Despite a disappointing season marred by injury, Bucks' owner Herb Kohl will not make any significant changes to his front office.

"I tend to be optimistic," Kohl said of GM Larry Harris' future. "I tend to give people as much and even more room as they need to be successful. That has worked well in my career.

"I think Larry has done a good job. He has not been perfect, but neither have I. But he has the potential to be a good general manager. He's young in his career; this was his first job.

"But this is a very important summer, and this next year is a very important year."

LeBron James will certainly be scoreboard watching in the season finale, doing all he can to help Cleveland win while pulling for New Jersey to keep alive Cleveland's shot at the No. 2 seed.

"We've got to take care of business on our home court," James said. "We'll be rooting for the Nets."

Larry Hughes scored 22 points and James had 18 to lead Cleveland to a 98-92 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night, allowing the Cavaliers to play for second in the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers could move up to No. 2 if they beat Milwaukee on Wednesday night and New Jersey beats Chicago, also on Wednesday.

The Knicks are unlikely to make a big play this summer to shake up their roster but could make a sign-and-trade bid for Ruben Patterson.

Patterson has been on the Knicks' radar for several seasons now and is coming off a good season with Milwaukee.

Three NBA players who were cleared in February of assaulting a male exotic dancer and his fiance outside a downtown Toronto strip club are now being sued.

Vida Asante and Adrian Cimpean filed a claim Tuesday for $18 million in damages for themselves and their children in Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The lawsuit is against Miami's Gary Payton, two of his former teammates on the Bucks and the NBA.

Bucks leading scorer Michael Redd will miss the final six games of the season with a nagging left knee injury.

Redd, who missed three of the Bucks' previous five games because of soreness in his knee, apparently aggravated the injury in Milwaukee's loss to New York on Saturday night.

Redd also missed 20 games earlier this season with a strained left patellar tendon. The Bucks are 4-19 in games without Redd.

"After consulting with our team physicians, the best course of action for Michael going forward is to rest and rehabilitate his knee," Bucks general manager Larry Harris said. "We expect him to make a full recovery."

Eddy Curry scored a career-high 43 points, including his first 3-pointer of the season to force overtime, and the Knicks beat the Bucks 118-113 Saturday night.

Nate Robinson matched a career high with 34 points for the Knicks, who snapped a four-game losing streak and remained three games behind eighth-place Orlando in the Eastern Conference.

New York guard Stephon Marbury sat out the Knicks' game at Milwaukee on Saturday night because of a right turf toe injury.

Marbury, who missed just one other game this season, hurt the
toe against Minnesota on Friday and played only 12 minutes.