News from April 22. Cleveland signed D.J. Kennedy for the rest of the season. Milwaukee activated Ben Wallace and placed Vernon Macklin on IL. LAL 114, OKC 106 2OT at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 9 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 9-26 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 14 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points on 11-34 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. NY 113, Atl 112 at Atl Landry Fields (NY) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 39 points and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 29 points including 10-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Tyson Chandler (NY, rest) did not play. Den 101, Orl 74 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. JaVale McGee (Den) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 24 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Glen Davis (Orl) had 14 points. Den shot 56.4% (44-78) FG and Orl shot 37.3% (28-75) FG. Al Harrington (Den) did not play. Mia 97, Hou 88 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Norris Cole (Mia) had 16 points. Mike Miller (Mia) had 11 points on 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Chandler Parson (Hou) had 23 points on 10-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 16 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia, dislocated left index finger), Chris Bosh (Mia, leg muscle fatigue), and Mario Chalmers (Mia, fly like symptoms) did not play. SA 114, Cle 98 at SA DeJuan Blair (SA) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 9-12 FG. Stephen Jackson (SA) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 21 points. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 19 points and 3 steals. SA shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Cle shot 42% (37-88) FG. Tim Duncan (SA, rest) did not play. Det 76, Tor 73 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 8 points including 3-9 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Knight (Det) had 19 points. Ben Gordon (Det) had 19 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 12 points. Det shot 22-35 FT and Tor shot 11-16 FT. Jose Calderon (Tor) did not play. Sac 114, Cha 88 at Cha Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 22 points including 10-11 FG. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Shannon Brown (Cha) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Sac shot 55.2% (48-87) FG and Cha shot 53.8% (39-89) FG. Hassan Whiteside (Sac, sprained right ankle), D.J. Augustin (Cha, right knee tendinitis), and Reggie Williams (Cha, left knee tendinitis) did not play. GS 93, Min 88 at Min Charles Jenkins (GS) had 24 points on 12-22 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points. Brandon Rush (GS) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Martell Webster (Min) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS, concussion), David Lee (GS, strained groin), Kevin Love (Min, concussion), and Darko Milicic (Min, strained right hamstring) did not play. LAC 107, NO 98 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Randy Foye (LAC) had 24 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 33 points including 17-19 FG, 13 assists, and 8 steals. Eric Gordon (NO) had 17 points on 4-13 FG and 8-12 FT, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Nick Young (LAC, flu like symptoms), Trevor Ariza (NO), and Chris Kaman (NO, bruised left tibia) did not play. Schedule for Monday, April 23 (All times Central) Charlotte at Washington 6:00 pm Detroit at Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia at New Jersey 6:30 pm Toronto at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Cleveland at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Portland at San Antonio 7:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, April 24 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Sacramento at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Phoenix at Utah 9:30 pm TNT New Orleans at Golden State 9:30 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