News from April 4. Brooklyn signed Archie Goodwin to a 2 year contract. Brooklyn activated Andrew Nicholson and placed Isaiah Whitehead on IL. Cleveland activated Kyle Korver and placed Larry Sanders on IL. Memphis activated Andrew Harrison and placed Tony Allen on IL. New York activated Carmelo Anthony and placed Kristaps Porzingis (sore back) on IL. Portland activated Jusuf Nurkic and placed Tim Quarterman on IL. Toronto activated P.J. Tucker and placed Bruno Cabaclo on IL. Sac 98, Dal 87 at Sac Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 12 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 steals. Langston Galloway (Sac) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 22 points including 5-5 3-pointers. Nicolas Brussino (Dal) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac, rest), Ty Lawson (Sac, rest), Kosta Koufos (Sac, rest), Anthony Tolliver (Sac, lower back strain), Arron Afflalo (Sac, hip strain), Wesley Matthews (Dal, rest), and Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, sore right Achilles) did not play. GS 121, Min 107 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 41 points including 7-14 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Matt Barnes (GS) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 24 points and 3 steals. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 24 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Nemanja Bjelica (Min, surgery) did not play. Uta 106, Por 87 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 20 points on 6-6 FG and 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 12 points and 5 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points including 5-20 FG. Uta shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and Por shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Rodney Hood (Uta, sore right knee) and Jusuf Nurkic (Por, right leg injury) did not play. SA 95, Mem 89 OT at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 32 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (SA) had 12 points on 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points including 7-21 FG and 16 rebounds. NY 100, Chi 91 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points including 9-25 FG and 7 rebounds. Maurice Ndour (NY) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NY) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 26 points. Joakim Noah (NY, suspended) did not play. OKC 110, Mil 79 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 12 points including 4-12 FG, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Domantas Sabonis (OKC) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 11 points including 3-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 14 points. OKC shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and Mil shot 35.8% (29-81) FG. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil, sore back) did not play. Den 134, NO 131 at NO Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 23 points including 10-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 41 points including 18-31 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 30 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 9 assists. Omer Asik (NO, ill) did not play. Ind 108, Tor 90 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 35 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 20 points and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 27 points including 9-10 FT and 3 steals. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. Cle 122, Orl 102 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 28 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Iring (Cle) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 8 assists. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 12 points and 6 assists. Cle out-scored Orl 43-20 in the 3rd quarter. Cle shot 53.7% (44-82) FG and Orl shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Was 118, Cha 111 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points. John Wall (Was) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 13 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jason Smith (Was) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 37 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points and 8 assists. Bro 141, Phi 118 at Phi Brook Lopez (Bro) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 7 assists. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Phi) had 19 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 3 steals. Shawn Long (Phi) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Bro out-scored Phi 81-53 in the 1st half. Bro shot 64% (48-75) FG and Phi shot 44.3% (43-97) FG. Robert Covington (Phi, right knee injury), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee), and Sergio Rodriguez (Phi, strained left hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, April 5 (All times Central) Miami @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN LA Lakers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Dallas @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, April 6 (All times Central) Chicago @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ New York 6:30 pm Boston @ Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Minnesota @ Portland 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