Nikola Mirotic scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Jimmy Butler finished with 25 points as the Chicago Bulls completed a season sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 99-93 victory on Thursday night (Friday AEDT) at United Center.
LeBron James scored 26 points to surpass Shaquille O'Neal's career points total and move into seventh position on the all-time scorers list, but Mirotic's season-high proved pivotal.
Mirotic, who was nine-of-14 from the field, sparked the Bulls from three-point range as Chicago finished 12 of 25 from beyond the arc.
Denzel Valentine (12 points) and Robin Lopez (10 points, 11 rebounds) also reached double figures for the Bulls.
In Detroit, Marcus Morris racked up 28 points and 13 rebounds and Detroit snapped a five-game losing streak by edging Brooklyn at The Palace.
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Ish Smith contributed 21 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Pistons. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 12 points, and Andre Drummond secured 11 rebounds for Detroit.
Ricky Rubio scored a career-high 33 points and added 10 assists, and Karl-Anthony Towns contributed 32 points as road-weary Minnesota returned home and recorded a 119-104 victory against Los Angeles.
Andrew Wiggins added 27 points for Minnesota, who won for the seventh time in their past 10 home games.
Gorgui Dieng finished with 11 points, a season-high 15 rebounds and six assists for the Timberwolves, who exceeded last season's win total with No. 30.
In Phoenix, Blake Griffin and Chris Paul combined for 60 points to lead Los Angeles to a win over the slumping Suns.
Griffin scored 31 points, falling two points shy of becoming the first Clipper to score 10,000 points with the team. He hit 12-of-19 shots and added seven assists.
Paul had 29 points and 10 assists for the Clippers, who moved within one game of the idle Utah Jazz for fourth place in the Western Conference.
Elsewhere, surging Portland continued their drive for an NBA playoff berth with a 117-107 win at home over Houston.
