News from April 25. San Antonio signed Derrick Byars for the rest of the season. Stephen Curry (GS) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle. Philadelphia placed Elton Brand (rest) on IL. San Antonio activated Cory Joseph and placed Tim Duncan (rest) and Tony Parker (rest) on IL. NY 99, LAC 93 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Steve Novak (NY) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 29 points on 11-14 FG and 7-14 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Randy Foye (LAC) had 28 points including 4-12 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC, mild left groin strain) did not play. Orl 102, Cha 95 at Orl Jason Richardson (Orl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 24 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 31 points including 6-10 3-pointers. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 23 points and 6 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Chi 92, Ind 87 at Ind Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Chi) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. David West (Ind) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 22 points on 10-15 FG. Leandro Barbosa (Ind, sprained left ankle) and Kyrylo Fesenko (Ind, stomach flu) did not play. SA 110, Pho 106 at Pho Patrick Mills (SA) had 27 points and 5 assists. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 26 points including 10-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 21 points. Sebastian Telfair (Pho) had 20 points. Manu Ginobili (SA, rest), Gary Neal (SA, left shoulder stinger), Channing Frye (Pho, sublexed right shoulder), and Grant Hill (Pho, medial meniscus tear right knee) did not play. Phi 90, Mil 85 at Mil Evan Turner (Phi) had 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 27 points. Manny Harris (Mil) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Phi shot 13-18 FT and Mil shot 7-9 FT. Andre Iguodala (Phi, rest), Louis Williams (Phi, rest), Thaddeus Young (Phi, rest), Carlos Delfino (Mil, strained right groin), Monta Ellis (Mil, injured right hand), Drew Gooden (Mil, rest), and Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, injured right knee) did not play. Den 106, OKC 101 at OKC Kenneth Faried (Den) had 13 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ty Lawson (Den) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Was 96, Cle 85 at Cle Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 7 steals, and 6 turnovers. Nene (Was) had 12 points on 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 10 points. D.J. Kennedy (Cle) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Was, plantar fasciitis left foot) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, April 26 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Detroit 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Boston 7:00 pm New Jersey at Toronto 7:00 pm Miami at Washington 7:00 pm New York at Charlotte 7:00 pm TNT Dallas at Atlanta 7:00 pm Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm Orlando at Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans at Houston 7:00 pm Denver at Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland at Utah 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Sacramento 9:30 pm San Antonio at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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