News from April 19. Dwight Howard (Orl) is expected to undergo surgery on his back to repair a herniated disk. He is out for the season (including playoffs). Milwaukee activated Jon Leuer and placed Ersan Ilyasova on IL. Mia 83, Chi 72 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points including 10-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 16 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points including 5-5 FG and 10 rebounds. John Lucas (Chi) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) did not play. Pho 93, LAC 90 at Pho Jared Dudley (Pho) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Channing Frye (Pho) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points including 6-19 FG and 10 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Grant Hill (Pho, medial meniscus tear right knee) and Reggie Evans (LAC, flu like symptoms) did not play. NO 105, Hou 99 OT at NO Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 27 points including 8-10 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Carl Landry (NO) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 23 points including 6-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 22 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chris Kaman (NO, bruised left tibia) and Trevor Ariza (NO) did not play. Ind 118, Mil 109 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 29 points on 7-20 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists. George Hill (Ind) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 27 points on 8-23 FG and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Min 91, Det 80 at Det Zach Randolph (Min) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 9 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Min) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Will Bynum (Det) had 17 points. Min shot 46.6% (34-73) FG and Det shot 36.3% (33-91) FG. Min shot 20-28 FT and Det shot 7-9 FT. Kevin Love (Min, concussion) and Darko Milicic (Min, strained right hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Friday, April 20 (All times Central) Memphis at Charlotte 6:00 pm Boston at Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN New York at Cleveland 6:30 pm Golden State at Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers at San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Oklahoma City at Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Saturday, April 21 (All times Central) Denver at Phoenix 4:30 pm ESPN Philadelphia at Indiana 6:00 pm Washington at Miami 6:30 pm Dallas at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Portland at Memphis 7:00 pm Golden State at Houston 7:00 pm New Jersey at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Orlando at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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