News from April 5. Philadelphia signed Antonio Daniels to a 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Patrick Ewing Jr. for the rest of the season after he completed a 10-day contract. Houston signed Mike Harris to a 2nd 10-day contract. Cartier Martin (Was) has a stress fracture in his left foot. Jeremy Richmond (freshman, Illinois, forward), Trey Thompkins (junior, Georgia, forward), and Travis Leslie (junior, Georgia, forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Denver activated Melvin Ely and placed Arron Afflalo (hamstring injury) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chris Kaman and placed Ryan Gomes on IL. Chicago activated Joakim Noah and placed Brian Scalabrine on IL. Toronto activated Andrea Bargnani and placed Leandro Barbosa (sore right pinky finger) on IL. New York activated Ronny Turiaf and placed Roger Mason on IL. Philadelphia placed Louis Williams (strained right hamstring) on IL. Boston activated Nenad Krstic and Troy Murphy and placed Shaquille O'Neal (strained right calf muscle) and Von Wafer on IL. Detroit activated DaJuan Summers and placed Charlie Villanueva on IL. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Darko Milicic (sprained left ankle) on IL. San Antonio activated Danny Green and placed James Anderson on IL. Atlanta activated Josh Powell and placed Josh Smith (swelling right knee) on IL. SA 97, Atl 90 at Atl Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 20 points. Uta 86, LAL 85 at LAL Paul Millsap (Uta) had 22 points, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 6-18 FG, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 12 points, 23 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 point including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, sprained right thumb), Raja Bell (Uta, sprained right foot), and Ronnie Price (Uta, left shin contusion) did not play. OKC 101, Den 94 at Den Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 11-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points on 5-17 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 13 points including 4-12 FG. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 28 points and 5 assists. Bos 99, Phi 82 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points and 13 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Evan Turner (Phi) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. Bos shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Phi shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. GS 108, Por 87 at Por David Lee (GS) had 29 points including 13-17 FG and 20 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 17 points. Chi 97, Pho 94 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 10 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Pho) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Chi shot 17-24 FT and Pho shot 10-12 FT. LAC 82, Mem 81 at Mem Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 16 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. NY 131, Tor 118 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Toney Douglas (NY) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 36 points including 9-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Ed Davis (Tor) had 22 points including 10-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Sac 104, Hou 101 at Hou DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 15 points and 15 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 21 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 21 points. Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 30 points. Orl 78, Mil 72 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points including 8-13 FT, 17 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points and 5 steals. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 18 points. Keyon Dooling (Mil) had 10 points including 3-4 FG and 5 turnovers. Orl shot 24-36 FT and Mil shot 12-17 FT. J.J. Redick (Orl, lower abdominal strain) did not play. Was 107, Det 105 at Was Maurice Evans (Was) had 20 points on 9-13 FG. Andray Blatche (Was) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 steals. John Wall (Was) had 26 points including 14-16 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 14 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 4 steals. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cartier Martin (Was, stress fracture left foot), Hamady N'Diaye (Was, strained left patella tendon), and Nick Young (Was, bruised left knee) did not play. Cle 99, Cha 89 at Cle J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 16 points and 19 rebounds. Ryan Hollins (Cle) had 16 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 2-2 FT. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 18 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 22 points, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 15 points. Samardo Samuels (Cle, strained left groin), Stephen Jackson (Cha, left hamstring), Eduardo Najera (Cha, lower back spasms), and Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sore left knee) did not play. NJ 107, Min 105 at NJ Sasha Vujacic (NJ) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 30 points and 12 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 18 points and 21 assists. Michael Beasley (Min) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Anthony Randolph (Min) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min, strained left groin) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, April 6 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington @ Indiana 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Miami 6:00 pm ESPN New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Detroit 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ New Orleans 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Denver @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, April 7 (All times Central) Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Portland @ Utah 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