News from April 3.

The NBA fined Isiah Thomas (NY) $50,000 for comments he made about the
officiating following Saturday's NY-NO game.

Philadelphia re-signed Alan Henderson.

New Jersey recalled Mile Ilic from the NBADL.

The LA Lakers assigned and recalled Jordan Farmar to and from the NBADL.
Farmar again played a game in the NBADL and in the NBA on the same day.

Josh Childress (Atl) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a stress
fracture in his right foot.

Jason Smith (junior, Colorado State, forward) declared himself eligible
for the NBA draft.

Indiana activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Jeff Foster on IL with back
spasms.

Washington activated Mike Hall and placed Caron Butler on IL with a broken
bone below his right index finger.

Miami activated Jason Kapono and placed Earl Barron on IL.

San Antonio activated Jackie Butler and placed Brent Barry on IL with back
spasms.

Cleveland activated LeBron James and placed David Wesley on IL.


Dal 97, Sac 93  at Sac
Josh Howard (Dal) had 29 points and 8 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Ron Artest (Sac) had 25 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Kevin Martin (Sac) had 17 points on 3-9 FG and 11-15 FT and 9 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, food poisoning) did not play.

Pho 116, Mem 111  at Mem
Shawn Marion (Pho) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals.
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 27 points including 12-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6
turnovers.
Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 24 points including 5-7 3-pointers.
Steve Nash (Pho) had 15 points including 4-4 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 6
rebounds, and 17 assists.
Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 22 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Chucky Atkins (Mem) had 19 points and 7 assists.
Mike Miller (Mem, patella tendinitis) did not play.

Cle 101, Min 88  at Min
LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
Drew Gooden (Cle) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds
including 6 offensive.
Larry Hughes (Cle) had 11 points including 3-10 FG, 10 assists, and 3
steals.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers.
Randy Foye (Min) had 18 points and 6 assists.

Den 111, LAL 105  at LAL
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points including 15-18 FT and 5 rebounds.
Marcus Camby (Den) had 21 points and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Allen Iverson (Den) had 20 points and 10 assists.
Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 39 points on 14-11 FG and 11-11 FT and 3 blocks.
Eduardo Najera (Den, left tibia contusion) did not play.

Det 100, Ind 85  at Ind
Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 24 points on 9-16 FG and 5-10 FT.
Chris Webber (Det) had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points including 8-10 FG.
Danny Granger (Ind) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds.

Cha 122, Was 102  at Cha
Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 34 points including 16-24 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3
steals.
Walter Herrmann (Cha) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers.
Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points and 14 assists.
Etan Thomas (Was) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds
including 8 offensive.
Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 33 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7-11 FT
and 7 assists.
Cha shot 57.3% (51-89) FG and Was shot 44% (40-91) FG.

Mia 92, Tor 89  at Mia
Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Eddie Jones (Mia) had 14 points.
Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 11 rebounds.
Rasho Nesterovic (Tor) had 11 points and 9 rebounds.
Mia shot 50.7% (38-75) FG and Tor shot 37.9% (33-87) FG.

SA 110, Sea 91  at SA
Bruce Bowen (SA) had 18 points including 6-9 3-pointers.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 19 points.
Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 20 points including 7-10 FG.
SA out-rebounded Sea 41-22 including 11-7 offensive.

NO 119, Mil 101  at Mil
Desmond Mason (NO) had 21 points including 7-10 FG.
David West (NO) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds.
Tyson Chandler (NO) had 18 points and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.
Lynn Greer (Mil) had 19 points.