News from February 25.

Cleveland activated Smush Parker and placed Bimbo Coles on IR with the
flu.

Indiana activated Jamison Brewer and placed Jonathan Bender on IR with a
sore left calf.


Orl 98, Dal 93  at Orl
Gordan Giricek (Orl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds,
and 5 assists.
Drew Gooden (Orl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 26 points and 7 assists.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points and 7 rebounds.
Michael Finley (Dal) had 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Orl shot 21-26 FT and Dal shot 8-10 FT.
Jeryl Sasser (Orl, neck and back spasms) did not play.

Cle 93, NJ 90  at Cle
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 29 points on 10-13 FG and 9-10 FT, 8
rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks.
Ricky Davis (Cle) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Jumaine Jones (Cle) had 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Jason Kidd (NJ) had 31 points on 8-22 FG and 13-16 FT, 9 assists, and 5
steals.
Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 12 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds.
Kenyon Martin (NJ, personal reasons) did not play.

Was 83, Ind 78  at Ind
Michael Jordan (Was) had 25 points and 6 rebounds.
Tyronn Lue (Was) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 11 assists.
Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 12 points including 3-14 FG and 6 rebounds.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 16 points and 15 rebounds.
Was had an NBA record tying low 3 turnovers and Ind had 14 turnovers.
Larry Hughes (Was, sprained right ankle), Etan Thomas (Was, bruised left
eye), and Jamaal Tinsley (Ind, personal reasons) did not play.

NY 102, Hou 95  at NY
Allan Houston (NY) had 28 points.
Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 13 points and 8 assists.
Shandon Anderson (NY) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Yao Ming (Hou) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5
turnovers.
Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points including 11-15 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5
turnovers.
Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 25 points.

SA 84, Mia 69  at SA
Bruce Bowen (SA) had 11 points.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 7-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4
blocks.
Malik Rose (SA) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Eddie Jones (Mia) had 13 points including 5-14 FG.
Sean Lampley (Mia) had 11 points.
SA shot 16-26 FT and Mia shot 6-9 FT.
Caron Butler (Mia, flu) did not play.

Por 89, Atl 86  at Por
Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 24 points and 9 rebounds.
Zach Randolph (Por) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds.
Bonzi Wells (Por) had 11 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 4 steals.
Glenn Robinson (Atl) had 24 points and 3 steals.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Dale Davis (Por, upper respiratory infection) did not play.

Sac 81, Det 75  at Sac
Chris Webber (Sac) had 19 points including 9-24 FG and 13 rebounds.
Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 14 points.
Jim Jackson (Sac) had 14 points.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points.
Ben Wallace (Det) had 6 points, 19 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals.

LAL 109, LAC 98  at LAL
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 33 points including 13-21 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 steals,
and 5 turnovers.
Rick Fox (LAL) had 12 points and 8 assists.
Elton Brand (LAC) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4
blocks.
Corey Maggette (LAC) had 22 points.
Samaki Walker (LAL, sprained right ankle) and Kenyon Dooling (LAC,
strained left arch) did not play.