News from April 6. Washington signed Larry Owens and Othyus Jeffers for the rest of the season and released Cartier Martin. Timofey Mozgov (Den) is expected to be out 10 to 14 days with a sprained left knee and ankle. The LA Lakers assigned Derrick Caracter to the NBADL. Minnesota activated Darko Milicic and placed Kevin Love (strained left groin) on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Dwyane Wade (bruised right thigh) on IL. New Jersey activated Damion James and placed Deron Williams (sore right wrist) on IL. Detroit activated Charlie Villanueva and placed Ben Wallace (sore right knee) on IL. Toronto activated Jose Calderon and placed Andrea Bargnani (sore right ankle) on IL. Den 104, Dal 96 at Dal Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 16 points. J.R. Smith (Den) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Den, sprained left knee and ankle) and Jason Kidd (Dal, rest) did not play. GS 95, LAL 87 at GS David Lee (GS) had 22 points, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 26 points and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points including 8-23 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points including 5-5 FG and 17 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points and 4 steals. SA 124, Sac 92 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. George Hill (SA) had 19 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 16 points and 5 assists. SA shot 60.5% (46-76) FG and Sac shot 39.8% (37-93) FG. OKC 112, LAC 108 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 35 points including 15-20 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. Mil 90, Mia 85 at Mia Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. John Salmons (Mil) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 14 points. LeBron James (Mia) had 29 points and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. NY 97, Phi 92 at Phi Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Toney Douglas (NY) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Elton Brand (Phi) had 24 points including 11-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 25 points including 11-16 FG. NO 101, Hou 93 at NO Trevor Ariza (NO) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 steals. Chris Paul (NO) had 28 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 19 points and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 21 points. NO shot 22-26 FT and Hou shot 12-13 FT. Ind 136, Was 112 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points including 7-11 FG. Darren Collison (Ind) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Paul George (Ind) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 23 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 29 points including 10-10 FT. Hamady N'Diaye (Was, strained left patella tendon) and Nick Young (Was, bruised left knee) did not play. Orl 111, Cha 102 OT at Cha Brandon Bass (Orl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points and 9 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Orl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6-11 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 32 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl, lower abdominal strain), Jason Richardson (Orl, tendinitis left knee), Stephen Jackson (Cha, strained left hamstring), Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sore left knee), and Eduardo Najera (Cha, lower back spasms) did not play. Cle 104, Tor 96 at Tor J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 28 points including 10-14 FT and 10 rebounds. Baron Davis (Cle) had 19 points, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 15 points including 7-10 FT. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 28 points. Amir Johnson (Tor, sore left ankle) did not play. Pho 108, Min 98 at Min Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 20 points and 16 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Pho) had 19 points and 6 assists. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 17 points. Michael Beasley (Min) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Anthony Randolph (Min) had 19 points. Det 116, NJ 109 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 25 points on 8-11 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 39 points on 14-20 FG and 11-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 11 assists. Damion James (NJ, sore right foot) and Anthony Morrow (NJ, left knee tendinitis) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, April 7 (All times Central) Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Portland @ Utah 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 8 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Indiana 6:00 pm New York @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Toronto @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Washington @ Boston 6:30 pm Chicago @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Miami 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Portland 9:00 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