News from April 2. Cleveland activated Kyrie Irving and placed Anthony Bennett (personal reasons) on IL. Miami activated Ray Allen and placed Dwyane Wade (strained left hamstring) on IL. Minnesota activated Ronnie Turiaf and placed Nikola Pekovic on IL. Toronto activated Julyan Stone and placed Kyle Lowry (sore left knee) on IL. Sac 107, LAL 102 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 31 points and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 27 points and 5 assists. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 21 points. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 18 points on 5-15 FG and 8-10 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Sac shot 48.8% (42-86) FG and LAL 38.5% (37-96) FG. Aaron Gray (Sac, stomach illness), Isaiah Thomas (Sac, right quad contusion), Pau Gasol (LAL, vertigo), Xavier Henry (LAL, torn ligament left wrist), Chris Kaman (LAL, sore right calf), and Steve Nash (LAL, nerve root irritation) did not play. LAC 112, Pho 108 at Pho Matt Barnes (LAC) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (LAC) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 15 points on 2-11 FG and 11-12 FT and 8 assists. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 16 points. LAC out-scored LAC 34-17 in the 4th quarter. Danny Granger (LAC, strained left hamstring) and Jamal Crawford (LAC) did not play. Den 137, NO 107 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 34 points including 14-19 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ty Lawson (Den) had 14 points including 8-10 FT and 12 assists. Aaron Brooks (Den) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Anthony Morrow (NO) had 17 points. Wilson Chandler (Den, strained left groin), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL), Eric Gordon (NO, left knee tendinitis), and Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) did not play. SA 111, GS 90 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 8 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mareese Speights (GS) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (GS) had 16 points including 6-18 FG. SA shot 53% (44-83) FG and GS shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. SA shot 19-22 FT and GS shot 10-10 FT. Andrew Bogut (GS, groin contusion) and David Lee (GS, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Min 102, Mem 88 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 16 rebounds, and 10 assist. Kevin Martin (Min) had 21 points. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 14 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Mia 96, Mil 77 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 14 points including 6-8 FG. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeff Adrien (Mil) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mia, stomach virus), Erysan Ilyasova (Mil, sore right ankle), O.J. Mayo (Mil, sprained right ankle), and Nate Wolters (Mil, fractured left hand) did not play. Chi 105, Atl 92 at Atl Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 17 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 17 points and 6 assists. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 21 points and 8 assists. Was 118, Bos 92 at Was Trevor Ariza (Was) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 22 points including 10-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points including 7-8 FG. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 25 points including 8-10 FT. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Was shot 62.5% (45-72) FG and Bos shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. Avery Bradley (Bos, strained right Achilles) did not play. Tor 107, Hou 103 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 29 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 10-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Patrick Beverley (Hou, sprained right knee) and Dwight Howard (Hou, sprained left ankle) did not play. Cha 123, Phi 93 at Phi Al Jefferson (Cha) had 25 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Anthony Tolliver (Cha) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gary Neal (Cha) had 15 points. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Henry Sims (Phi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Cha out-scored Phi 63-38 in the 1st half. Cha shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Phi shot 42.2% (35-83) FG. Josh McRoberts (Cha, sprained left ankle) and Arnett Moultrie (Phi, suspended) did not play. Cle 119, Orl 98 at Orl Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Spencer Hawes (Cle) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 16 points. Doron Lamb (Orl) had 14 points. Cle shot 57.7% (45-78) FG and Orl shot 44.3% (35-79) FG. Anderson Varejao (Cle, sprained right AC joint) did not play. NY 110, Bro 81 at NY J.R. Smith (NY) had 24 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assist. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 17 points on 7-10 FG. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 16 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 12 points. NY out-scored Bro 63-38 in the 1st half. NY shot 60% (42-70) FG and Bro shot 40% (26-65) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Ind 101, Det 94 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. David West (Ind) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Det) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points including 6-21 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ind shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Det shot 36.6% (34-93) FG. Schedule for Thursday, April 3 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 4 (All times Central) Denver @ Memphis 6:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana @ Toronto 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Miami 6:30 pm Washington @ New York 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Chicago 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Houston 8:30 pm ESPN Phoenix @ Portland 9:00 pm Sacramento @ Golden State 9:30 pm Dallas @ LA Lakers 9:30 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