Basketball

Chicago Bulls (10-16, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (14-11, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat host Nikola Vucevic and the Chicago Bulls.

Orlando Magic (16-7, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (18-5, first in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE : Celtics -6; over/under is 222.

Oklahoma City Thunder (15-8, third in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (17-9, second in the Western Conference) Denver; Saturday, 9 p.m.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 41 points and the Sacramento Kings beat Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-123 on Thursday night.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Collin Sexton scored 27 points, Simone Fonteccio had 24 and the Utah Jazz beat the struggling Portland Trail Blazers 122-114 on Thursday night.

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-107 on Thursday night to improve to 12-0 at home.

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic became the first NBA player with at least 10 triple-doubles in seven straight seasons as the Denver Nuggets beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-101 on Thursday night for their third consecutive win.

DALLAS (AP) — Naz Reid score 19 of his season-high 27 points in the first half, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and a season-high 17 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves shook off an early 15-point deficit to beat Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mave

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Jaylen Brown had 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-107 on Thursday night to improve to 12-0 at home.

MIAMI (AP) — The Chicago Bulls started the night by doing something their franchise hadn't seen since the Michael Jordan era. They ended up doing something that not even Jordan's great teams did.