News from March 25.

Phoenix released Mark West and placed Jason Kidd on IR with a broken left
ankle.

Vancouver activated Antoine Carr and placed Grant Long on IR with a broken
bone in his left ring finger.


Season stat leaders (through 3/25)
Points
  Allen Iverson (Phi) 29.2
  Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 28.9
  Grant Hill (Det) 26.3
Rebounds
  Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) 14.3
  Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 14.0
  Tim Duncan (SA) 12.2
Assists
  Jason Kidd (Pho) 10.1
  Sam Cassell (Mil) 9.0
  Gary Payton (Sea) 8.9


Was 93, Dal 86 - at Dal
Mitch Richmond (Was) had 20 points and 4 steals.
Chris Whitney (Was) had 29 points including 11-20 FG and 3-10 3-pointers
and 5 rebounds.
Calvin Booth (Was) had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Michael Finley (Dal) had 15 points.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Cedric Ceballos (Dal, broken pinky finger) did not play.

SA 96, Cle 76 - at SA
Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 7-12 FT, 17 rebounds, 11 assists,
and 4 blocks.
Avery Johnson (SA) had 14 points and 7 assists.
Jaren Jackson (SA) had 16 points.
Lamond Murray (Cle) had 14 points.
Andre Miller (Cle) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers.
SA out-rebounded Cle 51-31 including 11-3 offensive.

Cha 86, Atl 70 - at Atl
Anthony Mason (Cha) had 12 points, 15 rebounds, and 11 assists.
Todd Fuller (Cha) had 11 points and 15 rebounds.
Eddie Jones (Cha) had 24 points including 10-16 FG.
Alan Henderson (Atl) had 17 points including 8-10 FG.
Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 11 points and 20 rebounds.
Elden Campbell (Cha, flu) and Chris Crawford (Atl, sprained left ankle)
did not play.

Uta 84, Van 75 - at Van
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 14 points and 8 rebounds.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 25 points on 9-25 FG and 7-11 FT and 14 rebounds.
Olden Polynice (Uta) had 11 points on 5-7 FG and 1-7 FT and 8 rebounds.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
Mike Bibby (Van) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Doug West (Van, foot injury) did not play.

Det 126, LAC 107 - at LAC
Grant Hill (Det) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 6 turnovers.
Lindsey Hunter (Det) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers
and 6 rebounds.
Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 31 points and 7 assists.
Tyrone Nesby (LAC) had 22 points including 4-11 3-pointers.
Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers.
Michael Olowokandi (LAC) had 21 points including 9-14 FG.
Det shot 63.3% (50-79) FG and LAC shot 47.6% (40-84) FG.
Det out-rebounded LAC 48-22 including 11-6 offensive.
Keith Closs (LAC, asthma attack), Lamar Odom (LAC, strained left calf),
and Maurice Taylor (LAC, sprained left ankle) did not play.