News from April 7. Toronto signed Justin Dentmon to a 10-day contract. Toronto signed Alan Anderson and Ben Uzoh to 2nd 10-day contracts. Charlotte activated Corey Maggette and placed Eduardo Najera on IL. Najera suffered a fractured frontal bone (but no brain trauma) when he took an inadvertent elbow to the head during Friday's Mil-Cha game and is out for the season. Milwaukee activated Carlos Delfino and placed Luc Mbah a Moute on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 28.1 Kevin Durant (OKC) 27.9 LeBron James (Mia) 26.8 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 14.5 Kevin Love (Min) 13.5 Andrew Bynum (LAL) 11.9 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.2 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 11.1 Chris Paul (LAC) 9.1 Mem 94, Dal 89 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 12 points and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Allen (Mem, mouth injury) and Ian Mahinmi (Dal, birth of daughter) did not play. Bos 86, Ind 72 at Ind Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 9 points and 17 rebounds. Pho 125, LAL 105 at Pho Shannon Brown (Pho) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 13 points and 11 assists. Michael Redd (Pho) had 23 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 19 points including 8-10 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 30 points and 13 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 23 points including 10-27 FG and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Grant Hill (Pho, injured right knee) and Kobe Bryant (LAL, injured left shin) did not play. LAC 109, Sac 94 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points including 12-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 25 points on 9-14 FG and 7-9 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists, and 7 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 15 points including 5-19 FG and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. Travis Outlaw (Sac) had 14 points. Chuck Hayes (Sac, food poisoning) did not play. Atl 116, Cha 96 at Cha Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ivan Johnson (Atl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 17 points. Corey Higgins (Cha) had 22 points including 9-15 FG. D.J. Augustin (Cha, right knee tendinitis) and Reggie Williams (Cha, sore left knee) did not play. Orl 88, Phi 82 at Phi Glenn Davis (Orl) had 23 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points on 4-14 FG and 12-18 FT, 22 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 6 assists. J.J. Redick (Dal) had 19 points. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 16 points including 5-6 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl facial fracture) did not play. Mil 116, Por 94 at Mil Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 20 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 21 points. Beno Udrih (Mil) had 21 points on 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points. Wes Matthews (Por) had 14 points and 3 steals. Mil shot 10-11 FT and Por shot 20-23 FT. NO 99, Min 90 at NO Jason Smith (NO) had 26 points including 12-16 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Chris Kaman (NO) had 21 points including 9-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 29 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Beasley (Min) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Min, sore right foot), Chris Johnson (NO, concussion) and Darko Milicic (Min, strained right hamstring) did not play. GS 112, Den 97 at GS David Lee (GS) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Rush (GS) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nate Robinson (GS) had 14 points and 7 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points and 6 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Schedule for Sunday, April 8 (All times Central) Chicago at New York 12:00 pm ABC Philadelphia at Boston 5:00 pm NBATV Cleveland at New Jersey 5:00 pm Detroit at Miami 5:00 pm Utah at San Antonio 6:00 pm Toronto at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Houston at Sacramento 8:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Monday, April 9 (All times Central) Washington at Charlotte 6:00 pm Detroit at Orlando 6:00 pm Toronto at Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City at Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Memphis 7:00 pm LA Lakers at New Orleans 7:00 pm Phoenix at Minnesota 8:00 pm ESPN2 Golden State at Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio at Utah 8:00 pm Houston at 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