WASHINGTON: The Miami Heat opted to rest LeBron James and Chris Bosh for its pursuit of the Eastern Conference’s top seed as the Washington Wizards capitalized in a 114-93 breeze of a game Monday that clinched the No. 1 seed for the Indiana Pacers.

Trevor Ariza scored 25 points for the Wizards, who shot 59 percent and made 14 3-pointers and remained one game ahead of the Charlotte Bobcats in the race for the East’s No. 6 seed. Washington is trying to avoid dropping to seventh so that it can avoid the Heat in the first round of the playoffs — when LeBron and Co. will be back.

Michael Beasley scored 18 points for the Heat, who will be the No. 2 seed when the playoffs begin this weekend.

The Heat began the day still in contention for the top spot, but they would have needed to win their last two games and have Indiana lose to Orlando on Wednesday because the Pacers hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. Figuring it would be better to be fresh for the postseason, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra sat James and Bosh, saying they were dealing with “the residual of a long season.”

Bobcats 95 Hawks 93: In Atlanta, Chris Douglas-Roberts dribbled into the lane and sank a short jumper as time expired as the Charlotte Bobcats overcame a 15-point deficit in the final period to beat the Atlanta Hawks.

Al Jefferson had 27 points and 15 rebounds for Charlotte, which remained one game behind Washington in the race for the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Gary Neal had 17. Jefferson’s turnaround jumper gave the Bobcats a 93-91 lead before Lou Williams answered with a tying jumper for Atlanta with 2.6 seconds remaining.

Following a timeout, Douglas-Roberts penetrated and lobbed the soft jumper as the buzzer sounded.

Raptors 110 Bucks 100: In Toronto, Greivis Vasquez scored 25 points and Kyle Lowry had 24 as the Toronto Raptors set a club record with their 48th win, beating the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jonas Valanciunas had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Tyler Hansbrough had 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors won for the sixth time in seven games and completed the first season sweep of Milwaukee in franchise history.

Toronto had dropped 11 consecutive games against the Bucks coming into this season, but has since won four straight.

76ERS 113 Celtics 108: In Philadelphia, Michael Carter-Williams had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Tony Wroten scored 20 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics.

Chris Johnson appeared to hit the tying 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds remaining, but stepped out of bounds before attempting the desperation shot. James Anderson made two free throws a half-second later to seal Philadelphia’s win.

Kelly Olynyk scored 28 points to lead the Celtics. Jeff Green had 27 points and Avery Bradley added 23. Rajon Rondo finished with eight points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds.

Bulls 108, Magic 95: In Chicago, Joakim Noah had 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Mike Dunleavy scored 22 points as the Chicago Bulls pulled away late for a victory over the Orlando Magic.

With one game left in the regular season, the Bulls are fourth in the Eastern Conference playoff race and looking at a first-round matchup with Brooklyn. To catch Toronto and finish third, the Bulls would need to win the season finale at Charlotte on Wednesday and have the Raptors lose at New York

Rockets 104 Spurs 98: In Houston, Chandler Parsons scored 21 points and Dwight Howard and Terrence Jones added 20 each to lift the Houston Rockets to a win over the San Antonio Spurs.

The victory gave No. 4 seed Houston home-court advantage in their first-round playoff series with Portland.