News from April 10. The LA Clippers elected not to sign Lester Hudson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Atlanta activated John Jenkins and placed Thabo Sefolosha (fractured left leg) on IL. Cleveland activated Joe Harris and placed Iman Shumpert (sore right quad) on IL. Dallas activated Greg Smith and placed Rajon Rondo (rest) on IL. Memphis activated Russ Smith and placed Mike Conley (sprained foot) on IL. New Orleans activated Jrue Holiday and placed Jeff Withey on IL. Oklahoma City activated Nick Collison. Orlando activated Luke Ridnour and placed Ben Gordon on IL. San Antonio activated Marco Belinelli and placed Kyle Anderson on IL. Toronto activated Kyle Lowry and placed Lucas Nogueira on IL. Utah activated Grant Jerrett and placed Trey Burke on IL. Washington activated Nene. Dal 144, Den 143 2OT at Den Richard Jefferson (Dal) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 13 points including the game winning layup with 1.5 seconds left. Devin Harris (Dal) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 47 points on 15-23 FG, 7-12 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 18 assists in 52 minutes. LAL 106, Min 98 at LAL Ryan Kelly (LAL) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Tarik Black (LAL) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Jabari Brown (LAL) had 20 points including 8-12 FT and 7 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 29 points including 15-16 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zach LaVine (Min) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (LAL, separated right shoulder), Jeremy Lin (LAL, sore left knee), Nick Young (LAL, fractured left kneecap), Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Anthony Bennett (Min, sprained right ankle), Gorgui Dieng (Min, concussion), and Ricky Rubio (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Mem 89, Uta 88 at Uta Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Beno Udrih (Mem) had 20 points on 9-13 FG. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 27 points including 9-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. OKC 116, Sac 103 at OKC Enes Kanter (OKC) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 17 points on 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac, concussion) did not play. NO 90, Pho 75 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points including 5-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Omer Asik (NO) had 3 points including 1-5 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 14 points and 6 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 19 points and 7 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho, broken nose) and Marcus Thornton (Pho, left ankle) did not play. SA 104, Hou 103 at Hou Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points including 12-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Patrick Mills (SA) had 14 points including 4-4 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Hou) had 20 points including 12-26 FT and 6 rebounds. SA shot 18-24 FT and Hou shot 32-53 FT. Mil 99, NY 91 at NY Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points including 9-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Langston Galloway (NY) had 20 points. Shane Larkin (NY) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 5 assists. Andrea Bargnani (NY, ill), Cleanthony Early (NY, sprained left ankle), and Travis Wear (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Ind 107, Det 103 at Det C.J. Miles (Ind) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 13 points including 2-6 FG and 9 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points including 8-12 FT, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. C.J. Watson (Ind, sore right elbow) did not play. Bos 99, Cle 90 at Cle Marcus Smart (Bos) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 15 points. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle, sore right hip) did not play. Bro 117, Was 80 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 22 points including 6-6 3-pointers. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 5 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Bro out-scored Was 31-14 in the 1st quarter and 42-18 in the 4th quarter. Bro shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Was shot 39% (32-82) FG. Alan Anderson (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Atl 104, Cha 80 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 17 points on 8-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 6 assists. Troy Daniels (Cha) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Atl out-scored Cha 57-32 in the 2nd half. Atl shot 50% (41-82) FG and Cha shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Al Jefferson (Cha, sore right knee) and Lance Stephenson (Cha, sprained right toe) did not play. Tor 101, Orl 99 at Orl DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 29 points and 5 assists. Tyler Hansbrough (Tor) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Louis Williams (Tor) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, April 11 (All times Central) New York @ Orlando 6:00 pm Toronto @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm Memphis @ LA Clippers 9:00 pm NBATV Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm Minnesota @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 12 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Milwaukee 2:00 pm Cleveland @ Boston 2:00 pm Charlotte @ Detroit 2:30 pm Sacramento @ Denver 4:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Indiana 5:00 pm Atlanta @ Washington 5:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Houston 6:00 pm Phoenix @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Dallas @ LA Lakers 8:30 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