News from April 24.
 
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) was named as Rookie of the Year.  Stoudemire received
59 of 117 possible 1st place media votes.
                            Total    position votes
  Player                    Points   1st 2nd 3rd 
  Amare Stoudemire (Pho) ... 458      59  53   4
  Yao Ming (Hou) ........... 405      45  54  18
  Caron Butler (Mia) ....... 179      13   9  87
  Emanuel Ginobili (SA) ....   5       0   1   2
  Drew Gooden (Orl) ........   3       0   0   3
  Nene Hilario (Den) .......   2       0   0   2
  Carlos Boozer (Cle) ......   1       0   0   1

The NBA fined Robert Horry (LAL) $10,000 for shoving a camera man during
Thursday's LAL-Min game.
 
Carmelo Anthony (freshman, Syracuse, guard-forward) declared himself 
eligible for the NBA draft.
 

Bos 101, Ind 83  at Bos
Walter McCarty (Bos) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Antoine Walker (Bos) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points including 10-11 FT, 12 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 5 turnovers.
Tony Delk (Bos) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 21 points including 7-10 FT, 16 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Ron Artest (Ind) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals.
Ron Mercer (Ind) had 12 points.
Bos shot 45.3% (34-75) FG and Ind shot 32.5% (26-80) FG.
Bos lead the series 2-1.

NJ 103, Mil 101  at Mil
Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 23 points and 8 rebounds.
Jason Kidd (NJ) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8-11 FT, 5
rebounds, and 7 assists.
Rodney Rogers (NJ) had 18 points including the game winning jumper with 2
seconds left and 7 rebounds.
Tim Thomas (Mil) had 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Sam Cassell (Mil) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds.
Gary Payton (Mil) had 21 points and 8 assists.
NJ leads the series 2-1.

Min 114, LAL 110 OT  at LAL
Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Troy Hudson (Min) had 27 points including 8-23 FG.
Marc Jackson (Min) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 28 points including 8-16 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5
blocks.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points on 10-28 FG and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 6
assists, and 6 turnovers.
Derek Fisher (LAL) had 23 points including 6-9 3-pointers.
Min leads the series 2-1.