News from April 11. Denver signed Coby Karl and Brian Butch. Minnesota activated Al Jefferson and placed Olekisy Pecherov on IL. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Antoine Wright (sore right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Maurice Williams and placed Anthony Parker on IL. Orl 98, Cle 92 at Cle Dwight Howard (Orl) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points and 8 assists. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 12 points. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 19 points and 9 assists. Delonte West (Cle) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Por 91, LAL 88 at LAL LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Por) had 10 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Martell Webster (Por) had 16 points and the game winning 3 free throws with 3.1 seconds left. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 8-23 FG. GS 120, OKC 117 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 27 points. Reggie Williams (GS) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 40 points including 11-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), C.J. Watson (GS, fractured ribs), Andris Biedrins (GS, back surgery), and Nenad Krstic (OKC, right knee contusion) did not play. Pho 116, Hou 106 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 35 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 14 points. Steve Nash (Pho) had 23 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 11 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 30 points including 8-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 22 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mia 111, NY 98 at NY Michael Beasley (Mia) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 19 points including 5-19 FG and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jonathan Bender (NY, fractured 4th metacarpal) and Al Harrington (NY, right shoulder surgery) did not play. Chi 104, Tor 88 at Tor Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 19 rebounds, and 7 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 26 points and 7 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 6 points including 2-12 FG, 19 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. NO 114, Min 86 at NO Emeka Okafor (NO) had 23 points including 11-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Darren Collison (NO) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 22 points. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 18 points. Ramon Sessions (Min) had 17 points. NO shot 52.4% (43-82) FG and Min shot 39.4% (26-66) FG. Sean Marks (NO, strained right shoulder), Chris Paul (NO, injured right middle finger), and Peja Stojakovic (NO, lower abdominal strain) did not play. Schedule for Monday, April 12 (All times Central) Orlando @ Indiana 6:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm NBATV Charlotte @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Washington @ New York 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Minnesota @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Memphis @ Denver 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Portland 9:00 pm Houston @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Dallas @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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