News from April 12. The NBA fined Paul George (Ind) $25,000 for pubically criticizing the refs following Monday's Phi-Ind game. The NBA fined Gerald Henderson (Phi) $25,000 for elbowing Paul George (Ind) in the head during Monday's Phi-Ind game. Cleveland signed Dahntay Jones and Edy Tavares and released Larry Sanders. Atlanta activated DeAndre Bembry and Ryan Kelly and placed Kent Bazemore and Paul Millsap (rest) on IL. Chicago activated Rajon Rondo and placed Isaiah Cannaan on IL. Cleveland activated Tristan Thompson and placed LeBron James (rest) and Kay Felder on IL. Dallas placed J.J. Barea on IL. Denver placed Emmanuel Mudiay on IL. Detroit activated Beno Udrih and placed Michael Gbinije on IL. Golden State activated Damian Jones and placed Matt Barnes on IL. Houston activated Kyle Wiltjer and placed Chinanu Onuaku on IL. Memphis activated Zach Randolph and placed James Ennis on IL. Milwaukee activated Spencer Hawes and placed Khris Middleton on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and placed Andre Robinson on IL. Orlando activated Stephen Zimmerman and placed C.J. Watson on IL. Sacramento activated Darren Collison and placed Anthony Tolliver on IL. San Antonio activated Dejounte Murray and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and Pascal Siakam and placed DeMar DeRozan (rest) and Serge Ibaka on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Joel Bolomboy on IL. Washington activated Otto Porter, John Wall, and Sheldon McClellan and placed Bradley Beal (rest) and Ian Mahinmi (rest) on IL. Final 2016-17 Stats Leaders Points Field Goal Percentage Russell Westbrook (OKC) 31.6 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 71.4% James Harden (Hou) 29.1 Rudy Gobert (Uta) 66.1% Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 28.9 Clint Capela (Hou) 64.3% 3-Point Percentage Free Throw Percentage Pau Gasol (SA) 53.8% C.J. McCollum (Por) 91.2% Kyle Korver (Cle) 45.1% Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 90.9% Allen Crabbe (Por) 44.4% Kyrie Irving (Cle) 90.5% Rebounds Offensive Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.1 Andre Drummond (Det) 4.3 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.8 Dwight Howard (Atl) 4.0 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.8 Rudy Gobert (Uta) 3.9 Assists Turnovers James Harden (Hou) 11.2 James Harden (Hou) 5.7 John Wall (Was) 10.7 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 5.4 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.4 John Wall (Was) 4.1 Steals Blocks Draymond Green (GS) 2.0 Rudy Gobert (Uta) 2.6 John Wall (Was) 2.0 Anthony Davis (NO) 2.2 Jimmy Butler (Chi) 1.9 Myles Turner (Ind) 2.1 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 2.1 Minutes Fouls (total, games) LeBron James (Cle) 37.8 DeMarcus Cousins (NO) 278 (72) Andrew Wiggins (Min) 37.2 Marquese Chriss (Pho) 263 (82) Jimmy Butler (Chi) 37.0 Myles Turner (Ind) 262 (81) Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) 37.0 Dal 100, Mem 93 at Mem Nicolas Batum (Dal) had 15 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Dal) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 15 points and 8 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 15 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal, rest), Wesley Matthews (Dal, rest), and Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, rest) did not play. Chi 112, Bro 73 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Paul Zipser (Chi) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Archie Goodwin (Bro) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. K.J. McDaniels (Bro) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chi shot 43.2% (41-95) FG and Bro shot 32.6% (28-86) FG. Trevor Booker (Bro, rest), Jeremy Lin (Bro, rest), and Brook Lopez (Bro, rest) did not play. Mia 110, Was 102 at Mia Goran Dragic (Mia) had 28 points, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Johnson (Mia) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Trey Burke (Was) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Sheldon McClellan (Was) had 18 points. Dion Waiters (Mia, sprained left ankle), Markieff Morris (Was, rest), and John Wall (Was, rest) did not play. NY 114, Phi 113 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 17 points. Marshall Plumlee (NY) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Justin Holiday (NY) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Justin Anderson (Phi) had 26 points including 9-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Alex Poythress (Phi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (NY, suspended), Robert Covington (Phi, injured right knee), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee), Sergio Rodriguez (Phi, strained left hamstring), and Dario Saric (Phi, sore left heel) did not play. Bos 112, Mil 94 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Gerald Green (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Spencer Hawes (Mil) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil, rest), Matthew Dellavedova (Mil, rest), and Tony Snell (Mil, rest) did not play. Tor 98, Cle 83 at Cle Norman Powell (Tor) had 25 points including 10-13 FG. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 13 points. Iman Shumpert (Cle) had 11 points. Deron Williams (Cle) had 10 points including 3-4 3-pinters. Kyrie Irving (Cle, rest) and Kevin Love (Cle, rest) did not play. Orl 113, Det 109 at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 32 points including 11-20 FG and 12 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 3-10 3-pointers. Ish Smith (Det) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Hou 123, Min 118 at Hou Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 20 points including 6-15 3-pointers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 22 points on 11-12 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 28 points including 12-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 21 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Nemanja Bjelica (Min, fractured navicular bone) and Ricky Rubio (Min) did not play. Den 111, OKC 105 at OKC Nikola Jokic (Den) had 29 points on 9-14 FG and 11-14 FT, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 blocks. Jamal Murray (Den) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Malik Beasley (Den) had 17 points. Taj Gibson (OKC) had 13 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Semaj Christon (OKC) had 13 points including 5-6 FG. Will Barton (Den), Wilson Chandler (Den), and Gary Harris (Den) did not play. Ind 104, Atl 86 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 32 points including 12-21 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 19 points and 7 assists. Myles Turner (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 15 points. Jose Calderon (Atl) had 12 points and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Ind, sprained left ankle), Tim Hardaway (Atl, rest), Dwight Howard (Atl, rest), and Dennis Schroder (Atl, rest) did not play. Uta 101, SA 97 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 14 points on 7-9 FG. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 13 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points on 9-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. LAC 115, Sac 95 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 18 points including 8-10 FG, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 18 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Arron Afflalo (Sac) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 6 assists. Darren Collison (Sac, rest), Tyreke Evans (Sac, rest), Kosta Koufos (Sac, rest), and Ty Lawson (Sac, rest) did not play. GS 109, LAL 94 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 29 points including 11-16 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 5-14 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Patrick McCaw (GS) had 13 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Larry Nance (LAL) had 13 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. NO 103, Por 100 at Por Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Chieck Diallo (NO) had 12 points and 16 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (NO) had 12 points and 16 rebounds. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 25 points. Noah Vonlah (Por) had 12 points and 19 rebounds including 9 offensive. Pat Connaughton (Por) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. NO out-scored Por 25-15 in the 4th quarter. DeMarcus Cousins (NO), Anthony Davis (NO), Al-Farouq Aminu (Por, rest), Allen Crabbe (Por, injured foot), Damian Lillard (Por, rest), and C.J. McCollum (Por, rest) did not play. The 2016-17 regular season has ended. The playoffs start on Saturday. Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 Golden State (0) _ 8 Portland (0) |_ __ _ | 4 LA Clippers (0) __| |_ __ 5 Utah (0) _ | | | 2 San Antonio (0) __ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ __| | _ | 3 Houston (0) _| | 6 Oklahoma City (0) |_ _ | 1 Boston (0) ______ | 8 Chicago (0) |_ __ | _ | | 4 Washington (0) ___| | | 5 Atlanta (0) |_ __| _ 2 Cleveland (0) ____ | 7 Indiana (0) |_ __| _ 3 Toronto (0) ____| 6 Milwaukee (0) First Round (Central times) *if necessary Saturday, April 15 Game 1: Indiana at Cleveland 2:00 pm ABC Game 1: Milwaukee at Toronto 4:30 pm ESPN Game 1: Memphis at San Antonio 7:00 pm ESPN Game 1: Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 16 Game 1: Atlanta at Washington 12:00 pm TNT Game 1: Portland at Golden State 2:30 pm ABC Game 1: Chicago at Boston 5:30 pm TNT Game 1: Oklahoma City at Houston 8:00 pm TNT Monday, April 17 Game 2: Indiana at Cleveland 6:00 pm TNT Game 2: Memphis at San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT Tuesday, April 18 Game 2: Milwaukee at Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV Game 2: Chicago at Boston 7:00 pm TNT Game 2: Utah at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Wednesday, April 19 Game 2: Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Game 2: Oklahoma City at Houston 7:00 pm TNT Game 2: Portland at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Thursday, April 20 Game 3: Cleveland at Indiana 6:00 pm TNT Game 3: Toronto at Milwaukee 7:00 pm NBATV Game 3: San Antonio at Memphis 8:30 pm TNT Friday, April 21 Game 3: Boston at Chicago 6:00 pm ESPN Game 3: Houston at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Game 3: LA Clippers at Utah 9:00 pm ESPN2 Saturday, April 22 Game 4: Toronto at Milwaukee 2:00 pm TNT Game 3: Washington at Atlanta 4:30 pm TNT Game 4: San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm ESPN Game 3: Golden State at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Sunday, April 23 Game 4: Cleveland at Indiana 12:00 pm ABC Game 4: Houston at Oklahoma City 2:30 pm ABC Game 4: Boston at Chicago 5:30 pm TNT Game 4: LA Clippers at Utah 8:00 pm TNT Monday, April 24 Game 4: Washington at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Game 4: Golden State at Portland 9:30 pm TNT *Game 5: Milwaukee at Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV Tuesday, April 25 *Game 5: Indiana at Cleveland TBD *Game 5: Memphis at San Antonio TBD *Game 5: Oklahoma City at Houston TBD *Game 5: Utah at LA Clippers TBD Wednesday, April 26 *Game 5: Chicago at Boston TBD *Game 5: Atlanta at Washington TBD *Game 5: Portland at Golden State TBD Thursday, April 27 *Game 6: Cleveland at Indiana TBD *Game 6: Toronto at Milwaukee TBD *Game 6: San Antonio at Memphis TBD *Game 6: Houston at Oklahoma City TBD Friday, April 28 *Game 6: Boston at Chicago TBD *Game 6: Washington at Atlanta TBD *Game 6: Golden State at Portland TBD *Game 6: LA Clippers at Utah TBD Saturday, April 29 *Game 7: Indiana at Cleveland TBD *Game 7: Milwaukee at Toronto TBD *Game 7: Memphis at San Antonio TBD *Game 7: Oklahoma City at Houston TBD Sunday, April 30 *Game 7: Chicago at Boston TBD *Game 7: Atlanta at Washington TBD *Game 7: Portland at Golden State TBD *Game 7: Utah at LA Clippers TBD ---- 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