News from April 5. Cleveland formally released Eric Snow (Snow has been unofficially retired all season). Golden State activated Marco Belinelli and placed Stephen Jackson (left foot surgery) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Weaver and placed Damien Wilkins on IL. Utah activated Kyrylo Fesenko and placed C.J. Miles (dislocated left index finger) on IL. Charlotte activated Dontell Jefferson and placed Raja Bell (strained calf) on IL. Cleveland activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Anderson Varejao (bruised right wrist) on IL. Dal 140, Pho 116 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 24 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 10-12 FG. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 20 assists. Kidd surpassed Magic Johnson (10,141) for 3rd place on the NBA career assist list. Kidd (10,148) now trails Mark Jackson (10,334) and John Stockton (15,806) on the list. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Grant Hill (Pho) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 24 points including 9-14 FG. Den 110, Min 87 at Min Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 17 points and 7 assists. Nene (Den) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Rodney Carney (Min) had 16 points. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 18 points. Den shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Min shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Den shot 20-31 FT and Min shot 9-11 FT. Kevin Love (Min, flu) and Randy Foye (Min, hip injury) did not play. Hou 102, Por 88 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ron Artest (Hou) had 15 points including 4-11 FG. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points including 8-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points and 6 assists. Cle 101, SA 81 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 38 points including 14-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 6-10 FT. Drew Gooden (SA) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and Cle shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Uta 108, NO 94 at NO Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points including 8-10 FG, 11 assists, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 23 points including 11-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rasual Butler (NO) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points and 12 assists. LAL 88, LAC 85 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC, flu) and Mardy Collins (LAC, right foot plantar fasciitis) did not play. NY 112, Tor 103 at Tor David Lee (NY) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 17 points. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 31 points and 14 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Eddy Curry (NY, left knee pain) did not play. Det 104, Cha 97 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 14 points. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Will Bynum (Det) had 32 points on 9-15 FG and 14-16 FT and 7 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 22 points including 10-12 FT. NJ 96, Phi 67 at NJ Vince Carter (NJ) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 9 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Louis Williams (Phi) had 14 points including 4-15 FG and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi, sprained right ankle) did not play. Ind 117, OKC 99 at OKC Danny Granger (Ind) had 24 points. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 22 points on 8-11 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points including 12-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Nick Collison (OKC) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. GS 105, Sac 100 at Sac Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 30 points on 8-22 FG and 12-14 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 20 points including 5-21 FG and 8 rebounds. C.J. Watson (GS) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andres Nocioni (Sac) had 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 17 points. Marco Belinelli (GS, right ankle injury), Monta Ellis (GS, left ankle injury), Corey Maggette (GS, post concussion syndrome), and Brandan Wright (GS, left shoulder) did not play. Schedule for Monday, April 6 (All times Central) No games scheduled [NCAA finals] Schedule for Tuesday, April 7 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Toronto 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Miami 6:30 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New York @ Chicago 7:30 pm Orlando @ Houston 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Minnesota @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html