News from April 5. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and LeBron James (Mia) as Players of the Month for March. Durant averaged 27.6 points and 8.5 rebounds as Oklahoma City went 12-5. James averaged 25.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 7.4 assists as Miami went 17-1. The NBA named Damian Lillard (Por) and Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) as Rookies of the Month for March. Lillard averaged 21.3 points and 6.8 assists as Portland went 7-9. Valanciunas averaged 11.4 points and 7.3 rebounds as Toronto went 4-11. Danilo Gallinari (Den) suffered a torn left ACL during Friday's Dal-Den game. He will have to undergo surgery and will be out at least 6 months. Indiana activated Ben Hansbrough and placed Miles Plumlee on IL. Miami activated Mario Chalmers and placed Dwyane Wade (sprained right ankle) on IL. Milwaukee activated Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Gustavo Ayon on IL. Oklahoma City activated Daniel Orton and placed Jeremy Lamb on IL. Portland activated LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Nicolas Batum on IL. Toronto activated Landry Fields and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. Dal 117, Sac 108 at Sac Shawn Marion (Dal) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 12 rebounds. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (Dal) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 8 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 26 points including 10-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 29 points including 0-7 3-pointers and 11-12 FT. Elton Brand (Dal, sore right calf) did not play. LAL 86, Mem 84 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Earl Clark (LAL) had 13 points. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. LAL shot 13-18 FT and Mem shot 5-7 FT. Steve Nash (LAL, strained right hamstring) and Metta World Peace (LAL, left knee surgery) did not play. Hou 116, Por 98 at Por Greg Smith (Hou) had 19 points on 5-6 FG and 9-12 FT and 5 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 22 points and 8 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 32 points on 12-19 FG and 8-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 1-11 3-pointers. Chandler Parsons (Hou) did not play. Cle 97, Bos 91 at Bos Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 29 points including 10-17 FG and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 11 points including 4-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeff Green (Bos) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Shavlik Randolph (Bos) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos, sore left ankle) and Paul Pierce (Bos, sore left ankle) did not play. NY 101, Mil 83 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 41 points including 17-28 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. J.R. Smith (NY) had 30 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 6 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers. J.J. Redick (Mil) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. NY shot 7-8 FT and Mil shot 13-18 FT. NY out-scored Mil 42-21 in the 3rd quarter. Marcus Camby (NY, left plantar fasciitis) and Keyon Martin (NY, sore left knee) did not play. Phi 101, Atl 90 at Atl Evan Turner (Phi) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mia 89, Cha 79 at Cha Rashard Lewis (Mia) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mia) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 7-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 12 points including 3-15 FG and 0-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Mia shot 44.9% (31-69) FG and Cha shot 31.8% (28-88) FG. LeBron James (Mia, strained right hamstring), Ray Allen (Mia, sprained right ankle), and Byron Mullens (Cha, sore left ankle) did not play. OKC 97, Ind 75 at Ind Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 points including 13-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. OKC out-rebounded Ind 53-31 including 15-9 offensive. OKC out-scored Ind 53-32 in the 2nd half. Chi 87, Orl 86 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points including 5-18 FG. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 19 points and 5 assists. Beno Udrih (Orl) had 27 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Marco Belineli (Chi, abdominal strain), Joakim Noah (Chi, injured right foot), Arron Afflalo (Orl, strained right hamstring), Jameer Nelson (Orl, sprained right ankle), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, personal reasons) did not play. Tor 95, Min 93 at Min Rudy Gay (Tor) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points including 8-10 FT and 3 blocks. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 24 points including 12-16 FT and 8 rebounds. Tor shot 11-16 FT and Min shot 30-40 FT. Uta 95, NO 83 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 21 points including 9-13 FG, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. GS 111, Pho 107 at Pho David Lee (GS) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 32 points including 11-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Pho) had 25 points on 12-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. GS shot 51.2% (44-86) FG and Pho shot 61.1% (44-72) FG. Schedule for Saturday, April 6 (All times Central) Indiana @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Miami 6:30 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Toronto @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Atlanta @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Houston @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 7 (All times Central) New York @ Oklahoma City 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm ABC Washington @ Boston 5:00 pm Orlando @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Utah @ Golden State 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Dallas @ Portland 8:00 pm NBATV ---- 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