TORONTO, 13 April 2005 — Chauncey Billups scored 28 points, including the winning jumper with eight seconds left in overtime, as the Detroit Pistons clinched first place in the Central Division with an 85-84 win over the Chicago Bulls in National Basketball Association play on Monday. Detroit (50-27) won the Central title for the third time in four years with the win. The reigning NBA champions also won for the 10th straight time in Chicago.
The Pistons rallied from eight points down in the final 2:49 of regulation before pulling out the overtime win, as the Bulls failed to gain ground in their fight to secure home court advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
Reggie Miller scored 19 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 94-90 win over the Raptors in Toronto. Dale Davis scored nine points and had 12 rebounds. Jalen Rose scored 26 points for the Raptors.
In Orlando, LeBron James registered 33 points to take the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-106 win over the Magic.
In Washington, Antawn Jamison scored 32 points and Larry Hughes added 23 to help the Wizards to a 119-112 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Etan Thomas and Kwame Brown each scored 17 points as the Wizards won for the first time in six games.
In Atlanta, Keith Bogans put in 21 points to help the Charlotte Bobcats to a 110-105 win over the Hawks. Brevin Knight scored 17 points and Emeka Okafor totaled 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Bobcats.
In Dallas, Josh Howard scored 23 points and pulled in nine rebounds to give the Mavericks a 110-89 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
In Denver, Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and added nine rebounds to lead the Nuggets to a 122-106 win over the Golden State Warriors.
In Seattle, Tracy McGrady had 38 points and 11 rebounds as the Houston Rockets beat the SuperSonics 90-78. Yao Ming had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Houston.
In Los Angeles, Joe Johnson scored 26 points as the Phoenix Suns beat the Lakers 108-97.
