News from April 22. Dallas placed DJ Mbenga (torn left ACL, out for the playoffs), Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and Maurice Ager on IL. Golden State placed Zarko Cabarkapa and Patrick O'Bryant on IL. Washington placed Gilbert Arenas (left knee surgery, out for the playoffs), Caron Butler (broken bone right index finger), and Mike Hall on IL. Cleveland placed Shannon Brown, Dwayne Jones, and David Wesley on IL. The LA Lakers placed Chris Mihm (right ankle surgery), Aaron McKie, Shammond Williams on IL. Phoenix placed Sean Marks and Jumaine Jones on IL. Denver placed Kenyon Martin (surgery right knee, out for the playoffs), Jamal Sampson, and Von Wafer on IL. San Antonio placed Jackie Butler, Melvin Ely, and James White on IL. GS 97, Dal 85 at Dal Stephen Jackson (GS) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 33 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Howard (Dal) had 21 points including 8-21 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 19 points. GS leads the series 1-0. Den 95, SA 89 at SA Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 30 points and 8 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 13 points, 12 rebounds including 8 offensive and 5 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Den) had 31 points and 5 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Den shot 21-25 FT and SA shot 7-10 FT. Den leads the series 1-0. Pho 95, LAL 87 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 10 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 26 points. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points and 16 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 39 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 17-24 FT and LAL shot 6-11 FT. Pho leads the series 1-0. Cle 97, Was 82 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Jarvis Hayes (Was) had 18 points. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points on 10-27 FG and 7-11 FT and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Cle leads the series 1-0.