MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 117-104 on Sunday night to move a step closer to the top playoff seed in the Eastern Conference.

The Bucks (56-22) have a two-game lead over Boston (54-24) with four games left. Boston won the season series with Milwaukee and have the tiebreaker. Philadelphia (51-27) is third in the East.

Brook Lopez scored 21 points, Khris Middleton had 19 and Jrue Holiday and Bobby Portis each added 18 as the Bucks shot 57.5%. Middleton also had nine assists.

Tyrese Maxey had 29 points and Joel Embiid 28 for the 76ers.

KNICKS 118, WIZARDS 109: Jalen Brunson and Quentin Grimes each scored 27 points, and New York clinched a playoff berth by beating visiting Washington.

Immanuel Quickley added 22 points and Obi Toppin had 21 for the Knicks, who won their fourth in a row and will be in the postseason for the second time in three years.

They had missed the playoffs the previous seven seasons.

Mitchell Robinson contributed eight points and 11 rebounds as the Knicks, who have won both games since losing All-Star forward Julius Randle to a sprained left ankle.

HAWKS 132, MAVERICKS 130: Trae Young made two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime to give Atlanta the lead and the Hawks beat visiting Dallas.

Young was fouled by Kyrie Irving, who scored 41 points, with the game tied at 130. Following Young’s free throws, Luke Doncic, who scored 22 points, missed a last-second 3-pointer.

MAGIC 128, PISTONS 102: Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr. had 14 points and nine rebounds each before sitting out the fourth quarter in Orlando’s rout of visiting Detroit.

Jalen Suggs led eight Orlando players in double figures with 18 points, and Cole Anthony added 17 points and six rebounds for the Magic, who shot 57.3% and won for the fifth time in six games.

SPURS 142, KINGS 134: Doug McDermott scored 22 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and visiting San Antonio denied Sacramento a chance at clinching the Pacific Division.

After clinching their first playoff berth since 2006 on Wednesday night on the road, the Kings were hoping to wrap up their first division title in 20 years in front of their home fans but fell short against the struggling Spurs.

BULLS 128,  GRIZZLIES 107: Zach LaVine scored 36 points, DeMar DeRozan added 31 and Chicago used a huge second half to beat visiting Memphis and overcome Ja Morant’s triple-double.

Morant had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

SUNS 128, THUNDER 118: Kevin Durant scored 35 points and visiting Phoenix held off Oklahoma City for its fifth straight victory.

Durant — once a hero in Oklahoma City after leading the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals, but roundly booed nearly every time he touched the ball Sunday — scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, helping Phoenix hold the lead after Oklahoma City cut a 15-point deficit to three. The Suns are 6-0 with Durant in the lineup.

LAKERS 134, ROCKETS 109: Anthony Davis scored 40 points, LeBron James had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to tie Jason Kidd for fourth place with his 107th triple-double and Los Angeles won at Houston.

The Lakers (40-38) moved two games over .500 and into a tie for seventh with the New Orleans Pelicans in the Western Conference with four games to go. Los Angeles has won six of its last seven games and owns the tiebreaker over the Pelicans.

NETS 111, JAZZ 110: Mikal Bridges had 30 points and seven rebounds, helping Brooklyn move closer to clinching a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference by holding off visiting Utah.

Spencer Dinwiddie had 17 points and 12 assists, his eighth double-double in 23 games for Brooklyn. The Nets won their third straight, but only after blowing almost all of a 20-point lead midway through the fourth quarter.

TRAIL BLAZERS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 105: Shaedon Sharpe scored 27 points, Kevin Knox II added 19 points and short-handed Portland won at Minneapolis.

Trendon Watford had 15 points and Skylar Mays finished with 13 points and nine assists in his second game with Portland, which had lost 11 of 12 and was without four regular starters.

RAPTORS 128, HORNETS 108: Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and visiting Toronto secured a spot in the NBA play-in tournament.

O.G. Anunoby added 23 points for the Raptors, who clinched after the Brooklyn Nets beat the Utah Jazz later in the day.

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