News from March 25. Detroit assigned Will Blalock to the NBADL. Toronto released P.J. Tucker and signed Luke Jackson to a 10-day contract. Portland signed Luke Schenscher to a 2nd 10-day contract. Ray Allen (Sea) announced that he will undergo season ending surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle. Dallas activated Devean George and placed Maurice Ager on IL. Atlanta activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Stanislav Medvedenko on IL. Detroit activated Ronald Dupree and placed Richard Hamilton on IL due to the flu. Milwaukee activated Dan Gadzuric and Damir Markota and placed Andrew Bogut (sprained left foot) and Charlie Villanueva (injured right shoulder) on IL. Portland activated Raef LaFrentz and placed Luke Schenscher on IL. Houston activated Steve Novak and placed Dikembe Mutombo on IL. The LA Lakers activated Brian Cook and placed Maurice Evans on IL with a sore right knee. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 31.0 Carmelo Anthony (Den) 29.3 Gilbert Arenas (Was) 28.9 Rebounds Kevin Garnett (Min) 12.8 Tyson Chandler (NO) 12.5 Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.1 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.6 Deron Williams (Uta) 9.4 Jason Kidd (NJ) 9.1 Dal 104, Atl 97 at Atl Josh Howard (Dal) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 10-17 FG. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points including 10-15 FG, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Childress (Atl) had 21 points on 6-8 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Dal shot 52.9% (36-68) FG and Atl shot 41.2% (26-68) FG. LAL 115, GS 113 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 24 points on 8-11 FG and 8-10 FT, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 43 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Smush Parker (LAL) had 13 points and 5 assists. Al Harrington (GS) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 31 points including 12-21 FG and 4 steals. LAL out-rebounded GS 63-33 including 21-10 offensive. SA 120, Sea 79 at Sea Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 7 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 16 points. SA shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Sea shot 36.6% (26-71) FG. Sac 107, Pho 100 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Ron Artest (Sac) had 24 points including 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 37 points including 13-23 FG and 9-12 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 27 points on 12-22 FG and 5 rebounds. Sac shot 22-30 FT and Pho shot 11-13 FT. Brad Miller (Sac, plantar fasciitis) did not play. Den 105, Cle 93 at Cle Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 27 points including 12-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Den) had 18 points and 12 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilguaskas (Cle) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Eduardo Najera (Den, leg bruise) did not play. NO 106, Hou 94 at Oklahoma City Desmond Mason (NO) had 19 points. David West (NO) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 16 points including 7-22 FG and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 31 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chi 92, Ind 90 at Ind Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 31 points including the game winning short jumper with 2.8 seconds left, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 39 points on 15-24 FG and 9-12 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chi shot 15-15 FT and Ind shot 24-31 FT. Min 94, Por 93 at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 9 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Randy Foye (Min) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Por) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Det 121, Mil 95 at Mil Jason Maxiell (Det) had 19 points including 9-13 FG, 15 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 4 blocks. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 28 points and 3 steals. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 17 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Det shot 57% (49-86) FG and Mil shot 43.9% (36-82) FG. Det shot 19-24 FT and Mil shot 12-13 FT. Rasheed Wallace (Det, suspended) and Dan Gadzuric (Mil, dislocated left shoulder) did not play.