Kirk Hinrich had 26 points and 10 assists and Andres Nocioni scored 24 to help the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 116-112 in overtime in Orlando on Monday night.
Chicago has won five straight and with a little bit of help can move up to the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls (40-41) are currently tied for sixth with Indiana and Milwaukee, a half-game behind Washington. Chicago hosts Toronto on Wednesday in its regular season finale.
Hinrich was 15-for-20 from the free throw line, but missed several free throws in the end of regulation. However, he hit five straight to extend Chicago's overtime lead to 108-102 with 44.1 left.
Hedo Turkoglu had 32 points, including a 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left in overtime, and nine rebounds, while Dwight Howard added 22 points and 14 boards for Orlando, which saw its eight-game winning streak end.
BUCKS 113, PISTONS 93: At Milwaukee, Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons each scored 19 points and the Bucks beat Detroit as the Pistons rested two of their top three scorers.
The victory temporarily vaults the Bucks into the No. 6 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference, and gives them a shot at the fifth seed in their regular-season finale at Washington on Tuesday night. The Pistons couldn't make up for their absence.
Carlos Delfino and Amir Johnson had 18 points each to lead Detroit.
CAVALIERS 93, CELTICS 88: At Boston, Larry Hughes had 21 points, six assists and five steals to help Cleveland overcome the absence of LeBron James and beat the Celtics.
Anderson Varejao added 14 points and Damon Jones had 12 points for the Cavaliers, who swept the Celtics for the first time in franchise history.
Both teams were playing without their best players. James was a late scratch with a sprained left ankle, while Boston forward Paul Pierce missed his second consecutive game with a sore left elbow.
Tony Allen scored a career-high 23 points, but was 3-of-11 from the free-throw line for Boston, which lost its fifth straight game.
BOBCATS 98, KNICKS 91: At New York, Raymond Felton had 16 points and a season-high 14 assists to lead Charlotte over the Knicks, who tied a franchise record with their 59th loss.
Rookie Alan Anderson scored a season-high 18 points and Jake Voshkuhl added 17 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats.
Jamal Crawford scored 24 points and Eddy Curry had 16 for the Knicks.
PACERS 120, RAPTORS 95: At Toronto, Peja Stojakovic scored 27 points and the Pacers ended a nine-game road losing streak.
Stojakovic was one of four Indiana players to have at least 20 points before the start of the fourth quarter.
Anthony Johnson added 22, Stephen Jackson had 21 and Jermaine O'Neal 20 for the Pacers, who are trying to improve their seeding in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Indiana already clinched its ninth straight playoff appearance.
Morris Peterson scored 27 points for the Raptors, who have lost 11 of 12 since All-Star forward Chris Bosh suffered a season-ending thumb injury.
ROCKETS 86, NUGGETS 83: At Denver, Juwan Howard scored a season-high 31 points and Houston handed the playoff-bound Nuggets their third straight loss by scoring the final 11 points.
SUNS 115, HORNETS 78: At Phoenix, Leandro Barbosa scored 21 points and the playoff-bound Suns set a season high with 20 3-pointers in the win over the Hornets.
WARRIORS 93, TRAIL BLAZERS 79: At Oakland, Calif., Mike Dunleavy scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half to help the Warriors win their fourth straight game.