Mike Conley scored 18 points and Jeff Green had 16 as the Memphis Grizzlies ended a three-game losing streak and moved back into the second spot in the Western Conference playoff race with a 97-83 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.
The Grizzlies are now a half-game ahead of the Houston Rockets, who lost 99-96 at Toronto.
Zach Randolph scored 15 points for Memphis, and Marc Gasol had eight points and 11 rebounds. Kosta Koufos grabbed a season-high 12 boards as the Grizzlies outrebounded the Kings 45-41.
In Toronto, DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high 42 points and tied his career best with 11 rebounds as the Raptors earned their eighth straight home victory over the Rockets.
Jonas Valanciunas scored 15 points for Toronto, and Lou Williams had 13.
James Harden scored 31 for the Rockets, who had won four in a row. Houston has not won in Canada since March 2007.
In other games, Boston beat Charlotte 116-104 to move back into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, Portland secured a playoff berth with a 109-86 win over Phoenix, and East-leading Atlanta maintained its rhythm heading into the playoffs with a 101-88 win over Milwaukee.
Boston's Avery Bradley had 30 points and eight rebounds and Evan Turner scored 15 points as the Celtics won for the 10th time in the last 16 games.
The Celtics are now a few percentage points ahead of Brooklyn in the battle for the East's final playoff spot.
Charlotte's playoff hopes have dimmed after dropping four of its last five games.
Elsewhere, Jordan Clarkson made the tiebreaking basket with 0.7 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers past Philadelphia 113-111 in a matchup of two of the NBA's worst teams.
While in Minnesota the Utah Jazz overran the Timberwolves with a 104-84 victory.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 22 points and Joe Ingles chipped in eight from the bench, with four assists thrown in.
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