News from March 31. New Orleans assistant coach Tim Floyd left the team to become head coach at UTEP. Oklahoma City signed Mustaf Shakur to a 2nd 10-day contract. Washington signed Cedric Jackson to a 10-day contract and placed Randy Foye (wrist injury) on IL. Minnesota assigned Nathan Jawai to the NBADL. San Antonio placed Alonzo Gee on IL. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Dominic McGuire (torn plantar fascia) on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Damien Wilkins (upper respiratory illness) on IL. New Jersey activated Tony Battie and placed Chris Douglas-Roberts on IL. Miami placed Alade Aminu on IL. Detroit activated Ben Wallace and placed Richard Hamilton (ankle injury) on IL. Boston activated Kendrick Perkins and placed Brian Scalabrine on IL. Dal 106, Mem 102 OT at Mem Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 12 points on 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 29 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points including 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 25 points including 11-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. SA 119, Hou 102 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 19 points and 3 blocks. George Hill (SA) had 30 points including 11-15 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points and 10 assists. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. SA shot 56.8% (46-81) FG and Hou shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. Jared Jeffries (Hou, strained left Achilles) and Kevin Martin (Hou, sprained left shoulder) did not play. Atl 109, LAL 92 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 18 points including 7-9 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 12-21 FG. Andrew Bynum (LAL, strained left Achilles) did not play. Cle 101, Mil 98 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 9-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 21 points and 6 assists. John Salmons (Mil) had 28 points. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Cle shot 29-45 FT and Mil shot 8-9 FT. Mia 98, Det 81 at Det Quentin Richardson (Mia) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. Dorell Wright (Mia) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points and 5 assists. OKC 109, Bos 104 at Bos Kevin Durant (OKC) had 37 points including 15-15 FT and 8 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 21 points and 10 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals. OKC shot 28-34 FT and Bos shot 13-17 FT. Cha 103, Phi 84 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 24 points on 8-11 FG and 6-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 16 points. Tyson Chandler (Cha) had 15 points including 4-5 FG and 6 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Cha shot 27-35 FT and Phi shot 5-11 FT. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, foot injury), Rodney Carney (Phi, right foot injury), Louis Williams (Phi, lower back pain), and Thaddeus Young (Phi, right thumb fracture) did not play. Pho 116, NJ 105 at NJ Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 15 points and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 23 points on 10-17 FG. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Min 108, Sac 99 at Min Al Jefferson (Min) had 19 points including 9-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Darko Milicic (Min) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Corey Brewer (Min) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Carl Landry (Sac) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Donte Green (Sac) had 21 points. Spencer Hawes (Sac, left hamstring contusion) and Sean May (Sac, bruised right knee) did not play. Por 118, NY 90 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points including 10-12 FG and 5 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bill Walker (NY) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Por out-rebounded NY 50-30 including 15-6 offensive. Jonathan Bender (NY, fractured 4th metacarpal) and Wilson Chandler (NY) did not play. Uta 128, GS 104 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 25 points including 12-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Uta) had 8 points including 2-10 FG and 19 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyle Korver (Uta) had 21 points. Corey Maggette (GS) had 22 points including 12-15 FT. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Uta shot 52.9% (46-87) FG and GS shot 36% (32-89) FG. Uta out-rebounded GS 57-35 including 14-8 offensive. Monta Ellis (GS, flu), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), Andris Biendris (GS, back surgery), and Ronny Turiaf (GS, flu) did not play. Tor 114, LAC 92 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 34 points on 12-17 FG and 10-13 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 17 points on a perfect 8-8 FG and 1-1 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 22 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Drew Gooden (LAC) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tor shot 61% (47-77) FG and LAC shot 43.2% (38-88) FG. Was 96, NO 91 at NO Mike Miller (Was) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 3 steals. Shaun Livingston (Was) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 8 assists. David West (NO) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Al Thornton (Was, strained right hip flexor), Sean Marks (NO, strained right shoulder), and Peja Stojakovic (NO, lower abdominal strain) did not play. 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