News from March 30. The NBA fined Reggie Evans (LAC) $25,000 for making an obscene gesture during Monday's LAC-NO game. Cleveland signed Lester Hudson to a 10-day contract. New Jersey signed Dennis Horner to a 10-day contract. Houston assigned Malcolm Thomas to the NBADL. Grant Hill (Pho) underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus. Jermaine O'Neal (Bos) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist. Charlotte activated Cory Higgins and placed DeSagana Diop on IL. Miami activated Terrel Harris and placed Udonis Haslem (personal reasons) on IL. Milwaukee activated Jon Leuer and placed Carlos Delfino on IL. Orlando activated Daniel Orton and placed Von Wafer on IL. Dal 100, Orl 98 at Orl Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including the game winning 15-foot banker with 5.9 seconds left. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Delonte West (Dal) had 15 points and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 7-16 FT and 15 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Mia 113, Tor 101 at Tor LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 11-8 FG and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 30 points including 11-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points including 12-19 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points including 10-10 FT. Den 99, Cha 88 at Cha Ty Lawson (Den) had 14 points, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Den) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 19 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 21 points. Den shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Cha shot 36.7% (36-98) FG. Den shot 21-29 FT and Cha shot 10-11 FT. Hou 98, Mem 89 at Hou Marcus Camby (Hou) had 7 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 7 assists. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 17 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Hou shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Mem shot 37.2% (35-94) FG. Kevin Martin (Hou, strained right shoulder) did not play. Chi 83, Det 71 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 16 points. Derrick Rose (Chi, strained groin) and Rodney Stuckey (Det, sore left hamstring) did not play. Was 97, Phi 76 at Was Nene (Was) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 17 points and 3 steals. Cartier Martin (Was) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 14 points. Atl 100, NY 90 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Willie Green (Atl) had 20 points including 8-9 FG. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 36 points including 13-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 3 steals. Tracy McGrady (Atl, ill), Vladimir Radmanovic (Atl, sore back), Jeremy Lin (NY, sore left knee), and Jared Jeffries (NY, sore right knee) did not play. Sac 104, Uta 103 at Uta DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 27 points including 5-10 FT and the game winning free throw with 3.8 seconds left, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 6 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 27 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Sac shot 22-32 FT and Uta shot 38-52 FT. Tyreke Evans (Sac, back spasms) did not play. Bos 100, Min 79 at Min Paul Pierce (Bos) had j21 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points on 12-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 6 points on 3-11 FG, 6 rebounds, 17 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points on 5-18 FG and 10-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 15 points and 8 assists. Bos shot 48.9% (44-90) FG and Min shot 34.7% (26-75) FG. Bos shot 8-11 FT and Min shot 21-25 FT. Ray Allen (Bos, sore right ankle), J.J. Barea (Min, bruised right quad), and Michael Beasley (Min, strained left big toe) did not play. LAC 98, Por 97 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points and 14 assists. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 29 points including 13-19 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por, sprained left elbow) did not play. Mil 121, Cle 84 at Cle Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 20 points on 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 6-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mil shot 56.8% (50-88) FG and Cle shot 40% (34-85) FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle, torn tendon left ankle) did not play. NJ 102, GS 100 at GS Gerald Wallace (NJ) had 24 points, 18 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 6 steals. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 9 points including 2-13 FG and 20 assists. Gerald Green (NJ) had 20 points. David Lee (GS) had 27 points including 12-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Charles Jenkins (GS) had 18 points and 12 assists. Jordan Farmar (NJ, sore right groin), Jordan Williams (NJ, mild concussion), Shelden Williams (right eye injury), and Andris Biedrins (GS, strained right groin) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 31 (All times Central) New Orleans at LA Lakers 2:30 pm NBATV Cleveland at New York 6:30 pm Atlanta at Philadelphia 6:30 pm NBATV Charlotte at Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Indiana at San Antonio 7:30 pm New Jersey at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 1 (All times Central) Chicago at Oklahoma City 12:00 pm Miami at Boston 3:30 pm Washington at Toronto 6:00 pm Denver at Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana at Houston 6:00 pm New Orleans at Phoenix 6:00 pm Minnesota at Portland 6:00 pm Golden State at LA Lakers 6:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html