News from April 26.

Corey Maggette (LAC) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to
alleviate pain.

Dominic James (sophomore, Marquette, guard) and Marco Belineli (guard, 
Italy) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft.

Orlando activated Pat Garrity and placed Bo Outlaw on IL.

Monta Ellis (GS) was named as the Most Improved Player.  Ellis received 
47 of 129 possible 1st place media votes.
                            Total    position votes  
  Player                    Points   1st 2nd 3rd
  Monta Ellis (GS) ......... 352      47  34  15
  Kevin Martin (Sac) ....... 349      44  38  15
  Deron Williams (Uta) ..... 101      13   6  18
  Tyson Chandler (NO) ......  72       6  21   9
  Andris Biedrins (GS) .....  64       8   4  12
  Al Jefferson (Bos) .......  62       2  13  13
  Luol Deng (Chi) ..........  44       2   7  13
  Leandro Barbosa (Pho) ....  24       3   3   0
  Andre Iguodala (Phi) .....  14       1   2   3
  David Lee (NY) ...........  12       0   3   3
  Jason Kapono (Mia) .......  10       0   1   7
  Josh Howard (Dal) ........   9       1   1   1
  Mikki Moore (NJ) .........   9       0   2   3
  Carlos Boozer (Uta) ......   8       1   0   3
  Jose Calderon (Tor) ......   6       0   2   0
  Amare Stoudemire (Pho) ...   5       1   0   0
  Matt Carroll (Cha) .......   3       0   0   3
  Eddy Curry (NY) ..........   3       0   1   0
  Bostjan Nachbar (NJ) .....   3       0   1   0
  Caron Butler (Was) .......   2       0   0   2
  Andrew Bynum (LAL) .......   1       0   0   1
  Ben Gordon (Chi) .........   1       0   0   1
  Dwight Howard (Orl) ......   1       0   0   1
  Nene (Den) ...............   1       0   0   1
  Sasha Pavlovic (Cle) .....   1       0   0   1
  Josh Smith (Atl) .........   1       0   0   1
  Gerald Wallace (Cha) .....   1       0   0   1
  Luke Walton (LAL) ........   1       0   0   1
  Chris Wilcox (Sea) .......   1       0   0   1


LAL 95, Pho 89  at LAL
Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Kwame Brown (LAL) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 45 points on 15-26 FG and 13-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 6
assists, and 5 turnovers.
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 10 rebounds.
Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 20 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
LAL shot 22-28 FT and Pho shot 8-12 FT.

Uta 81, Hou 67  at Uta
Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 22 points including 10-18 FG and 12 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Deron Williams (Uta) had 11 points including 5-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 8
assists, and 5 turnovers.
Matt Harpring (Uta) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 7 rebounds.
Yao Ming (Hou) had 26 points including 14-16 FT, 14 rebounds, and 8
turnovers.
Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 24 points including 9-23 FG.
Uta out-scored Hou 33-25 in the 2nd half.
Hou only had 4 players score in the entire game.
Hou leads the series 2-1.

Det 93, Orl 77  at Orl
Tayshaun Price (Det) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6
rebounds.
Chris Webber (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 27 points.
Det leads the series 3-0.