News from March 8. The NBA fined Brian Hill (Orl) $25,000 for criticizing the refs following Monday's Uta-Orl game. Seattle signed Marcus Fizer to a 10-day contract and placed Nick Collison on IL with a partially torn left plantar fascia. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Alonzo Mourning on IL with a sprained left foot. Charlotte activated Bernard Robinson and placed Kevin Burleson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Green and placed Devean George on IL. New Orleans activated Arvydas Macijauskas and placed Moochie Norris on IL. Milwaukee activated Jermaine Jackson and placed Maurice Williams on IL with a stomach virus. Detroit became the first team to formally clinch a playoff berth. Det 106, Chi 101 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 23 points including 9-13 FG. Mia 118, Was 112 at Mia Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 19 points including 5-12 FT and 11 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mia) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 40 points on 13-21 FG and 13-14 FT, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Caron Butler (Was) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 19 points including 5-6 FG and 5 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 28 points. Bos 104, Phi 101 at Bos Ryan Gomes (Bos) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 11-13 FT, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. Wally Szczerbiak (Bos) had 12 points on 5-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Webber (Phi) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 32 points on 10-31 FG and 12-14 FT and 5 assists. Delonte West (Bos, right groin strain) did not play. Hou 103, Ind 99 at Hou Juwan Howard (Hou) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 38 points on 14-21 FG and 10-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Keith Bogans (Hou) had 14 points including 7-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Peja Stojakovic (Ind) had 29 points including 13-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 4 steals. Hou shot 52.8% (38-72) FG and Ind shot 39.1% (34-87) FG. Austin Croshere (Ind, concussion), Danny Granger (Ind, flu like symptoms), and Fred Jones (Ind, sprained left thumb) did not play. Uta 96, Min 93 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 15 points on 4-12 FG and 6-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 8 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Uta) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 26 points including 11-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Marko Jaric (Min) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Greg Ostertag (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 99, Sea 74 at Sea Pau Gasol (Mem) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Jake Tsakalidis (Mem) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Bobby Jackson (Mem) had 15 points on 6-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Johan Petro (Sea) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 18 points and 3 steals. Mem shot 46.9% (38-81) FG and Sea shot 34.6% (27-78) FG. LAL 113, NO 107 at NO Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Smush Parker (LAL) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points on 12-33 FG and 14-16 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 25 points including 12-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 5 assists. Cle 98, Tor 97 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points including 8-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ronald Murray (Cle) had 14 points. Damon Jones (Cle) had 8 points including the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 31 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8-10 FT. Mike James (Tor) had 30 points including 1-7 FG and 7-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Sac 123, Mil 116 at Mil Kenny Thomas (Sac) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 36 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12-12 FT and 5 assists. Bonzi Wells (Sac) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Bobby Simmons (Mil) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. T.J. Ford (Mil) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 32 points including 13-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Cha 104, GS 101 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points including 7-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 steals. Jumaine Jones (Cha) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 14 points and 10 assists. Troy Murphy (GS) had 11 points including 5-17 FG and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jason Richardson (GS) had 27 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mickael Pietrus (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play.