News from April 18. New York activated Chris Dudley and placed Marcus Camby on IR with an injured right knee. Chicago activated Randy Brown and placed Ron Artest on IR with a sprained right ankle. Miami activated Duane Causwell and Tim James and placed Tim Hardaway (sprained left foot) and Harold Jamison on IR. Toronto activated Haywoode Workman and Aleksandar Radojevic and placed Muggsy Bogues and Kevin Willis on IR. Philadelphia activated Nazr Mohammed and placed Allen Iverson on IR with an inflamed right shoulder and a broken left toe. [Note: regular season IR has no affect on the playoff rosters.] Phoenix signed head coach Scott Skiles to a 5 year, reported $12.5 million contract. Golden State named Dave Cowens as head coach. Interim coach (and GM) Garry St. Jean will coach the last game of the season. Former NBA ref and supervisor of the refs Darrell Garretson pleaded guilty to tax evasion for failing to report money he received by downgrading 1st class airline tickets as income. Today is the last day of the 1999-2000 regular season. The playoffs start Saturday. Dal 112, LAL 102 - at Dal Michael Finley (Dal) had 25 points including 12-21 FG and 5 assists. Steve Nash (Dal) had 23 points including 10-11 FT and 8 assists. Cedric Ceballos (Dal) had 21 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 38 points on 15-25 FG and 8-19 FT, 20 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 16 points including 7-20 FG, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Gary Trent (Dal, suspended) and Ron Harper (LAL, bruised tailbone) did not play. NY 100, Det 88 - at NY Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 16 points and 5 assists. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 13 points including 6-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 29 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mikki Moore (Det) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Grant Hill (Det, bone bruise) did not play. Atl 111, NJ 109 2OT - at Atl Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 13 points, 22 rebounds, 7 blocks, and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Atl) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jim Jackson (Atl) had 15 points including 7-25 FG and 5 assists. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 turnovers in 52 minutes. Elliot Perry (NJ) had 20 points and 6 assists. Lucious Harris (NJ) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Chris Crawford (Atl, sprained left ankle), Roshown McLeod (Atl, personal reasons), Kerry Kittles (NJ, sore right knee), and Stephon Marbury (NJ, sore left knee) did not play. Mia 97, Tor 73 - at Mia Jamal Mashburn (Mia) had 16 points. Anthony Carter (Mia) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 6 assists. Rodney Buford (Mia) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Tor) had 17 points including 5-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Tor) had 15 points including 5-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Mia shot 49.4% (40-81) FG and Tor shot 31.6% (24-76) FG. Bos 114, Was 81 - at Was Paul Pierce (Bos) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Danny Fortson (Bos) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Battie (Bos) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Was) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Whitney (Was) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 9 assists. Bos shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Was shot 36.8% (28-76) FG. Bos out-rebounded Was 53-34. Phi 93, Chi 89 - at Chi Eric Snow (Phi) had 20 points including 9-12 FG. Aaron McKie (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Toni Kukoc (Phi) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Elton Brand (Chi) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Anstey (Chi) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Dickey Simpkins (Chi, inflamed left Achilles) did not play. Cha 103, Cle 88 - at Cle Anthony Mason (Cha) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Coleman (Cha) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. David Wesley (Cha) had 23 points on 10-13 FG and 2-6 FT and 5 assists. Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 14 rebounds. Andre Miller (Cle) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bob Sura (Cle) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Cha shot 45.8% (38-83) FG and Cle shot 35% (35-100) FG. Den 105, Uta 104 OT - at Den Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 32 points including 11-18 FG, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 3 steals. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 15 points including 5-17 FG, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Gatling (Den) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jacque Vaughn (Uta) had 12 points and 9 assists. Armon Gilliam (Uta) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Hou 107, Pho 98 - at Pho Shandon Anderson (Hou) had 35 points including 12-20 FG and 5 turnovers. Steve Francis (Hou) had 27 points including 10-12 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 8 turnovers. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway (Pho) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Randy Livingston (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Hou shot 27-35 FT and Pho shot 14-19 FT. Bryce Drew (Hou, bone spurs right ankle), Carlos Rogers (Hou, post concussion syndrome), and Kevin Johnson (Pho, strained groin) did not play. Por 116, LAC 100 - at LAC Scottie Pippen (Por) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 4 steals. Steve Smith (Por) had 24 points on 11-16 FG and 5 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 14 points including 6-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyrone Nesby (LAC) had 20 points. Derek Anderson (LAC) had 20 points. Por shot 64% (48-75) FG and LAC shot 45.1% (41-91) FG. Sea 119, Sac 112 OT - at Sac Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 22 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Gary Payton (Sea) had 33 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals in 53 minutes. Vin Baker (Sea) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Webber (Sac) had 23 points including 8-26 FG, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jason Williams (Sac) had 23 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 5 assists. Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 20 points.