The Chicago Bulls clinched the NBA's last unclaimed playoff spot Wednesday night, as Derrick Rose scored 27 points and Joakim Noah added 21 points and 13 rebounds in a 98-89 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. The Bulls closed the regular season with a three-game winning streak to beat out Toronto for the right to face Eastern Conference top seed Cleveland. Needing a win or a Raptors loss to New York to get in, the Bulls quickly took it to the Bobcats, never trailing and leading by as many as 18 points. Tyrus Thomas scored 16 for the Bobcats, who had already locked up the seventh seed in the East and a first-round matchup with Orlando. Thunder 114, Grizzlies 105: At Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant scored 31 points to finish the season as the youngest scoring champion in NBA history. The 21-year-old Durant finished with an average of 30.1 points, 0.4 ahead of LeBron James, and supplanted 22-year-old Max Zaslofsky of the 1947-48 Chicago Stags as the youngest scoring champ in NBA. The Thunder let most of a 27-point lead dwindle away before closing out their 50th win of the season. They will meet the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs. Rudy Gay scored 25 points and Zach Randolph had 21 points and 11 rebounds for his 57th double-double of the season as the Grizzlies lost for the ninth time in their final 11 games. Raptors 131, Knicks 113: At Toronto, DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high 24 points and Andrea Bargnani also scored 24 for Toronto, which owned the tiebreaker with Chicago and would have earned the No. 8 seed had the teams finished with the same record. Amir Johnson scored 21 points, Sonny Weems had 18, Jose Calderon had 15 and Marco Belinelli 14 for the Raptors. Mavericks 96, Spurs 89: At Dallas, Jason Kidd and Jason Terry led a 16-2 run at the end of the first quarter, putting the Mavericks ahead for the game and setting up a first-round playoff matchup between these teams. Dallas clinched the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and San Antonio the seventh. Elsewhere it was: Celtics 106, Bucks 95; Magic 125, 76ers 111; Hawks 99, Cavaliers 83; Heat 94, Nets 86, 2OT; Wizards 98, Pacers 97; Pistons 103, Timberwolves 98; Hornets 123, Rockets 115; Suns 100, Jazz 86; Warriors 122, Trail Blazers 116; Clippers 107, Lakers 91.
