TORONTO — Serge Ibaka scored a season-high 25 points, DeMar DeRozan had 12 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 92-73, clinching first place in the Eastern Conference for the first time in team history Friday night.

Jakob Poeltl scored 10 points as the Raptors set franchise records for wins in a season (57) and home wins (33).

Kyle Lowry had nine points and nine assists, and Jonas Valanciunas added 12 rebounds for Toronto, which never trailed in its ninth consecutive home victory over the Pacers. Indiana last won in Toronto on March 1, 2013.

Indiana came in after completing a season sweep of Golden State with a 126-106 home victory Thursday night. But the Pacers fell behind in a poor-shooting first quarter and never seriously challenged.

PISTONS 113, MAVERICKS 106: Reggie Jackson scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as Detroit won at home.

Andre Drummond added 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Pistons, who had six scorers in double figures.

HORNETS 137, MAGIC 100: Reserve Malik Monk scored 26 points, Frank Kaminsky added 21 and Charlotte won at Orlando, Florida.

Marvin Williams scored 18 points, and Dwight Howard had 16 points and 17 rebounds for the Hornets, who stopped a four-game losing streak. Charlotte led by 24 points two minutes into the second quarter and pushed the advantage to as many as 45 in the second half despite benching all starters for the final period.

KNICKS 122, HEAT 98: Rookie Damyean Dotson had career-high 30 points and 11 rebounds, reserve Luke Kornet added a career-best 17 points and New York won at home.

Trey Burke scored 17 points, and Kyle O’Quinn had 14 points and 14 rebounds as the Knicks snapped a four-game losing streak.

76ERS 132, CAVALIERS 130: Ben Simmons topped LeBron James in a triple-double battle to lead Philadelphia, at home, to its 13th straight win.

Simmons had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists. James had 44 points (17-of-29 shooting), 11 assists and 11 rebounds, bringing the Cavaliers to the brink of an epic comeback after trailing by 30 in the first half.

HAWKS 103, WIZARDS 97: Taurean Prince scored 23 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and Atlanta won at Washington.

Washington dropped its fourth straight game and fell into eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

KINGS 94, GRIZZLIES 93: Bogdan Bogdanovic connected on a 16-footer with a second left to help Sacramento escape at Memphis, Tennessee.

Bogdanovic’s jumper capped a close game between two teams near the bottom of the Western Conference standings – a game that saw four lead changes in the final minute.

NOTES

GRIZZLIES: Memphis signed guard MarShon Brooks and forward Omari Johnson to multiyear contracts.

LAKERS: The team unveiled a statue of Elgin Baylor outside the Staples Center.

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