Russell Westbrook has became only the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season on Friday night, but he could not do enough to stop his Oklahoma City Thunder from losing to the Phoenix Suns on Saturday.
Westbrook collected 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to fall just short of his 42nd triple-double of a remarkable campaign, but the statistics were enough to ensure he matches Oscar Robertson's 1961-62 achievement of averaging a triple-double.
Westbrook's efforts distracted from a fairly one-sided loss to Phoenix, who got 37 points from Devin Brooker as they snapped a 13-game losing streak with a 120-99 win.
The Atlanta Hawks again shook up the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a shock 114-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Tim Hardaway Jr scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the short-handed Hawks upset Cleveland - one night after beating Boston, their closest rivals for top spot in the East.
The Toronto Raptors beat the Miami Heat 96-94 as DeMar DeRozan scored 38 points - breaking Vince Carter's franchise record with his 31st 30-point game of the season.
Defeat for Miami kept them ninth in the East, one game out of the play-off places.
The Memphis Grizzlies locked up the seventh seed in the West with a 101-88 win over the New York Knicks as Mike Conley scored 31 points.
The Denver Nuggets kept their play-off hopes alive with a 122-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans as rookie Jamal Murray scored a career-high 30 points.
The Nuggets are one game behind Portland in the battle for the eighth seed.
Boban Marjanovic scored a career-high 27 points with 12 rebounds off the bench as the Detroit Pistons beat the Houston Rockets 114-109, while a career-high 27 points from Bryn Forbes lifted the San Antonio Spurs to a 109-89 win over the Dallas Mavericks even as the bulk of the regular starting line-up rested.
Gordon Hayward had a career-high 39 points as the Utah Jazz rallied to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-113, while Julius Randle's 25 points led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 98-94 win over the Sacramento Kings.
