News from April 19. Dallas placed J.J. Barea, Jamaal Magloire, and Antoine Wright on IL. New Orleans placed Chris Andersen and Rasual Butler on IL. Utah placed Morris Almond and Kyrylo Fesenko on IL. Houston placed Rafer Alston (pulled right hamstring), Steve Francis, and Yao Ming (stress fracture left foot, out for the playoffs) on IL. Phoenix placed Linton Johnson and Alando Tucker on IL. San Antonio placed DerMarr Johnson, Ian Mahinmi, and Damon Stoudamire on IL. Washington placed Etan Thomas (heart surgery, out for the playoffs) on IL. Cleveland placed Sasha Pavlovic (sprained left ankle), Eric Snow, and Billy Thomas on IL. NO 104, Dal 92 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. David West (NO) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 10 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 35 points including 15-23 FG and 10 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 17 points including 4-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points including 12-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. NO shot 46.6% (41-88) FG and Dal shot 33.3% (26-78) FG. NO out-scored Dal 64-40 in the 2nd half. NO leads the series 1-0. SA 117, Pho 115 2OT at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 40 points on 16-24 FG and 7-12 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 steals in 51 minutes. Tony Parker (SA) had 26 points and 5 assists in 51 minutes. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points including 0-6 3-pointers and the game winning layup with 1.8 seconds left, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 25 points and 13 assists. SA leds the series 1-0. Cle 93, Was 86 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points on 12-19 FG and 8-14 Ft and 6 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. David West (NO) had 16 points including 3-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 19 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Cle shot 28-37 FT and Was shot 14-17 FT. Cle leads the series 1-0. Uta 93, Hou 82 at Hou Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 20 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Deron Williams (Uta) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Shane Battier (Hou) had 22 points including 7-7 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 1-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Uta shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Hou shot 36.7% (29-79) FG. Uta leads the series 1-0. Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 LA Lakers (0) _ __ 8 Denver (0) |_ __ _ | 4 Utah (1) ______| |_ __ 5 Houston (0) _ | | | 2 New Orleans (1) __ | | 7 Dallas (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 San Antonio (1) __| | 6 Phoenix (0) |_ _ | 1 Boston (0) ______ | 8 Atlanta (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Cleveland (1) ___| | | 5 Washington (0) |_ __| _ 2 Detroit (0) _ | 7 Philadelphia (0) |_ __| _ 3 Orlando (0) ______| 6 Toronto (0)