News from April 9. Toronto elected not to sign Linton Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix activated Shaquille O'Neal and placed Alando Tucker on IL. Houston activated Rafer Alston and placed Tracy McGrady on IL with a sore left shoulder. Toronto activated Joey Graham. New Orleans activated Melvin Ely and placed Chris Andersen on IL. New Jersey activated DeSagana Diop and placed Josh Boone on IL. DeAndre Jordan (freshman, Texas A&M, center), O.J. Mayo (freshman, USC, guard), Donte Green (freshman, Syracuse, forward), and Joe Alexander (junior, West Virginia, forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Phi 101, Det 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 10 points and 6 assists. Cle 104, NJ 83 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 10-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 15 points including 4-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 19 points including 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Cle shot 45% (36-80) FG and NJ shot 33.3% (25-75) FG. Cle out-scored NJ 28-9 in the 4th quarter. Pho 96, SA 79 at SA Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points and 3 blocks. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points. Tor 111, Mil 93 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 32 points on 11-18 FG and 9-11 FT and 11 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 7 assists. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 18 points. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 38 points and 12 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 17 points. Tor shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Mil shot 42% (37-88) FG. Maurice Williams (Mil, groin injury) did not play. Was 109, Bos 95 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points including 8-11 FT and 11 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 14 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points including 9-16 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Hou 103, Sea 80 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Steve Novak (Hou) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Earl Watson (Sea) had 16 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 26 points and 3 steals. Hou shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Sea shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. NO 122, Min 90 at Min Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. David West (NO) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 16 assists. Randy Foye (Min) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rashad McCants (Min) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers. NO shot 17-27 FT and Min shot 8-9 FT. Orl 115, Chi 83 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 12 points including 4-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 30 points on 12-15 FG and 6-13 FT and 14 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 19 points. Aaron Gray (Chi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. NY 109, Cha 107 at NY Zach Randolph (NY) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 18 points. Fred Jones (NY) had 15 points including 5-5 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 25 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Derek Anderson (Cha, lateral back pain), Othella Harrington (Cha, left knee soreness), and Gerald Wallace (Cha, left groin soreness) did not play.