News from April 19.

Seattle placed Nate McMillan on IR with a partially torn meniscus
cartilage in his right knee and activated Steve Scheffler.  McMillan will
be on Seattle's playoff roster.

The 1996-97 regular season ends today (Sunday).


Den 100, Dal 95 - at Dal
Tom Hammonds (Den) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Antonio McDyess (Den) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Ervin Johnson (Den) had 21 points and 26 rebounds.
Michael Finley (Dal) had 23 points and 5 rebounds.
Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 25 points including 12-18 FT, 16 rebounds 
including 11 offensive, and 3 blocks.

NY 103, Chi 101 - at Chi
Patrick Ewing (NY) had 27 points including 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds.
Allan Houston (NY) had 25 points and 5 turnovers.
John Starks (NY) had 20 points.
Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals.
Michael Jordan (Chi) had 33 points.

Uta 101, Min 89 - at Uta
Karl Malone (Uta) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6
turnovers.
John Stockton (Uta) had 14 points, 12 assists, and 6 steals.
Antoine Carr (Uta) had 14 points on 7-11 FG.
Tom Gugliotta (Min) had 11 points including 3-12 FG and 7 rebounds.
James Robinson (Min) had 28 points including 7-14 3-pointers.
Uta shot 25-34 FT and Min shot 13-17 FT.

Van 121, Pho 107 - at Pho
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Bryant Reeves (Van) had 39 points and 11 rebounds.
Anthony Peeler (Van) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers
and 5 assists.
Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 36 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 9 assists.
Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
Van shot 59.5% (50-84) FG and Pho shot 46.2% (43-93) FG.
Danny Manning (Pho, injured right foot) did not play.

Mia 102, Orl 88 - at Orl
Isaac Austin (Mia) had 12 points and 9 rebounds.
Dan Majerle (Mia) had 18 points and 6 rebounds.
John Crotty (Mia) had 17 points and 5 assists.
Derek Strong (Orl) had 27 points and 9 rebounds.
Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers.
Tim Hardaway (Mia), Alonzo Mourning (Mia), Horace Grant (Orl, bruised
hip), and Rony Seikaly (Orl, sprained right ankle) did not play.

Atl 136, Phi 104 - at Atl
Christian Laettner (Atl) had 15 points on 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Steve Smith (Atl) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 7
assists.
Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 17 points on 8-11 FG and 5 assists.
Jerry Stackhouse (Phi) had 20 points including 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 35 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists.
Doug Overton (Phi) had 20 points and 8 assists.
Atl shot 65.1% (56-86) FG and Phi shot 42.9% (42-98) FG.
Derrick Coleman (Phi, left calf contusion) and Scott Williams (Phi,
strained left shoulder) did not play.

Sea 125, LAC 100 - at Sea
Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 24 points including 9-13 FG.
Gary Payton (Sea) had 25 points on 8-11 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 assists.
Loy Vaught (LAC) had 16 points and 13 rebounds.
Lamond Murray (LAC) had 19 points including 5-7 FG.
Sea shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and LAC shot 41.4% (36-87) FG.

Sac 122, GS 120 OT - at GS
Corliss Williamson (Sac) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 24 points including 4-11 3-pinters, 5 rebounds,
and 8 assists.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Sac) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 4-6
3-pointers.
Donyell Marshall (GS) had 24 points and 9 rebounds.
Scott Burrell (GS) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and
6 rebounds.
Latrell Sprewell (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play.