News from April 9. Golden State signed Hilton Armstrong for the rest of the season after he finished a 10-day contract. Oklahoma City elected not to sign Reggie Williams to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his first 10-day contract. The LA Lakers signed GM Mitch Kupchak to a contract extension. Brooklyn activated Kevin Garnett and placed Andray Blatche on IL. Houston placed Dwight Howard (sprained left ankle) on IL. Indiana activated C.J. Watson and placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Milwaukee activated Larry Sanders and placed Ersan Ilyasova and Nate Wolters on IL. Oklahoma City activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed Grant Jerrett and Andre Roberson on IL. Portland placed Allen Crabbe and placed Maurice Williams on IL. Toronto activated Kyle Lowry and placed Julyan Stone on IL. Washington activated Nene and placed Chris Singleton on IL. Cle 122, Det 100 at Cle Dion Waiters (Cle) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 assists. Spencer Hawes (Cle) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 18 points on 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 17 points including 5-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Cle out-scored Det 69-37 in the 1st half. Cle shot 57% (53-93) FG and Det shot 35.4% (34-96) FG. Cle shot 5-9 FT and Det shot 23-32 FT. Josh Smith (Det, left patella tendinitis) did not play. Orl 115, Bro 111 at Orl Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 25 points and 5 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 17 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 5 assists. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 17 points including 5-17 FG and 5-12 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl, sore left Achilles) and Paul Pierce (Bro, right hip pointer) did not play. Tor 125, Phi 114 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points on 4-14 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Henry Sims (Phi) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Arnett Moultrie (Phi, suspended) did not play. Cha 94, Was 88 OT at Was Al Jefferson (Cha) had 20 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points including 6-21 FG and 12 assists. Gary Neal (Cha) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 27 points including 13-18 FG and 14 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 14 points including 6-18 FG, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cha out-scored Was 7-1 in overtime. Atl 105, Bos 97 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points and 8 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 24 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 19 points, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Pero Antic (Atl, sore right ankle) did not play. Mem 107, Mia 102 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points including 12-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 26 points and 6 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 37 points including 14-23 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Mia) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Chris Andersen (Mia, bruised right knee) and Udonis Haslem (Mia, stomach virus) did not play. Ind 104, Mil 102 at Mil Luis Scola (Ind) had 24 points including 11-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Evan Turner (Ind) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Copeland (Ind) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and the game winning layup with 4.9 seconds left. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 20 points. Jeff Adrien (Mil) had 13 points and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 25 points on 8-21 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, and 8-12 FT and 10 assists. Paul George (Ind, rest), George Hill (Ind, rest), Lance Stephenson (Ind, rest), David West (Ind, rest), O.J. Mayo (Mil, sprained right ankle), and Larry Sanders (Mil, suspended) did not play. Chi 102, Min 87 at Min Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 10 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Chase Budinger (Min, sprained right ankle) and J.J. Barea (Min, back spasms) did not play. Pho 94, NO 88 at NO Goran Dragic (Pho) had 20 points, 9 assists, and 3 blocks. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Green (Pho) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Darius Morris (NO) had 14 points. Jeff Withey (NO) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Anthony Davis (NO, back spasms), Eric Gordon (NO, left knee tendinitis), and Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) did not play. Den 123, Hou 116 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 23 points including 11-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Den) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Randy Foye (Den) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 16 points. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den, strained right groin), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), Ty Lawson (Den, sprained left ankle), and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. Por 100, Sac 99 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 23 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac, strained lower back) did not play. OKC 107, LAC 101 at LAC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points on 8-26 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 8-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Schedule for Thursday, April 10 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Dallas 7:00 pm TNT Denver @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 11 (All times Central) Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm New York @ Toronto 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Indiana @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Chicago 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Memphis 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Phoenix @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Portland @ Utah 8:00 pm Golden State @ 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