Coby White poured in 42 points — the most he has scored in an NBA game — and the Chicago Bulls remained in the hunt for a playoff spot with a solid 131-116 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday. White made 15 of 21 field-goal attempts and also had nine rebounds and six assists for the ninth-place Bulls, who will visit the Miami Heat on Friday with the winner claiming the No. 8

Keegan Murray sank eight 3-pointers and finished with 32 points and nine rebounds as the Sacramento Kings remained alive with a convincing 118-94 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. De’Aaron Fox added 24 points for ninth-place Sacramento, which controlled the 9 vs. 10 play-in game. The Pelicans will visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, with the winner receiving the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs and a matchup

De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points in three quarters as the host Sacramento Kings cruised to a 121-82 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday afternoon in the regular-season finale for both teams. After finishing with the third seed in the Western Conference last season — when they made the playoffs for the first time since 2006 — the Kings (46-36) will be the No. 9 seed this time around. Sacramento will host the Warriors

Jamal Murray scored 21 points, Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 15 rebounds and the visiting Denver Nuggets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-111 on Sunday to secure the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. Denver (57-25) moved past Minnesota, which lost at home to Phoenix on Sunday, and will begin the first round of the playoffs against the winner of Tuesday night’s play-in game between the No. 7 New Orleans Pelicans and No. 8

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in just 15 minutes as the Oklahoma City Thunder left no doubt, blowing out the Dallas Mavericks 135-86 on Sunday in Oklahoma City. The Thunder (57-25) finished the regular season with a five-game winning streak to claim the top spot in the Western Conference for the first time since the 2012-13 season. With the Mavericks’ (50-32) playoff position set, they sat all of their starters other than Tim Hardaway Jr.

Sandro Mamukelashvili poured in 18 points to lead eight players in double figures as the host San Antonio Spurs rolled over the Detroit Pistons 123-95 on Sunday afternoon in the season finale for both teams. Both the Spurs (22-60) and the Pistons (14-68) have long been eliminated from the postseason. San Antonio, despite being without six injured players that started games this season, finished strong, winning four of their final six games to end up

Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro scored 17 points each as the host Miami Heat routed the out-of-contention Toronto Raptors 118-103 on Sunday afternoon. With the game virtually decided after three quarters, the Heat went to their bench, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. finished with 18 points. Reserve Thomas Bryant also had 18 points, and added 10 rebounds. Despite the win, the Heat (46-36) will have to settle for the play-in round as the No. 8 seed

Myles Turner racked up 31 points and 12 rebounds as the Indiana Pacers clinched an Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 157-115 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday in Indianapolis. By matching its highest-scoring performance in franchise history, Indiana (47-35) earned the No. 6 seed in the East and will play the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the playoffs. The Orlando Magic defeated the Bucks 113-88 on Sunday to capture the fifth seed. Pascal Siakam

Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points as the Philadelphia 76ers led virtually the entire way in a 107-86 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Sixers (47-35) ended the regular season with eight straight wins and survived another absence by Joel Embiid, who sat out after tweaking his surgically repaired left knee in the first half against Orlando on Friday. Embiid appeared in 39 games and the Sixers went