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NEW YORK -- Deron Williams scored a season-high 31 points, Thaddeus Young made the tiebreaking basket with 22 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 114-109 on Friday night for their season-high sixth straight victory. Brook Lopez added 30 points and 17 rebounds for the Nets, who have surged into seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Young, acquired from Minnesota for Kevin Garnett in February, tied his season high with 29 points. Young broke a 109-all tie when he swooped in for the rebound after Williams missed in the lane and Lopez kept it alive. DeMar DeRozan finished with 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Raptors, who came in tied with Chicago for third place in the East. MAGIC 97, TIMBERWOLVES 84 MINNEAPOLIS -- Nikola Vucevic scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to power Orlando over Minnesota. Tobias Harris added 25 points and 12 boards to help the Magic snap a three-game skid. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points for the Timberwolves, who once again had only eight healthy players. The Wolves (16-60) have lost six straight games and have lost at least 60 for the ninth time in franchise history. GRIZZLIES 100, THUNDER 92 MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Jeff Green scored 22 points and Marc Gasol added 19 as Memphis defeated Oklahoma City. Green and Gasol were among six Grizzlies finishing in double figures as Memphis won its second straight and moved into a tie with Houston for the second seed in the Western Conference and top spot in the Southwest Division. Enes Kanter led the Thunder with 24 points and 17 rebounds. Russell Westbrook scored 18, but only six after the first quarter while connecting on only five of his 20 shots. SPURS 123, NUGGETS 93 SAN ANTONIO -- Danny Green scored 21 points, including 6-for-6 shooting on 3-pointers, and San Antonio Spurs cruised past Denver after losing Tiago Splitter to a right calf injury during a strong start. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and Aron Baynes added 18 points in 19 minutes for San Antonio, which has won six straight. The Spurs (50-26) extended their league record of consecutive 50-win seasons to 16 straight. Danilo Galinari scored 20 points to lead Denver, which trailed by as many as 37 points despite shooting 47 percent from the field. WIZARDS 101, KNICKS 87 WASHINGTON -- Marcin Gortat scored 19 points, Bradley Beal added 18, and Washington defeated New York. Otto Porter, starting his second straight game for the Wizards, scored 17. John Wall was held to six points on 3-of-13 shooting, but had a career-high 18 assists for Washington, which has won three of four. Reserve Ricky Ledo scored a career-high 21 points for the Knicks, who have dropped nine straight. With a game at Memphis on Saturday, the Wizards rested Paul Pierce (for the second straight game) and Nene. Drew Gooden started in place of Nene and grabbed 13 rebounds. BULLS 88, PISTONS 82 CHICAGO -- Pau Gasol had 26 points and 10 rebounds for his 50th double-double of the season, helping Chicago beat Detroit. Jimmy Butler scored 18 points and Joakim Noah added nine rebounds and 10 assists as the Bulls won for the fourth time in five games. Chicago pulled ahead of Toronto for third place in the Eastern Conference after the Raptors' loss to Brooklyn. Reggie Jackson had 22 points and nine assists for Detroit, while Andre Drummond had 14 points, 22 rebounds and six blocks. The Pistons had won five of seven. PACERS 93, HORNETS 74 INDIANAPOLIS -- Rodney Stuckey scored 15 points off the bench to lead Indiana past Charlotte. C.J. Watson had 13 points and four steals, and C.J. Miles added 12 points and six rebounds for the Pacers, who had lost two in a row. Gerald Henderson had 12 points and seven rebounds, and Marvin Williams, Bismack Biyombo, and Lance Stephenson each finished with 10 points for the Hornets, who have lost five of their last seven. BUCKS 110, CELTICS 101 BOSTON -- Ersan Ilyasova led Milwaukee's third-quarter surge from a halftime deficit with 11 points and the Bucks hurt the Boston Celtics' playoff chances with a 110-101 win Friday night. Boston dropped a half-game behind idle Miami in the competition for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with six games left. O.J. Mayo led Milwaukee with 24 points. Boston was led by Isaiah Thomas with 23 and Avery Bradley with 17.
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