News from April 12. Dallas signed Kevin Willis for the rest of the season. Wilson Chandler (sophomore, DePaul, forward) and Marcel Jones (junior, Oregon State, forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. The LA Lakers activated Vladimir Radmanovic and placed Aaron McKie on IL. The LA Clippers activated Sam Cassell and placed Will Conroy on IL. Cle 94, NJ 76 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points and 8 rebounds. Sasha Pavlovic (Cle) had 13 points on a perfect 4-4 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 3-3 FT. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 19 points and 6 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 26 points. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 8 points including 2-9 FG, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Cle shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and NJ shot 41.8% (28-67) FG. Bernard Robinson (NJ, ill) did not play. LAC 118, LAL 110 at LAL Corey Maggette (LAC) had 39 points on 10-15 FG and 17-24 FT, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Elton Brand (LAC) had 32 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 12 points. Smush Parker (LAL) had 19 points and 8 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 50 points on 17-33 FG and 15-15 FT and 9 rebounds in 48 minutes. Schedule for Friday, April 13 [All times Central] Detroit @ Toronto 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Washington @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Indiana @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm at Oklahoma City San Antonio @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Charlotte @ Chicago 7:30 pm Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Portland @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html