News from April 3. Charlotte signed Jannero Pargo for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas released Justin Dentmon and signed Josh Akognon to a 10-day contract. Memphis signed Keyon Dooling for the rest of the season. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) underwent surgery on his right Achilles tendon and is expected to be out 6 months. Brooklyn placed Gerald Wallace (sore left foot) on IL. Houston activated Chandler Parsons and placed Carlos Delfino on IL. Memphis placed Tony Wroten on IL. Milwaukee activated Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Gustavo Ayon on IL. Portland placed Nicolas Batum (injured right shoulder) on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Kawhi Leonard (sore left knee) on IL. Toronto activated Landry Fields and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. Utah activated Jerel McNeal and placed Kevin Murphy on IL. Washington activated Jason Collins and placed Bradley Beal on IL. Beal is out for the season with a stress injury in his right fibula. SA 98, Orl 84 at SA Danny Green (SA) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Gary Neal (SA) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 point, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals. DeJuan Blair (SA, stomach virus), Tony Parker (SA, sore left ankle), Arron Afflalo (Orl, strained right hamstring), Jameer Nelson (Orl, sprained right ankle), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, personal reasons) did not play. Den 113, Uta 96 at Uta Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Den) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 3 steals. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Hou 112, Sac 102 at Sac Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 29 points including 12-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 22 points and 4 steals. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 21 points. Mem 94, Por 76 at Por Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Ed Davis (Mem) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem shot 22-28 FT and Por shot 6-10 FT. LAC 126, Pho 101 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points, 12 assists and 4 steals. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 17 points and 7 assists. Wesley Johnson (Pho) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Jermaine O'Neal (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. LAL shot 55.9% (52-93) FG and Pho shot 45.5% (35-77) FG. GS 98, NO 88 at GS David Lee (GS) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 16 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 9 assists. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 8 assists. Eric Gordon (NO) had 21 points on 5-17 FG and 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NO) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Tor 88, Was 78 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 24 points including 16-18 FT and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 9 points including 2-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. John Wall (Was) had 20 points on 5-17 FG and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tor shot 45.5% (30-66) FG and Was shot 32.5% (26-80) FG. Jason Collins (Was, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cha 88, Phi 83 at Cha Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 12 points on 6-7 FG and 16 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 24 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Damien Wilkins (Phi) had 20 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Turner (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. DeSagana Diop (Cha, sore right knee), Byron Mullens (Cha, sore left ankle) and Jeff Taylor (Cha, strained right plantar fascia) did not play. NY 95, Atl 82 at Atl Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 40 points including 17-27 FG and 5 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 15 points, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. NY out-scored Atl 27-14 in the 4th quarter. John Jenkins (Atl, mild concussion) did not play. Bro 113, Cle 95 at Cle Reggie Evans (Bro) had 8 points and 18 rebounds. MarShon Brooks (Bro) had 27 points including 12-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 6 assists. Marreese Speights (Cle) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bro shot 56.6% (43-76) FG and Cle shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. Bro out-scored Cle 38-16 in the 2nd quarter. Bos 98, Det 93 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Green (Bos) had 34 points including 13-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 6 turnover. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points on 5-16 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 11-15 FT. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bos shot 50.7% (36-71) FG and Det shot 36.6% (34-93) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos, left ankle inflammation) and Will Bynum (Det, strained right hand) did not play. Min 107, Mil 98 at Mil Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 27 points including 11-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers, 12 assists, 8 steals, and 8 turnovers. Derrick Williams (Min) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 29 points including 12-21 FG and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 18 points including 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Schedule for Thursday, April 4 (All times Central) Chicago @ Brooklyn 6:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 5 (All times Central) Miami @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Boston 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Chicago 7:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Golden State @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Dallas @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston @ Portland 9:00 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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