News from April 13. The NBA named Tim Duncan (SA) and Isaiah Thomas (Bos) as Players of the Week for the week ending April 12. Duncan averaged 17.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks as San Antonio went 4-0. Thomas averaged 22.7 points and 5.7 assists as Boston went 3-0. The LA Lakers signed Vander Blue for the rest of the season and elected not to sign Dwight Buycks to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Chicago activated Cameron Bairstow and placed Kirk Hinrich (injured left knee) on IL. Cleveland activated Kevin Love and placed Joe Harris on IL. Dallas activated Devin Harris and placed Monta Ellis (rest) on IL. Denver placed Darrell Arthur (strained right calf) on IL. Golden State activated Leandro Barbosa and placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. New Orleans activated Jeff Withey and placed Jrue Holiday (sore lower right leg) on IL. Uta 109, Dal 92 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 20 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Bryce Cotton (Uta) had 21 points. Charlie Villanueva (Dal) had 15 points. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 18 points. Uta out-scored Dal 30-12 in the 3rd quarter. Gordon Hayward (Uta, right Achilles inflammation), Tyson Chandler (Dal, rest), and Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, rest) did not play. LAC 110, Den 103 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points, 21 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 20 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 32 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 19 points and 17 rebounds including 11 offensive. Randy Foye (Den) had 16 points including 6-21 FG and 3-12 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Danilo Gallinari (Den, rest) and Ty Lawson (Den, rest) did not play. GS 111, Mem 107 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 42 points including 15-20 FG and 8-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 15 points and 8 assists. Festus Ezeli (GS) had 9 points and 5 rebounds. Jordan Adams (Mem) had 19 points. Russ Smith (Mem) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. GS shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Mem shot 41.8% (41-98) FG. Sac 102, LAL 92 at Sac Omri Casspi (Sac) had 26 points including 10-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Williams (Sac) had 20 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 28-36 FT and LAL shot 8-13 FT. Reggie Evans (Sac, sprained right thumb), Rudy Gay (Sac, concussion), Wayne Ellington (LAL, separated right shoulder), Wesley Johnson (LAL, sprained left ankle), Jeremy Lin (LAL, sore left knee), and Nick Young (LAL, fractured left kneecap) did not play. OKC 101, Por 90 at OKC Enes Kanter (OKC) had 27 points including 13-20 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 13 points including 4-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Meyers Leonard (Por) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Joel Freeland (Por) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. OKC shot 19-27 FT and Por shot 6-9 FT. Perry Jones (OKC, sprained left ankle) and LaMarcus Aldridge (Por, sprained left foot) did not play. NO 100, Min 88 at Min Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 22 points and 5 assists. Chase Budinger (Min) had 18 points including 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 24 points including 8-24 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Anthony Bennett (Min, sprained right ankle), Gorgui Dieng (Min, concussion), Kevin Martin (Min, ill), and Ricky Rubio (Min, right ankle surgery) did not play. Mia 100, Orl 93 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 24 points including 10-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Luol Deng (Mia) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 26 points including 11-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 30 points including 8-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Luke Ridnour (Orl, personal reasons) did not play. Chi 113, Bro 86 at Bro Pau Gasol (Chi) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 15 points including 5-6 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 26 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 17 points. Chi shot 50% (44-88) FG and Bro shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Alan Anderson (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 112, Atl 108 at Atl Jason Smith (NY) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Langston Galloway (NY) had 26 points on 10-12 FG and 6-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points and 5 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. NY shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Atl shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Andrea Bargnani (NY, ill), Travis Wear (NY, sore back), Pero Antic (Atl, ill), and Dennis Schroeder (Atl, rest) did not play. Mil 107, Phi 97 at Phi Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 30 points on 11-17 FG and 8-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 12 points on 3-9 FG and 6-10 FT and 7 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 13 points and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi) had 25 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 12-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 10 turnovers. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 19 points. Jared Dudley (Mil, rest), Isaiah Canaan (Phi, sprained right foot), Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, strained left shoulder), Nerlens Noel (Phi, sprained right ankle), and Jason Richardson (Phi, sore left knee) did not play. Cle 109, Det 97 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 28 points on 10-15 FG and 8-13 3-pointers. Caron Butler (Det) had 19 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 18 points and 8 assists. Cle out-scored Det 36-14 in the 1st quarter. Hou 100, Cha 90 at Cha James Harden (Hou) had 29 points on 7-20 FG, 1-8 3-pointers, and 14-16 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Josh Smith (Hou) had 16 points including 1-6 3-pointers, and 11 rebounds. Jeff Taylor (Cha) had 16 points. Brian Roberts (Cha) had 23 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou, rest), P.J. Hairston (Cha, sprained right knee), Al Jefferson (Cha, sore right knee), and Lance Stephenson (Cha, sprained right toe) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, April 14 (All times Central) Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm Washington @ Indiana 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, April 15 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Toronto 6:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Chicago 7:00 pm Portland @ Dallas 7:00 pm Utah @ Houston 7:00 pm Boston @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7:00 pm San Antonio @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Orlando @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm Washington @ Cleveland 7:00 pm Detroit @ New York 7:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm Indiana @ Memphis 8:30 pm ESPN Denver @ Golden State 9:30 pm Sacramento @ 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