Lamar Odom had a season-high 29 points and 16 rebounds in the Lakers’ 13th win in 14 games since the All-Star break. Pau Gasol added 24 points, including two tying free throws with 2.5 seconds left in the second overtime of an enormously entertaining rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals.

Channing Frye scored a career-high 32 points and hit three tying free throws with 1.1 seconds left to force double overtime for Phoenix, and Steve Nash had 19 points and 20 assists in the Suns’ fifth loss in seven games.

Both teams traded improbable last-second heroics in what turned into just the fourth triple-overtime game for the Lakers since they moved to Los Angeles.

Bulls 114 Hawks 81: In Atlanta, Derrick Rose had 30 points and 10 assists, helping the Chicago Bulls move back in the Eastern Conference lead with a runaway win over the Atlanta Hawks.

Chicago’s starters sat out the final period after the Bulls set season highs with 41 points in the second quarter and 72 points in the first half. Luol Deng finished with 27 points.

The Hawks, who have lost seven of 10, were denied an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot and absorbed their first home loss to Chicago in four years.

The Bulls, who have won 10 of 11 since losing in Atlanta on March 2, began the night tied with idle Boston for the best record in the East.

Jeff Teague scored 17 of his 20 points in the fourth for Atlanta, which trailed 98-60 after three and also decided to rest its starters in the final period. Josh Smith and Al Horford had 14 points apiece, but Horford departed in the third with a strained hamstring.

Trail Blazers 111 Wizards 76: In Portland, Oregon, Gerald Wallace scored 28 points to lead Portland to the easy win.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 points before sitting for the fourth quarter, and Nicolas Batum added 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who are jockeying for playoff position in the Western Conference as the season winds to a close. Portland moved within a game of Denver for the sixth spot, and a game up on seventh-place New Orleans.

Jordan Crawford had 12 points for the Wizards, who dropped their seventh straight on the road to fall to just 1-32 away from home.

Portland led by as many as 38 points, and the starting lineup scored all but 20 of the team’s points.
 
Injured Duncan out indefinitely

Meantime, Tim Duncan is on crutches and the San Antonio Spurs don’t know when he’ll be back.

Duncan passed an MRI test Tuesday with no signs of structural damage in his sprained left ankle. The Spurs won’t know how long the 34-year-old might be out until later this week, but Duncan will miss at least the next three games as the NBA’s winningest team tries to clinch the West’s No. 1 seed.

“It structurally looks good,” general manager R.C. Buford said Tuesday. “We will have a better idea of what the timeline is in the next 48 hours.” Duncan sprained the ankle Monday night in a win over Golden State. Four minutes had barely passed in the game when Duncan, after making a short jumper, landed awkwardly on his left foot and collapsed beneath the basket.

The two-time MVP lay clutching the foot for more than a minute in the scariest moment for the Spurs all season. San Antonio has reclaimed its place atop the NBA behind the durability of Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili after injuries derailed the four-time champions the last few years.

Duncan will not travel with the Spurs on a three-game road trip that begins Wednesday in Denver. The Spurs (57-13) have a seven-game lead over the Los Angeles Lakers for the top seed in the West with 12 games remaining.

Only one of San Antonio’s remaining dozen opponents — Sacramento — are out of the playoff chase.

Buford said Duncan’s ankle is between a grade 1 and 2 sprain. He said team doctors are waiting for the swelling to subside to see how the ankle responds to early treatment.

“There’s a lot of frustration,” Buford said. “But I think he’s pretty tough and you guys saw him on the court.”

Buford and the rest of San Antonio’s front office left their box at the AT&T Center and went to the locker room after Duncan limped off the court Monday night, steadying himself with the help of trainers.

Duncan is averaging career lows (13.3 points, 9 rebounds) and the Spurs no longer revolve their offense around the two-time MVP. But the Spurs are quick to say Duncan is still what makes them tick.

After stumbling into the playoffs as the No. 7 seed a year ago, San Antonio is on pace to surpass its franchise-record 63 wins set in 2005-06. Observers have chalked up the surprise resurgence on everything from pushing a faster tempo to a deeper bench.