CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls are headed back to the postseason.Jimmy Butler scored a team-high 25 points and Chicago clinched a berth in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 112-73 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Rookie forward Paul Zipser added a career-high 21 points off the bench as the Bulls (41-41) earned the No. 8 seed. They will meet No. 1 seed Boston.Archie Goodwin scored 20 points to lead the Nets, who benched a half-dozen players in their final game. Brooklyn (20-62) finished with the worst record in the NBA and the fourth-most losses in franchise history.Pacers 104, Hawks 86INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George tallied 32 points and 11 rebounds, and Jeff Teague added 19 points and seven assists before rolling his left ankle late in the fourth quarter, leading Indiana to a playoff-clinching victory over Atlanta.The Pacers earned the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and will open against the No. 2 seed Cleveland Cavaliers. Teague went directly to the locker room after being injured with 2:06 to play.Having clinched the No. 5 spot in the East on Tuesday, Atlanta rested Kent Bazemore, Tim Hardaway Jr., Dwight Howard, Paul Millsap and Dennis Schroder. The Hawks will begin the playoffs against the fourth-seeded Washington Wizards.Jazz 101, Spurs 97SALT LAKE CITY -- Gordon Hayward scored 14 points, and Rudy Gobert, George Hill and Shelvin Mack added 13 apiece to help Utah extend its home winning streak to a season-best nine games with a victory over San Antonio.LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points and Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker added 14 apiece to lead the Spurs, who have lost four straight as they prepare to open the playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies.The fifth-seeded Jazz will oppose the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in a first-round Western Conference playoff series.Heat 110, Wizards 102MIAMI -- Goran Dragic scored 28 points, but Miami fell short of reaching the playoffs despite a win over Washington.The Heat became the first team in league history to finish .500 or above after being at least 12 games below .500. Miami reversed an 11-30 record the first half of the season with a 30-11 finish.Trey Burke scored 27 points for the playoff-bound Wizards, who played without John Wall and Bradley Beal. Otto Porter Jr., who was inactive in Washington's previous two games, scored 11 points in 15 minutes.Celtics 112, Bucks 94BOSTON -- Gerald Green scored 18 points and Boston emerged with the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs after beating Milwaukee.Jae Crowder and Amir Johnson each had 16 points, Isaiah Thomas finished with 13 points and eight assists, and Al Horford added 12 points for the Celtics.Spencer Hawes and Michael Beasley each had 15 points for the Bucks, who also rested most their starters after securing the sixth seed in the East on Tuesday.Raptors 98, Cavaliers 83CLEVELAND -- Norman Powell led all scorers with 25 points, and Toronto pounded Cleveland.Cleveland was without LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. Iman Shumpert was the Cavs' leading scorer with 11 points.The Cavaliers will be the No. 2 seed entering the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Raptors are the third seed.Magic 113, Pistons 109ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Gordon had 32 points and 12 rebounds in leading Orlando over Detroit.Elfrid Payton scored 21 points, including six in the final 1:10 to ice the victory. The Pistons trailed throughout the night and never led by more than two points.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith led Detroit with 20 points.Knicks 114, 76ers 113NEW YORK -- Maurice Ndour's step-back jumper with 18.3 seconds remaining lifted New York over Philadelphia.The Knicks trailed by nine entering the fourth quarter and tied the score three times before Ndour's game-winner. Carmelo Anthony, who may have played his final game with New York, scored 17 points.Justin Anderson scored a career-high 26 points for the 76ers, who lost their last eight games.Mavericks 100, Grizzlies 93MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Dallas snapped a five-game losing streak with a season-ending win over Memphis.Nicolas Brussino scored 15 points and Devin Harris had 15 points and eight assists off the bench for the Mavericks.The Grizzlies will be the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, where they will meet the No. 2 seed San Antonio Spurs in the first round. Mike Conley played in only the first half and finished with 15 points. Zach Randolph had 15 points off the bench and passed Magic Johnson (17,707 points) as the NBA's 75th all-time leading scorer.Rockets 123, Timberwolves 118HOUSTON -- James Harden recorded his 22nd triple-double and Houston tuned up for the postseason with a win over Minnesota.Harden posted 27 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists to pace a balanced scoring attack for the Rockets (55-27), whose win total matched the fourth-most in team history. Clint Capela (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Patrick Beverley (10 points, 10 boards) added double-doubles, while Ryan Anderson chipped in 20 points.The Timberwolves closed the season with six consecutive losses. Karl-Anthony Towns totaled 28 points and 21 rebounds, one shy of his career high. Andrew Wiggins tallied 21 points and Shabazz Muhammad added 22 off the bench.Nuggets 111, Thunder 105OKLAHOMA CITY -- Nikola Jokic scored 29 points to lead Denver over Oklahoma City.Jokic went 9 of 14 from the field and 11 of 14 from the free-throw line and had 16 rebounds and eight assists. Jamal Murray added 27 points for the Nuggets.Russell Westbrook played only 18 minutes and had five points, eight assists and five rebounds for the Thunder. He finished the season averaging 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists to go along with his second scoring title.Clippers 115, Kings 95LOS ANGELES -- It took until the final night of the season to make it official, but Los Angeles secured home-court advantage for the first round of the playoffs with a win over Sacramento.DeAndre Jordan tallied 18 points and 17 rebounds. J.J. Redick added 18 points, and Chris Paul 17 for the Clippers, who will host the Utah Jazz in the opening round.Willie Cauley-Stein recorded 19 points and 14 rebounds and Arron Afflalo scored 18 points for the Kings.Warriors 109, Lakers 94OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant stamped himself ready for the postseason with 29 points in 27 minutes, lifting Golden State over Los Angeles.Stephen Curry added 20 points for the Warriors, who will begin the playoffs with home-court advantage in any matchup based on their best-in-basketball 67-15 regular-season record. The Warriors will host Game 1 of a Western Conference best-of-seven first-round series Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers.The Lakers finished with the third-worst record in the NBA and now must await the bounce of the ping-pong balls to determine their draft fate.Pelicans 103, Trail Blazers 100PORTLAND, Ore. -- New Orleans erased a nine-point deficit in the final eight minutes to beat Portland.Jordan Crawford came off the bench for 15 points and Cheick Diallo contributed 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Pelicans, who ended a five-game losing streak.Shabazz Napier scored 25 points, Pat Connaughton collected 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and Noah Vonleh had 12 points and a career-high 19 boards for the Trail Blazers.