Knicks Beat Bulls, NBA Scores

The New York Knicks are playing spoiler -- at the Chicago Bulls' expense.

Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 19 and the Knicks beat the Bulls 106-94 on Thursday night to sweep the home-and-home series.

Derrick Williams added 13 points, Jose Calderon 12, and Arron Afflalo 11 for New York. The Knicks beat the Bulls 115-107 on Wednesday night in Chicago.

"We want to win every game possible to finish out the season," Williams said. "If those wins mean other teams don't get into the playoffs, that's fine with us. With so many games left, we want to be the spoiler right now."

Derrick Rose led Chicago with 30 points. Jimmy Butler had 19, and Taj Gibson 10.

"I don't want to criticize anybody, like trash teams -- everybody is in the NBA for a reason," Gibson said. "But we're playing against teams that are not playing for anything and we're just laying down."

The Bulls are 1 1/2 games behind Detroit for the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They led only one time in the game -- at 8-7 on Gibson's short jumper.

Pacers 92, Pelicans 84

Indiana Pacers rookie Myles Turner had the perfect vision for his 20th birthday bash. He played his best game of the season and got a win.

Turner scored 24 points, grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and led the Pacers to a crucial 92-84 victory Thursday over the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans. He wanted a little more.

"I was really trying to get 20 points and 20 rebounds," a giddy Turner said. "The big thing for us tonight was that we knew they were short-handed but, because of that, we also knew we had to match their intensity and get this win."

The Pacers needed Turner more than ever on a night they looked uninspired even before losing Paul George in the third quarter with a bruised right leg, the same leg he gruesomely broke in August 2014. George did not play over the final 19 1/2 minutes and finished with 15 points and four rebounds.

Thursday, March 24 Scoreboard
     
Indiana 92, New Orleans 84
    
Brooklyn 104, Cleveland 95
    
New York 106, Chicago 94
    
Oklahoma City 113,Utah 91
     
Los Angeles 96, Portland 94

Friday, March 25 Schedule (All Times Central)

Minnesota at Washington, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 6 p.m.

 Memphis at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 26 Schedule (All Times Central)

Indiana at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Toronto at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 27 Schedule (All Times Central)

Denver at Los Angeles, 1:30 p.m.

Houston at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Washington at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.