News from April 3. Golden State elected not to sign Keith Benson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. San Antonio elected not to sign Justin Dentmon to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Miami activated Eddy Curry and placed Dwyane Wade (bruised left knee) on IL. Orlando activated Dwight Howard and Von Wafer and placed Ryan Anderson (injured ankle) and Jameer Nelson (calf injury)on IL. Damian Lillard (junior, Weber State, guard) and Tony Wroten (freshman, Washington, guard) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. SA 125, Cle 90 at Cle Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points including 9-12 FG and 5 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Patrick Mills (SA) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Daniel Gibson (Cle, left foot surgery) did not play. LAL 91, NJ 87 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (LAL) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Deron Williams (NJ) had 20 points and 6 assists. Gerald Wallace (NJ) had 19 points and 5 assists. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. LAL shot 6-6 FT and NJ shot 13-15 FT. Andrew Bynum (LAL, sprained left ankle), Jordan Farmar (NJ, sore right groin), and Shelden Williams (NJ, right eye injury) did not play. Mia 99, Phi 93 at Mia Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 41 points on 15-25 FG and 10-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Evan Turner (Phi) had 26 points including 12-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Det 102, Orl 95 at Det Jason Maxiell (Det) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points including 9-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points including 6-7 3-pointers and 3-4 3-pointers. Glenn Davis (Orl) had 31 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Det shot 56.6% (43-76) FG and Orl shot 45.8% (33-72) FG. Dwight Howard (Orl, back injury) did not play. Mem 98, GS 94 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Dante Cunningham (Mem) had 13 points including 6-6 FG and 5 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Nate Robinson (GS) had 18 points and 5 assists. Ind 112, NY 104 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 27 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Landry Fields (NY) had 15 points. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 39 points including 17-31 FG and 10 rebounds. Ind out-scored NY 40-17 in the 4th quarter. Jeremy Lin (NY, left knee surgery) and Bill Walker (NY, sore left elbow) did not play. Tor 92, Cha 87 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 30 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 20 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 18 points and 7 assists. Pho 109, Sac 100 at Sac Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Channing Frye (Pho) had 15 points including 0-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 41 points on 16-25 FG and 9-14 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 25 points including 8-11 FT and 7 assists. Schedule for Wednesday, April 4 (All times Central) Toronto at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana at Washington 6:00 pm San Antonio at Boston 6:30 pm Charlotte at Atlanta 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Cleveland at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Denver at New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State at Minnesota 7:00 pm Memphis at Dallas 7:30 pm Phoenix at Utah 8:00 pm New Jersey at Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, April 5 (All times Central) New York at Orlando 6:00 pm TNT Washington at Detroit 6:30 pm Boston at Chicago 8:30 pm TNT LA Clippers at Sacramento 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