News from April 16. New York signed Quentin Richardson for the rest of the season. San Antonio signed Tracy McGrady for the rest of the season. The LA Clippers activated Chauncey Billups and placed Maalik Wayns on IL. Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. LAC 93, Por 77 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points on 5-5 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Will Barton (Por) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 8 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por, injured right ankle) did not play. Tor 113, Atl 96 at Atl Rudy Gay (Tor) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 11-17 FG. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 13 points including 4-5 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mike Scott (Atl) had 12 points including 5-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tor shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Atl shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. DeShawn Stevenson (Atl, ill) and Al Horford (Atl, sore chest) did not play. [Indiana at Boston game cancelled, will not be rescheduled.] Schedule for Wednesday, April 17 (All times Central) Boston @ Toronto 7:00 pm Detroit @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm Atlanta @ New York 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Charlotte 7:00 pm Orlando @ Miami 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 7:00 pm Washington @ Chicago 7:00 pm Utah @ Memphis 7:00 pm ESPN New Orleans @ Dallas 7:00 pm Minnesota @ San Antonio 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Denver 7:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm LA Clippers @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Golden State @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN [End of season. The playoffs start Saturday.] ---- 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