Dwight Howard rains down on Jason Kidd with a nasty putback dunk. Howard finished the game with 17 points and 20 rebounds.
Playoff Race
The playoff race in the West is heating up, with the standings two through five at April 4 as follows:
| Western | W | L | PCT | GB | CONF | DIV | HOME | ROAD | L 10 | STREAK |
| Dallas | 50 | 27 | 0.649 | 5.5 | 28-19 | 8-6 | 26-13 | 24-14 | 5-5 | L 2 |
| Denver | 50 | 27 | 0.649 | 5.5 | 31-16 | 11-4 | 32-6 | 18-21 | 5-5 | W 2 |
| Utah | 50 | 27 | 0.649 | 5.5 | 28-19 | 7-8 | 31-8 | 19-19 | 7-3 | L 1 |
| Phoenix | 50 | 27 | 0.649 | 5.5 | 31-16 | 12-4 | 29-9 | 21-18 | 9-1 | L 1 |
The Phoenix Suns had their ten game streak snapped at Milwaukee, but the importance of the game was that Phoenix carried the ten-game streak in. The Suns beat the teams that they had to, and now have five tough games to round out the schedule. Ideally, the Suns will jump to either the 2nd or 3rd seed to avoid the Lakers in the Conference Semi-Finals. Then…
With One HD broadcasting the Western Conference Finals this year, I would get my dream matchup of Suns v Lakers. But as Doug Collins says, “The playoffs is all about matchups.” And we won’t know until the last day of the season how this race will finish.