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The Sacramento Kings boosted their NBA post-season hopes with a 127-117 win at the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Monday night.
Zach LaVine scored 43 points and DeMar DeRozan 37 for the Kings, who came from 18 points down to secure a third successive victory.
They remain ninth in the Western Conference, one win ahead of the Dallas Mavericks.
Teams finishing from seventh to 10th qualify for the play-in tournament, which runs from April 15-18.
The only side who can deny the Kings are the 11th-placed Phoenix Suns, who have three fewer wins with four regular-season games remaining.
The Miami Heat, assured of a play-in place in the East, won 117-105 at home against the already eliminated Philadelphia 76ers, who suffered a 12th successive defeat.
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