News from March 25. J.J. Hickson (Den) underwent surgery on his torn right ACL. New Orleans announced that Ryan Anderson will miss the rest of the season with a herniated disc in his neck - he was been out since January 3. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on April 8. Dal 128, OKC 119 OT at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Dal) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 43 points including 15-27 FG and 5-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Dal out-scored OKC 17-8 in overtime. Cle 102, Tor 100 at Cle Luol Deng (Cle) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 15 points on 3-4 FG and 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 24 points and 7 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 16 points including 4-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Anthony Bennett (Cle, strained left patellar tendon), Sergey Karasev (Cle, right knee patellar tendinitis), and C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Orl 95, Por 85 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 13 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 25 points including 101-5 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Robin Lopez (Por) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds including 9 offensive. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. LAL 127, NY 96 at LAL Nick Young (LAL) had 20 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Kent Bazemore (LAL) had 18 points and 5 assists. Xavier Henry (LAL) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 17 points including 5-7 FG. LAL out-scored NY 51-31 in the 3rd quarter and 87-51 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Pau Gasol (LAL, vertigo) and Steve Nash (LAL, nerve root irritation) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, March 26 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Washington 6:00 pm Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN Denver @ San Antonio 7:30 pm New York @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Memphis @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, March 27 (All times Central) Portland @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 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