short-handed Dallas jumped on Golden State from the start.
Stephen Curry scored 27 points with five more 3-pointers, extending his NBA record for 3-pointers in a month to 90 in April after he reached 85 on Sunday night to pass James Harden's 82 set in November 2019.
BUCKS 114, HORNETS 104
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Brook Lopez added 22 points and Milwaukee held off Charlotte to avoid a sweep of the teams' regular-season series.
TRAIL BLAZERS 133
PACERS 112
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Anfernee Simons scored 27 points on nine 3-pointers, two shy of Damian Lillard's franchise record, and Portland routed Indiana.
TIMBERWOLVES 114
ROCKETS 107
HOUSTON (AP) -- Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Minnesota beat Houston for its third straight victory.
Anthony Edwards had 19 points and nine rebounds, and D'Angelo Russell added 15 points and seven assists for the Timberwolves, who have won three in a row for the first time since starting 3-0 in the 2019-20 season.
Minnesota won in Houston for the first time since Feb. 17, 2012, snapping a 14-game losing streak.
Kelly Olynyk had 28 points and nine rebounds for Houston. Christian Wood had 24 points and 18 rebounds, Jae'Sean Tate scored 20 points, and Kenyon Martin Jr. added 15 points off the bench.