News from April 9. The NBA named Goran Dragic (Hou) and LeBron James (Mia) as Players of the Week. Dragic averaged 20.7 points and 8.3 assists as Houston went 3-0. James averaged 30.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists as Miami went 3-1. Orlando suspended Chris Duhon for 1 game for violating team rules. Cleveland signed Lester Hudson to a 2nd 10-day contract. New Jersey signed Armon Johnson to a 10-day contract. Utah signed Blake Ahearn to a 10-day contract. New Jersey elected not to signed Dennis Horner to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Jarrett Jack (NO) is expected to miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot. Dallas activated Kelenna Azubuike and placed Lamar Odom on IL. Azubuike was recalled from the NBADL. Dallas and Odom mutually agreed that Odom would remain on IL for the rest of the season (as his time with Dallas has been extremely unproductive (and if he was released he would be ineligible to join another team and play in the playoffs)). Denver activated Danilo Gallinari and placed Wilson Chandler (strained left groin) on IL. Golden State activated Chris Wright. Milwaukee activated Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Jon Leuer on IL. Orlando activated Quentin Richardson and Ryan Anderson and placed Dwight Howard (back spasms) and Hedo Turkoglu (facial fracture) on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Andrea Bargnani on IL. Jared Cunningham (junior, Oregon State, guard), John Jenkins (junior, Vanderbilt, guard), Perry Jones (sophomore, Baylor, forward), Khris Middleton (junior, Texas A&M, guard-forward), and Thomas Robinson (junior, Kansas, forward) declared themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Uta 91, SA 84 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Devin Harris (Uta) had 25 points including 8-12 Ft, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gary Neal (SA) had 14 points and 5 assists. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 25-33 FT and SA shot 7-10 FT. C.J. Miles (Uta, strained left calf), and Earl Watson (Uta, torn medial meniscus), Tim Duncan (SA, rest), Tony Parker (SA, rest), and Manu Ginobili (SA, rest) did not play. LAL 93, NO 91 at NO Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (LAL) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 18 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 11 assists. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Carl Landry (NO) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAL shot 20-26 FT and NO shot 10-10 FT. Kobe Bryant (LAL, sore left shin), Eric Gordon (NO, lower back tightness), Jarrett jack (NO, stress fracture right foot), and Chris Johnson (NO, concussion) did not play. OKC 109, Mil 89 at Mil Kevin Durant (OKC) had 19 points including 5-14 FG and 8 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. James Harden (OKC) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 18 points. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 14 points. OKC shot 23-25 FT and Mil shot 9-13 FT. Orl 119, Det 89 at Orl Jason Richardson (Orl) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Glenn Davis (Orl) had 16 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points and 9 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 20 points including 7-10 FG. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 11 points. Orl shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and Det shot 40.5% (30-74) FG. Chris Duhon (Orl, suspended) did not play. Den 123, GS 84 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 27 points including 12-18 FG and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Nate Robinson (GS) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Den shot 54.5% (48-88) FG and GS shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. Den out-rebounded GS 60-27 including 16-7 offensive. Pho 114, Min 90 at Min Shannon Brown (Pho) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Pho) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 25 points including 10-11 FT and 13 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Min) had 16 points and 5 assists. Pho shot 57.3% (47-82) FG and Min shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Grant Hill (Pho, torn meniscus right knee) and Darko Milicic (Min, strained right hamstring) did not play. Mem 94, LAC 85 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tony Allen (Mem, mouth injury) did not play. Hou 94, Por 89 at Por Goran Dragic (Hou) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 15 points. Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points including 6-17 FG and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 18 points including 4-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Hou, strained left shoulder) and Nicolas Batum (Por, left quad) did not play. Ind 103, Tor 98 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 18 points. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 18 points on 3-10 FG and 10-10 FT. Darren Collison (Ind, sore groin) did not play. Was 113, Cha 85 at Cha Jordan Crawford (Was) had 20 points. James Singleton (Was) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Cartier Martin (Was) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 23 points. Trevor Booker (Was, plantar fasciitis left foot), Nene (Was, plantar fasciitis left foot), D.J. Augustin (Cha, right knee tendinitis), and Reggie Williams (Cha, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, April 10 (All times Central) Orlando at Washington 6:00 pm Boston at Miami 6:00 pm ESPN Charlotte at Cleveland 6:00 pm Philadelphia at New Jersey 6:30 pm Sacramento at Dallas 7:30 pm New York at Chicago 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Wednesday, April 11 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Toronto 6:00 pm Indiana at Cleveland 6:00 pm Atlanta at Boston 7:00 pm New York at Milwaukee 7:00 pm ESPN Phoenix at Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento at New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah at Houston 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Lakers at San Antonio 7:30 pm Minnesota at Denver 8:00 pm Golden State at Portland 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