News from April 13. Minnesota signed Greg Stiemsma. Houston assigned Mike Harris to the NBADL. Darington Hobson (junior, New Mexico, forward), Mac Koshwal (junior, DePaul, forward), Ekpe Udoh (junior, Baylor, forward), and Elliot Williams (sophomore, Memphis, guard) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Denver placed Coby Karl and Brian Butch on IL. Pho 123, Den 101 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points and 10 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 29 points and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 16 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Pho shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Den shot 42.3% (41-97) FG. Uta 103, GS 94 at GS Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 10 points and 24 rebounds including 5 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 5-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Devean George (GS) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Uta shot 48.2% (41-85) FG and GS shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Uta out-rebounded GS 61-35 including 15-6 offensive. Corey Maggette (GS, sprained right ring finger), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), C.J. Watson (GS, fractured ribs), and Andris Biedrins (GS, back surgery) did not play. Chi 101, Bos 93 at Chi Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 39 points on 15-22 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 9 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 12-17 FG. Ray Allen (Bos) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tony Allen (Bos, sick) did not play. LAL 106, Sac 100 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 28 points including 12-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Shannon Brown (LAL) had 24 points. Sasha Vujacic (LAL) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 21 points and 11 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right index finger injury) and Dominic McGuire (Sac, torn right plantar fascia) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, April 14 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Boston 7:00 pm Chicago @ Charlotte 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Dallas 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Houston 7:00 pm New Jersey @ Miami 7:00 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Orlando 7:00 pm New York @ Toronto 7:00 pm Indiana @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN LA Lakers @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Golden State @ Portland 9:30 pm Phoenix @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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