Cleveland Cruise on the 16th victory in a row, Boston Clinch

The Cleveland Cavaliers ranked a franchise record in a row on Friday and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 133-124 to extend their leadership at the top of the Eastern Conference.

Cleveland, who was forced to overcome a double -digit deficit in the victory on Tuesday against Brooklyn, had no such difficulty in the collision in Tennessee on Friday.

The Cavs, who won their place in the post -season, claimed to secure the Eastern Conference No. 1 with a dominant offensive.

Cleveland, who has now won 20 of her last 21 games, has won a stranger with 75 points in the competition in the first half to open a strong 18-point pillow during the break.

Memphis, who came into the game on Friday with four victories in a row, never looked like Cleveland Castle in the second half, in which they improve to 56-10.

With 22 points, Evan Mabley led the rating of the Cavs, while Darius Garland ended at 20. Seven Cleveland players ended in double -digit figures.

Yes Morant led Memphis with a high season of 44 points in a loss.

Cleveland now led the second -placed Boston Celtics by 8.5 games.

The incumbent NBA champion Celtics recovered from the defeat on Wednesday against the Western Conference leaders Oklahoma City with a 103-91 road victory against Miami Heat, which officially booked her playoff ticket.

Derrick White contributed to completing the deal for Boston and rattling in 12 points of the fourth quarter when the Celtics surpassed Miami with 25: 14 to achieve a victory that increased them to 48-19 in the east.

Jayson Tatum led Boston's goal with 28 points, including five three -point, while Jrue Holiday ended at 25.

Andrew Wiggins was scored with 23 points for Miami.

– Lakers in Thriller –

In an exciting game in Denver, the injury-related Los Angeles Lakers came in a whisker in which he achieved an unlikely victory over the nuggets before the hosts pressed home 131-126.

The Lakers, who misses, LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes, returned from a 13-point deficit in the third quarter in the last minute after 37 points by Austin Reaves and 32 points by Rookie Dalton Knecht to take the lead.

However, the hopes for victory have fallen in the dying seconds, with Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Russell Westbrook combined for eight unanswered points to give the victory from Denver.

Denver Star Jokic ended with 28 points, with Murray 26 and Christian Braun 22 adding. Denver improved to 43-24 and is the second in the west, while the Lakers (40-25) fell to fifth place after their fourth defeat.

In Atlanta, the Los Angeles Clippers poured 68 points in the second half to climb from an 11-point half-time hole and beat the Hawks 121-98.

James Harden led the fightback for the Clipperers and scored 13 points when visitors scored 35: 8 in the third quarter of Atlanta.

Harden and Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points each. With Ivica Zubac added 18.

The victory leaves the clipper in the eighth position in the Western Conference on 36-30, just before the six top ate season lying areas.

In other games on Friday, the Houston Rockets took a 133-96 pollution from the Dallas Mavericks, Tari Eason, with 30 points with the support of Jalen Green (23 points) to five games, with 133-96.

In the Western Conference, the in-shape missiles took third place on 42-25.

The Indiana Pacers moved to 37-28 for the season after defeating the unfortunate Philadelphia 76ers 112-100. The Sixers sagged for their 44th defeat against a miserable season after they had disappeared a lead of 16 points in the second quarter.

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