Philadelphia: The Philadelphia 76ers clinched an NBA playoffs spot by beating the Detroit Pistons 95-90 on Saturday.
Philadelphia will use its final seven games to determine its seeding in the Eastern Conference. The 76ers are fifth in the conference.
Andre Iguodala scored a season-high 31 points, and Andre Miller had a triple-double with 21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.
Detroit led 88-87 with two minutes and 17 seconds left after Rodney Stuckey made two free throws. Miller made three free throws and Reggie Evans added two more with 39 seconds left for a 92-88 lead.
Stuckey scored 23 points for Detroit, which was a half-game behind New Jersey for the seventh spot.
At Atlanta, Dwight Howard scored 21 points and tied a season high with 23 rebounds to help Orlando pull within a half-game of tying for second place in the East.
Howard's performance marked the ninth time this season, and 23rd of his five-year career, that he's had at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game.
The Magic are four games behind Cleveland and trail second-place Boston by percentage points.
Joe Johnson scored 21 points for the Hawks, who have dropped three straight.
At Washington, Dwyane Wade scored 33 points as Miami broke a franchise record with eight three-pointers in the fourth quarter to dismiss Washington.
Wade and James Jones each made three three-pointers in the final period, finally blowing open the game after the last of several Wizards comebacks. Miami made a season-high 14 three-pointers in 32 attempts, including going 8-for-13 in the fourth.
Miami completed a 4-0 season sweep of the Wizards, who finished 1-15 against the Southeast Division.
Caron Butler scored 27 points to lead the Wizards.
At Chicago, Ben Gordon scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and John Salmons added 17 as Chicago won for the eighth time in 11 games and held on to eighth and the final playoff spot in the East.
Gordon missed his first 10 shots and was just 3-for-14 overall, but he hit a key three-pointer and two free throws during a game-ending 10-0 run.
At New York, Toronto won its sixth straight game to stay alive in the playoff race while eliminating New York.
Andrea Bargnani scored 23 points, Chris Bosh had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Shawn Marion added 12 points and 13 boards for the Raptors, whose longest winning run since April 2007 was almost certain to be too little, too late. Toronto would have been eliminated with a loss and a victory by Chicago.
