Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah led the Chicago Bulls to a 110-91 win over depleted Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Boozer top-scored with 20 points, ahead of Luol Deng and Derrick Rose with 16 apiece, while Noah recorded a rare triple-double of 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.
The win saw the Bulls retain their lead in the Central Division as nearest rivals
Indiana eased past Charlotte 102-88 with the help of 22 points from Tyler Hansbrough.
Oklahoma City produced a dominant first-half display as they beat Boston 119-104. Russell Westbrook scored 31 points and Kevin Durant 28 for the Thunder, who led 72-49 at the half.
The win stretched Oklahoma's already commanding lead in the North-West Division after Denver went down 103-95 to the Los Angeles Clippers. Chris Paul scored 36 points as the Clippers remained narrowly ahead of city rivals the Lakers in the Pacific Division, the latter beating Dallas 96-91 as Pau Gasol shrugged off trade speculation to pour in 24 points.
Monta Ellis scored 26 points as Golden State clinched a narrow 106-104 win over Phoenix which lifted them to third in the same division, while Sacramento beat Washington 115-107.
Jeremy Lin's 17 points led the New York Knicks to a 99-82 win over Atlanta as they closed the gap to Atlantic Division leaders Philadelphia, who lost 93-87 to Houston.
Toronto were 103-93 winners over Detroit, New Orleans beat Cleveland 89-84, Dwight Howard's 20 points led Orlando to a 108-91 rout of the New Jersey Nets and Minnesota edged out Utah 100-98.
