NBA-Highlights from Friday's NBA games

(Adds late games) April 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Friday: Pistons 112, Wizards 99 Reggie Jackson poured in 39 points, one shy of his career high, and the Detroit Pistons clinched their first playoff berth in seven seasons by topping the Washington Wizards. Tobias Harris had 17 points and pulled down nine rebounds for Detroit (43-37), which gave away a 19-point lead but recovered to end the longest playoff drought in the Eastern Conference. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope tossed in 14 points and Marcus Morris contributed 13 for the Pistons, who will make their first postseason appearance since the 2008-09 season. All-Star Andre Drummond, who scored his 4,000th career point, was limited to eight points and six rebounds. Markieff Morris' 29 points led Washington (38-41), which was eliminated from playoff contention. Bradley Beal supplied 25 points for the Wizards, who played without All-Star point guard John Wall. He sat out for the second straight night with a sore right knee. Raptors 111, Pacers 98 Rookie Norman Powell scored a career-high 27 points to help Toronto get past Indiana. Powell, a 23-year-old shooting guard from UCLA, made the most of a rare start by driving and getting to the free-throw line 19 times, hitting 14. Indiana (42-37) had a three-game winning streak snapped and was kept from clinching a playoff spot. The Pacers are one victory or a Chicago Bulls loss from punching their postseason ticket. With the playoffs long secured for Toronto (53-26), the Raptors rested four starters -- Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, Luis Scola and DeMarre Carroll, who returned to the lineup in a loss at Atlanta on Thursday after missing 41 games following surgery on his right knee. Celtics 124, Bucks 109 Tyler Zeller matched a career high with 26 points off the bench and Boston, continuing its quest to finish third in the Eastern Conference, set up a Saturday showdown with the Hawks in Atlanta by hammering Milwaukee. The win, their fourth straight and eighth in the last 10 games, moved the Celtics into a tie with the Hawks for third in the conference. The Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets are each a game behind and Boston (47-32) hosts Charlotte on Monday and Miami on Wednesday. Giannis Antetokounmpo continued his recent torrid offense by scoring 17 of his 27 points in the first quarter but fell victim to second-half foul trouble. Jabari Parker scored 18 points, Miles Plumlee had 16 and Tyler Ennis had nine assists. Hornets 113, Nets 99 Kemba Walker scored 22 points and Charlotte shot 49.4 percent in cruising to victory over Brooklyn. Troy Daniels had 17 points -- with 5-of-7 coming from 3-point range -- off the bench for the Hornets (46-33), who are fighting to catapult up the bunched Eastern Conference standings in their final games of the regular season and secure homecourt advantage in the playoffs. The Hornets will be no worse than the sixth seed in the playoffs. Wayne Ellington led the Nets with 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting, while Thomas Robinson added 16 points and 17 rebounds. The Nets dropped their seventh straight -- and 11th consecutive road game -- in falling to 21-58. Magic 112, Heat 109 Nikola Vucevic scored 29 points and Evan Fournier had 28 to lead Orlando past Miami. The Magic (34-45) snapped the Heat's two-game winning streak and hurt the Heat's efforts to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Elfrid Payton had 16 points and 10 assists for Orlando. Victor Oladipo, who left the game late in the third quarter with a cut over an eye, had 13 points. Dwyane Wade led the way with 17 points for Miami (46-33). Goran Dragic had 15 points and eight assists. Hassan Whiteside contributed 13 points, 16 rebounds and three blocked shots. Pelicans 110, Lakers 102 Alexis Ajinca scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead New Orleans and spoil Kobe Bryant's final appearance in New Orleans. With three games left in his NBA career, Bryant played 22 minutes. He played the entire first quarter and matched his season high for the first period with 14 of the Lakers' 27 points. Bryant sat out the second quarter, was held scoreless in seven minutes of the third and came back in for a final bow, playing three minutes in the fourth. Bryant finished 4 of 15 from the field and 3 of 9 from long range. He also had four assists and three rebounds before leaving to the standing ovation with 4:15 left. Nuggets 102, Spurs 98 Jusuf Nurkic scored 21 points and Emmanuel Mudiay had 20 as Denver handed San Antonio its first losing streak of the season. Playing one night after losing in Golden State and arriving in Denver in the early morning hours, San Antonio rested six players that accounted for 72 percent of their point production. San Antonio (65-14) faces Golden State again Sunday at home and coach Gregg Popovich said before Friday's game he plans to use his entire roster. The Spurs, who were led by Tim Duncan's 21 points, are locked into the Western Conference's second seed. Knicks 109, 76ers 102 Robin Lopez recorded 24 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks as New York dropped Philadelphia to 10-69. Sasha Vujacic and Jerian Grant scored 16 points apiece for the Knicks, who nearly blew a 19-point lead. Robert Covington had 30 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers. Mavericks 103, Grizzlies 93 Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks are closing in on a playoff spot after pulling away from the Memphis Grizzlies. Dallas (41-38) has won six in a row to reduce its magic number to clinch a Western Conference postseason berth to one with three regular season games remaining. Clippers 102, Jazz 99 (OT) Jamal Crawford scored 30 points and hit a game-winning 3-pointer with less than a second remaining to lift short-handed Los Angeles to a shocking victory over Utah. The Clippers, who've already clinched the No. 4 spot in the playoffs, played without the bulk of their starting lineup as Chris Paul, J.J. Redick, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan remained in Los Angeles for rest.