News from March 30. Golden State signed Hilton Armstrong to a 10-day contract. Utah activated Alec Burks and placed Malcolm Thomas on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 32.2 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 28.0 LeBron James (Mia) 26.7 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.7 Andre Drummond (Det) 12.7 Kevin Love (Min) 12.6 Assists John Wall (Was) 8.7 Ricky Rubio (Min) 8.6 Stephen Curry (GS) 8.4 OKC 116, Uta 96 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 31 points including 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points and 12 rebounds and 6 offensive. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 16 points and 9 assists. OKC shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Uta shot 41.9% (36-86) FG. OKC out-scored Uta 26-9 in the 1st quarter. Cle 90, Ind 76 at Cle Luol Deng (Cle) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 19 points. Paul George (Ind) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. David West (Ind) had 14 points. Anthony Bennett (Cle, strained left patellar tendon) did not play. Bro 114, Min 99 at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 19 points. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Corey Brewer (Min) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 4 steals. Kevin Martin (Min) had 21 points. Tor 98, Orl 93 at Orl Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points including 15-16 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 6 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points and 5 assists. Chi 107, Bos 102 at Bos Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 33 points on 10-14 FG, 3-4 3-pointers and 10-10 FT. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 17 points, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. NY 89, GS 84 at GS Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points including 7-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 3-11 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 6-12 3-pointers. David Lee (GS, strained right hamstring) and Andrew Bogut (GS, pelvic contusion) did not play. Por 105, Mem 98 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 15 points and 5 assists. Will Barton (Por) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. LAL 115, Pho 99 at LAL Chris Kaman (LAL) had 28 points including 13-19 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 22 points including 9-10 FT. Ryan Kelly (LAL) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gerald Green (Pho) had 22 points. LAL shot 53% (44-83) FG and Pho shot 38.5% (35-91) FG. Pau Gasol (LAL, vertigo), Xavier Henry (LA, torn ligament left wrist), and Steve Nash (LAL, nerve root irritation) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 31 (All times Central) Washington @ Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 6:30 pm Toronto @ Miami 6:30 pm Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis @ Denver 8:00 pm New York @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, April 1 (All times Central) Houston at Brooklyn 7:00 pm TNT Golden State at Dallas 7:30 pm Portland at LA Lakers 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