In brief: Blazers roll through Thunder
NBA: Marcus Camby scored a season-high 30 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-95 without injured guard Brandon Roy on Monday night in Portland.
The loss locked the Thunder into the eighth spot in the Western Conference, meaning they’ll face the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
Roy announced shortly before the game that he had a torn meniscus in his right knee that will also keep him out of Portland’s regular-season finale Wednesday night against Golden State. Beyond that, the three-time All-Star’s status for the playoffs is uncertain.
Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 30 points.
Portland can take the sixth seed in the Western Conference by defeating Golden State.
•Raptors improve postseason chances: Andrea Bargnani had 33 points, Amir Johnson scored a career-high 26 and the Toronto Raptors improved their playoff prospects by snapping a five-game losing streak with a 111-97 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Toronto moved within a half-game of the Bulls for the final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Raptors, who close the season Wednesday at home against New York, will earn a playoff berth if they end the season tied with Chicago, which finishes against Boston and at Charlotte.
•Bobcats send Nets to loss in Izod finale: Stephen Jackson had 17 points and nine rebounds to help the Charlotte Bobcats beat New Jersey 105-95 in the Nets’ final game at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Nets will play the next two seasons at the Prudential Center in Newark, before moving into a new arena in Brooklyn in 2012.
Seahawks’ Hill finds more trouble with law
NFL: Seattle Seahawks starting linebacker Leroy Hill has been arrested for investigation of domestic violence in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, just days after reaching a plea deal on a marijuana charge in Georgia.
Hill was arrested by Issaquah police and booked into that city’s jail early Sunday for investigation of assault in the fourth degree/domestic violence.
On April 1, Hill received 12 months of probation in Georgia after pleading guilty to a charge of marijuana possession stemming from a January 2009 traffic stop in suburban Atlanta.
•Titans, Simms agree to deal: The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with Chris Simms, bringing back a quarterback they had in 2008 as he worked himself back into shape.
Lightning fire Tocchet, Lawton
NHL: The Tampa Bay Lightning are starting over yet again.
New owner Jeff Vinik cleaned house, firing coach Rick Tocchet and general manager Brian Lawton after the struggling franchise missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
It’s the club’s third coaching change in two years.
The Lightning went 34-36-12 this season and are 53-69-26 since Tocchet was brought in to replace Barry Melrose in November 2008.
More big names declare for draft
College basketball: Syracuse’s Wes Johnson, the Big East player of the year, will enter the NBA draft this spring.
The junior forward plans to hire an agent. Johnson averaged a team-leading 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while starting all 35 games this past season.
Joining Johnson is West Virginia forward Devin Ebanks, who will skip his final two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.
North Carolina forward Ed Davis is also skipping his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.
The 6-foot-10 forward was the team’s second-leading scorer. He was also the Tar Heels’ top rebounder and shot blocker before missing the last 13 games with an injury.
Briatore banned from F1 until 2013
Miscellany: Flavio Briatore will have no part in Formula One racing until 2013, after the sport’s governing body accepted his offer to end an appeal of his lifetime ban.
The former Renault team principal was sanctioned for ordering driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash on purpose. Briatore will also not be allowed to take part in any FIA activities until the end of the 2011 season.
•Masters’ ratings rise, short of record: Phil Mickelson’s Masters win, with Tiger Woods lurking but never really in contention, drew much higher television ratings than last year but fell far short of the record set by Woods’ first title at Augusta.
Sunday’s final round on CBS earned a 12.0 overnight rating and 25 share, up 36 percent from last year’s 8.8/21 for Angel Cabrera’s win in a two-hole playoff. But it didn’t come close to matching the 15.8/32 for Woods’ first Masters victory in 1997.