Heat clinch playoffs
Dwyane Wade had 27 points and 10 assists, and the Miami Heat clinched a playoff berth a year after an ugly 15-win season by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-92 Friday night.
Joining the 1968-69 San Diego Rockets as only the second NBA team to reach the playoffs after going 15-67 the season before, the Heat rallied from an early 15-point deficit to snap a two-game losing streak.
Wade made three free throws in the final 19 seconds.
Magic 116, Cavaliers 87: Dwight Howard had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Orlando rode a strong second-half start to go ahead by 41 points and hand Cleveland its most lopsided loss of the season.
Rashard Lewis had 22 points, and Hedo Turkoglu added 13 for the Magic, who remained percentage points behind Boston for the Eastern Conference’s second seed.