News from April 5. New Orleans signed Jordan Crawford for the rest of the season. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) underwent surgery on his left ankle to clean out debris. Kyrie Irving (Bos) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left knee to have 2 screws removed and will be out 4 to 5 months. Chicago coach Tyronn Lue returned to the bench after being out since March 19 to attend to medical issues. Brooklyn activated Allen Crabbe and James Webb and placed DeMarre Carroll (strained left hip)and Jahlil Okafor (sprained right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated London Perrenetes and placed Jose Calderon (sore left hamstring) on IL. Houston activated Zhou Qi and R.J. Hunter and placed Ryan Anderson (sprained left ankle) and Eric Gordon (sore left ankle) on IL. Minnesota activated Derrick Rose and placed Justin Patton (ill) on IL. Portland placed Damian Lillard (left ankle) on IL. Ind 126, GS 106 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 28 points on 11-13 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Kevin Durant (GS) had 27 points including 8-23 FG and 2-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Cle 119, Was 115 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points on 12-20 FG and 7-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 14 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jeff Green (Cle) had 21 points including 8-10 FG. Kevin Love (Cle) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. John Wall (Was) had 28 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Cle shot 22-28 FT and Was shot 12-14 FT. Hou 96, Por 94 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and the game winning floater with .8 seconds left and 5 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 16 points including 7-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bro 119, Mil 111 at Mil Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 25 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Joe Harris (Bro) had 17 points and 6 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 31 points on 9-14 FG and 11-11 FT. Giannis Antetokoumpo (Mil) had 19 points including 7-21 FG, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Uta 117, LAC 95 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points including 6-6 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 19 points. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Danilo Gallinari (LAC, sore right hand) did not play. Den 100, Min 96 at Den Jamal Murray (Den) had 22 points. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 16 points including 6-20 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists. Devin Harris (Den) had 20 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 13 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Min) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Schedule for Friday, April 6 (All times Central) Dallas at Detroit 6:00 pm Charlotte at Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm Chicago at Boston 6:30 pm Miami at New York 6:30 pm Indiana at Toronto 6:30 pm Sacramento at Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans at Phoenix 9:00 pm Minnesota at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, April 7 (All times Central) Denver at LA Clippers 2:30 pm NBATV Milwaukee at New York 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Chicago 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Houston 7:30 pm ABC New Orleans at Golden State 7:30 pm Portland at San Antonio 8:00 pm ---- 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