News from March 30. Kobe Bryant (LAL) passed Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) for 4th place on the NBA's All-Time scoring list. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) is expected to undergo surgery on Wednesday on his sore right Achilles and is out for the rest of the season. Dallas recalled Jared Cunningham from the NBADL. Indiana activated Miles Plumlee and placed Gerald Green on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 28.3 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 27.6 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 27.1 Rebounds Dwight Howard (LAL) 12.7 Omer Asik (Hou) 11.6 Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 11.5 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 11.1 Chris Paul (LAC) 9.6 Greivis Vasquez (NO) 9.2 Dal 100, Chi 98 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 35 points including 14-17 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Luol Deng (Chi) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 25 points on 9-16 FG and 7-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi, plantar fasciitis right foot) and Marco Belinelli (Chi, abdominal strain) did not play. Atl 97, Orl 88 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (Atl) had 17 points and 6 assists. Ivan Johnson (Atl) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Beno Udrih (Orl) had 20 points including 8-23 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Al Horford (Atl, stomach illness), John Jenkins (Atl, mild concussion), Arron Afflalo (Orl, strained right hamstring), Jameer Nelson (Orl, sprained right ankle), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Phi 100, Cha 92 at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points and 7 assists. Byron Mullens (Cha, sore left ankle) did not play. Hou 98, LAC 81 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 15 points and 6 turnovers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou, sore right foot) did not play. Mem 99, Min 86 at Min Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 23 points including 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Williams (Min) had 19 points including 7-12 FT. Nikola Pekovic (Min, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 109, Mil 99 at Mil Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 10-14 FT, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 17 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 29 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. Ekpe Udoh (Mil) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. OKC shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Mil shot 37.8% (37-98) FG. OKC shot 25-32 FT and Mil shot 13-15 FT. Uta 116, Bro 107 at Uta Al Jefferson (Uta) had 20 points on 10-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Randy Foye (Uta) had 26 points on 9-11 FG and 8-9 3-pointers. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 20 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 27 points including 11-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 21 points and 11 assists. C.J. Watson (Bro) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Ind 112, Pho 104 at Pho Paul George (Ind) had 25 points including 9-12 FT and 4 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 18 points. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ind shot 34-46 FT and Pho shot 18-19 FT. LAL 103, Sac 98 at Sac Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 19 points on 5-18 FG and 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 14 assists. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 24 points on 10-14 FG and 4-10 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 12 points and 10 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 21 points including 9-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Metta World Peace (LAL, left knee surgery) did not play. GS 125, Por 98 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 39 points including 14-22 FG and 7-12 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. David Lee (GS) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Carl Landry (GS) had 25 points including 9-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Meyers Leonard (Por) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points. GS shot 54% (47-87) FG and Por shot 38.4% (33-86) FG. Schedule for Sunday, March 31 (All times Central) Toronto @ Washington 5:00 pm Cleveland @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Detroit @ Chicago 6:00 pm Miami @ San Antonio 6:00 pm NBATV Boston @ New York 6:30 pm Schedule for Monday, April 1 (All times Central) Detroit @ Toronto 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Houston 7:00 pm Boston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland @ Utah 8:00 pm Indiana @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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