News from April 8. Thabo Sefolosha (Atl) suffered a fractured fibula and ligament damage outside a New York night club while he was resisting arrest. Sefolosha and teammate Pero Antic were arrested while disrupting a police investigation into the stabbing of Chris Copeland (Ind) at the night club. He is out for the season and will need to undergo surgery. Nikola Pekovic (Min) underwent surgery on his right Achilles tendon. Denver claimed Shavlik Randolph off waivers. New York signed Ricky Ledo for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Austin Daye and placed John Jenkins on IL. Chicago activated Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich and placed Cameron Bairstow on IL. Denver activated Darrell Arthur and placed Jameer Nelson and Shavlik Randolph on IL. Detroit activated Greg Monroe and placed Spencer Dinwiddie on IL. Houston activated Kostas Papnikolaou. Indiana activated C.J. Watson and placed Chris Copeland (stabbing injuries) on IL. Orlando activated Evan Fournier and placed Luke Ridnour on IL. San Antonio activated Kyle Anderson and placed Marco Belinelli (sore left groin) on IL. Toronto activated Lucas Nogueira and placed Amir Johnson on IL. Washington activated Paul Pierce and placed John Wall (rest) on IL. Dal 107, Pho 104 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 12 points and 23 rebounds including 9 offensive. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gerald Green (Pho) had 30 points including 5-10 FG. Alex Len (Pho, broken nose) did not play. Por 116, Min 91 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 13 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Por) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points including 4-13 FG and 6 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 29 points including 11-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por shot 49.4% (42-85) FG and Min shot 37.6% (32-85) FG. Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Gorgui Dieng (Min, concussion), and Ricky Rubio (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Uta 103, Sac 91 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points on 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 16 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carl Landry (Sac) had 16 points. Rudy Gay (Sac, concussion) did not play. Den 119, LAL 101 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points including 7-14 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 29 points including 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ty Lawson (Den) had 16 points and 8 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 21 points and 9 assists. Ed Davis (LAL) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Darrell Arthur (Den, strained right soleus), Wayne Ellington (LAL, separated right shoulder), Jeremy Lin (LAL, sore left knee), and Nick Young (LAL, fractured left kneecap) did not play. SA 110, Hou 98 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 4 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 27 points including 13-18 FG. Boris Diaw (SA) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points. Cle 104, Mil 99 at Mil LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 30 points including 13-22 FG and 8 assists. Cle shot 21-26 FT and Mil shot 9-13 FT. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) did not play. Mem 110, NO 74 at Mem Jeff Green (Mem) had 15 points on 7-11 FG. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Mem shot 51.1% (45-88) FG and NO shot 35% (28-80) FG. Ind 102, NY 86 at NY George Hill (Ind) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 11 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luis Scola (Ind) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Ind shot 49.4% (38-77) FG and NY shot 34.5% (29-84) FG. C.J. Watson (Ind, sore right elbow), Cleanthony Early (NY, sprained left ankle), and Travis Wear (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Atl 114, Bro 111 at Bro DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Scott (Atl) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 21 points on 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 10-10 FT, 10 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Pero Antic (Atl, personal reasons), Thabo Sefolosha (Atl, personal reasons), and Alan Anderson (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 113, Det 103 at Det Brandon Bass (Bos) had 16 points including 5-7 FG. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 34 points on 10-17 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT and 6 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points on 11-19 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points, 15 assists, and 7 turnovers. Bos shot 33-34 FT and Det shot 6-10 FT. Was 119, Phi 90 at Phi Marcin Gortat (Was) had 18 points including 8-9 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Ramon Sessions (Was) had 19 points including 5-7 FG and 7 assists. Robert Covington (Phi) had 27 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Was shot 65.3% (47-72) FG and Phi shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. Isaiah Canann (Phi, sprained right foot) did not play. Orl 105, Chi 103 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 23 points including the game winning layup with 1.5 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Orl out-scored Chi 26-16 in the 4th quarter. Tor 92, Cha 74 at Cha DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Grievis Vasquez (Tor) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Tor) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 15 points. Brian Roberts (Cha) had 10 points. Tor out-scored Cha 47-31 in the 1st half. Lance Stephenson (Cha, sprained right toe) and Al Jefferson (Cha, sore right knee) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, April 9 (All times Central) Chicago @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Portland @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 10 (All times Central) Toronto @ Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Washington @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Boston @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Indiana @ Detroit 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Dallas @ Denver 8:00 pm Memphis @ Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota @ LA Lakers 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