The Charlotte Bobcats have two chances at a top-three selection in the lottery, and a source with knowledge of the team's thinking said Marvin Williams is the player they will likely target in the draft.

Marvin Williams might have to switch positions from power forward to small forward, but has the lateral quickness and perimeter jump shot to do it.

The Hornets just won the tie-breaker over the Charlotte Bobcats in regard to the NBA Draft Lottery and NBA Draft. This was conducted today by the NBA since New Orleans and Charlotte had identical records.

The results of the tie-breaker mean that the Hornets cannot pick any lower than fifth in the NBA Draft and we will have 178 chances out of 1000 to get the number one pick. Charlotte will have 177 chances.

Emeka Okafor of the Charlotte Bobcats and Shaun Livingston of the Los Angeles Clippers today were named the Eastern and Western Conference got milk? Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

Okafor led all rookies in rebounding (12.4 rpg), ranked second in scoring (16.5 ppg), and third in blocks (1.45 bpg) during April.  He scored a season-high 29 points with 14 rebounds, one assist and one steal in a 119-107 loss to the Toronto Raptors on April 1.  The next day, he scored 28 points and added 16 rebounds in a 112-97 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Livingston was in the top five in seven categories among Western Conference rookies this month, ranking first in assists (7.4 apg), steals (1.4 spg) and minutes (35.9 mpg), third in scoring (11.0 ppg), field goal percentage (.448) and free-throw percentage (.750) and fifth in rebounding (4.4 rpg).  Livingston recorded career-highs in points (18), rebounds (eight), assists (11), steals (six) and minutes (46) in games during April and scored the game-winning field goal in a 104-102 victory over Charlotte.

In a veritable ?Clash of the Titans? the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Atlanta Hawks 105-84 to ensure the Bobcats would not finish with the NBA?s worst record.  

The Hawks fell to 12-66 which clinches the NBA?s worst record in a season so bad that none other than MC Hammer himself will be able to save the season for Hawks fans.

The Grizzlies are now one win away from clinching a spot in this year's playoffs, their second in franchise history.

``I've never in sports assumed that anything is over until mathematically it's over,'' Fratello said after Memphis' 102-95 victory Sunday over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Shane Battier led Memphis with 25 points and 11 rebounds, while Mike Miller added 21 points while shooting 5-of-8 from 3-point range.

``Charlotte came out very aggressive and made us run real hard,'' said Pau Gasol. ``They put pressure on us but we were able to make that run in the second quarter. We tried to match their aggressiveness tonight and we did that and got the win.''

Allen Iverson is once again taking the Sixers on his back and willing them into the playoffs.

Against the Bobcats, Iverson scored 48 points in a 106-103 win over the feisty Charlotte Bobcats.  Iverson scored 30 points in the 1st half alone.

Chris Webber missed his 3rd straight game due to a sprained shoulder.

``When Chris is not on the court, it puts way too much on Allen's shoulders,'' said Sixers coach Jim O'Brien.

The Sixers are now one game behind the Cavaliers for the 7th spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, whom they play on Friday.

The Bulls were without Eddy Curry again on Saturday, but it did not matter as they cruised to a 112-97 victory, their 9th in a row.

``This is something special. I hope that all the young guys on the team understand that streaks like this don't come around very often in the NBA,'' said Chicago's Eric Piatkowski, who had 19 points in the win. ``It just doesn't happen. You can play many, many years in this league, unless you are fortunate to have Shaquille O'Neal on your team or have a team like maybe the Detroit Pistons or San Antonio Spurs are right now, it's tough to do things like that.''

The Bulls are not just half a game behind the Wizards for the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.