News from February 25. Kurt Thomas (Pho) is expected to be out at least 6 weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot. Dallas activated Josh Powell and placed Josh Howard on IL with a sprained right ankle. Denver assigned Julius Hodge to the NBADL. Milwaukee activated Jermaine Jackson and placed Maurice Williams on IL. Miami activated Jason Kapono and placed Dorell Wright and Derek Anderson on IL. Charlotte activated Bernard Robinson and placed Melvin Ely on IL with an ankle injury. New Orleans activated Brandon Bass and placed Jackson Vroman (broken right wrist) and Desmond Mason (bruised tailbone) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 35.0 Allen Iverson (Phi) 33.1 LeBron James (Cle) 31.0 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.6 Shawn Marion (Pho) 12.2 Ben Wallace (Det) 12.2 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 10.8 Baron Davis (GS) 9.2 Chauncey Billups (Det) 8.7 Dal 115, Tor 113 OT at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points including the game winning jumper with 1 second left, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 22 points including 12-12 FT and 8 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 29 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Mike James (Tor) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. SA 92, GS 75 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 9 points including 4-17 FG, 16 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Nazr Mohammed (SA) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 9 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points and 6 assists. Troy Murphy (GS) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points. Baron Davis (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mil 99, Atl 89 at Atl Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Joe Smith (Mil) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dan Gadzuric (Mil) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Josh Smith (Atl) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Al Harrington (Atl) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Salim Stoudamire (Atl, suspended) did not play. NO 100, Uta 95 at Uta David West (NO) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 23 points including 10-13 FT, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Linton Johnson (NO) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 26 points including 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Pho 136, Cha 121 at Pho Raja Bell (Pho) had 27 points including 12-17 FG. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 24 rebounds including 5 offensive. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 20 points including 10-10 FT, 11 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 assists. Steve Nash (Pho) had 29 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jumaine Jones (Cha) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 30-32 FT and Cha shot 12-15 FT. Dijon Thompson (Pho, sore right knee) and Nikoloz Tskitishvili (Pho, sprained right knee) did not play. Mia 115, Sea 106 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 31 points on 15-16 FG and 1-6 FT, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 blocks. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 21 points including 6-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Mia shot 58.6% (51-87) FG and Sea shot 42.2% (38-90) FG. Nick Collison (Sea, birth of child), Bryon Russell (Sea, trade), and Earl Watson (Sea, trade) did not play. Was 110, NY 89 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 46 points on 13-16 FG, 7-10 3-pointers, and 13-14 FT and 4 steals. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 10 points including 4-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 15 points including 6-8 FG. Phi 108, Chi 102 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points including 11-15 FT. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 38 points including 15-22 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Kyle Korver (Phi) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 10-10 FT. Luol Deng (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Malik Allen (Chi) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Phi shot 43-57 FT and Chi shot 18-20 FT. Chris Webber (Phi, flu) and Samuel Dalembert (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play.