News from April 10. The Professional Basketball Writers Association named J.J. Barea (Dal), Carmelo Anthony (OKC), Kevin Durant (GS), James Harden (Hou), and Dwyane Wade (Mia) as finalists for the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award. Each team nominated one player and a panel selected the finalist. the full members of the association will vote on the overall winner. Golden State converted Quinn Cook's contract from a 2-way contract to a 2 year contract. Luc Mbah a Moute (Hou) suffered a dislocated right shoulder. Boston activated Marcus Morris. Dallas placed Harrison Barnes (rest) and Dennis Smith (sore left knee) on IL. Houston activated Eric Gordon and placed R.J. Hunter on IL. Indiana activated Alex Poythress and Edmond Sumner and placed Ike Anigobogu, Bojan Bogdanovic (rest), Victor Oladipo (sore right foot), and Thaddeus Young (rest) on IL. Utah activated Raul Neto and placed David Stockton on IL. Washington activated John Wall and Ian Mahinmi and placed Devin Robinson on IL. Pho 124, Dal 97 at Dal Shaquille Harrison (Pho) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 10 assists. Alex Len (Pho) had 18 points including 8-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Alec Peters (Pho) had 36 points including 12-20 FG and 8-13 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Johnathan Motley (Dal) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Collinsworth (Dal) had 10 points including 4-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Pho out-scored Dal 80-43 in the 2nd half. Pho shot 63.2% (48-76) FG and Dal shot 38.5% (37-96) FG. Nerlens Noel (Dal, suspended), Doug McDermott (Dal, elbow), and Salah Mejri (Dal, rest) did not play. Uta 119, GS 79 at Uta Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points on 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points including 9-27 FG. Kevin Durant (GS) had 13 points. Hou 105, LAL 99 at LAL James Harden (Hou) had 21 points, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Gerald Green (Hou) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Hart (LAL) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Ingram (LAL) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Was 113, Bos 101 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Mike Scott (Was) had 12 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 27 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Al Horford (Bos) had 10 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Phi 121, Atl 113 at Atl J.J. Redick (Phi) had 28 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds Marco Belinelli (Phi) had 20 points including 5-12 3-pointers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 27 points including 9-25 FG and 6-18 3-pointers and 6 assists. John Collins (Atl) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cha 119, Ind 93 at Ind Dwight Howard (Cha) had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Malik Monk (Cha) had 17 points including 3-10 3-pointers. Glen Robinson (Ind) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 13 points. Schedule for Wednesday, April 11 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Boston 7:00 pm New York at Cleveland 7:00 pm Toronto at Miami 7:00 pm Washington at Orlando 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN Detroit at Chicago 7:00 pm Denver at Minnesota 7:00 pm San Antonio at New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Lakers at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Utah at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Houston at Sacramento 9:30 pm End of season ---- 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