News from March 21. Washington activated Billy Thomas and placed Awvee Storey on IL. New York activated Quentin Richardson and placed Malik Rose on IL with a sprained right ankle. Charlotte activated Kevin Burleson and placed Brevin Knight on IL with a sore groin. New Orleans activated Brandon Bass and placed Arvydas Macijauskas on IL. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Sergei Monia on IL. Richard Roby (sophomore, Colorado, guard) declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. Dal 88, Hou 72 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 12 points. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 16 points on 3-11 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Luther Head (Hou) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Adrian Griffin (Dal, strained right hamstring) and Keith Van Horn (Dal, sprained left MCL) did not play. SA 107, GS 96 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed (SA) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 29 points including 11-13 FG and 7 assists. Jason Richardson (GS) had 20 points on 5-18 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Derek Fisher (GS) had 27 points. Uta 107, Pho 99 at Uta Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 23 points including 10-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points and 11 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 22 points, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Uta shot 51.3% (41-80) FG and Pho shot 40.4% (38-94) FG. Uta out-rebounded Pho 54-35 including 14-8 offensive. Sac 105, Sea 96 at Sac Ron Artest (Sac) had 34 points on 10-18 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 11-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kenny Thomas (Sac) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 30 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 8 assists. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 16 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ray Allen (Sea) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Earl Watson (Sea, neck injury) did not play. Min 100, Mia 96 at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 23 points including 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 26 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marcus Banks (Min) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 21 points on 7-8 FG and 7-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 35 points including 13-14 FG and 8 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia, sprained right thumb) did not play. NO 120, LAC 108 at NO Rasual Butler (NO) had 32 points including 12-16 FG and 7-9 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points and 9 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. Mem 105, Ind 75 at Mem Shane Battier (Mem) had 14 points and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Bobby Jackson (Mem) had 14 points and 5 assists. Peja Stojakovic (Sac) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jeff Foster (Sac) had 15 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mem shot 51.2% (41-80) FG and Ind shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Austin Croshere (Ind, concussion) and Jamaal Tinsley (Ind, sinus infection) did not play. Tor 114, NY 109 at NY Chris Bosh (Tor) had 31 points on 12-21 FG and 7-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 15 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mike James (Tor) had 37 points including 12-22 FG and 7-11 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Channing Frye (NY) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Qyntel Woods (NY) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. NJ 112, Was 100 at Was Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Vince Carter (NJ) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 25 points on 12-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 25 points on 6-17 FG and 12-13 FT and 8 assists. NJ shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Was shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. Cha 108, Orl 102 at Cha Bernard Robinson (Cha) had 17 points including 6-7 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 27 points including 12-22 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Primoz Brezec (Cha) had 22 points. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 16 points including 4-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points and 8 assists. Melvin Ely (Cha, migraine headache) did not play. On the lighter side Ref Mark Wunderlich on calling defensive 3 seconds: "He has to be actively guarding someone." Coach Doc Rivers: "We haven't actively guarded anyone all night."