News from March 30. New Orleans signed James Ennis to a 10-day contract. The LA Lakers activated Nick Young and placed Metta World Peace on IL. Milwaukee activated Greivis Vasquez and placed Michael Carter-Williams (left hip surgery) on IL. New Orleans placed Anthony Davis (left knee) and Eric Gordon (fractured right ring finger) on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard and placed Andre Miller and David West (rest) on IL. Toronto activated Terrence Ross and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Dal 91, NY 89 at Dal Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 16 points and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 11 points on 5-23 FG and 1-8 3-pointers. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Williams (NY) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal, left abdominal strain) and Kristaps Porzingis (NY, sore right shoulder) did not play. SA 100, NO 92 at SA Danny Green (SA) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan Hamilton (NO) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO, sports hernia), Norris Cole (NO, lower back), Alonzo Gee (NO, right quad), and Jrue Holiday (NO, right orbital wall fracture) did not play. GS 103, Uta 96 OT at Uta Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 15 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 3 steals. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 11 points and 18 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Sac 120, Was 111 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points including 11-18 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 24 points. John Wall (Was) had 14 points including 4-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Marco Belinelli (Sac, sore right foot) did not play. LAL 102, Mia 100 OT at LAL Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and the game winning hook shot with 1.9 seconds left and 14 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 16 points including 6-19 FG. Luol Deng (Mia) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points including 12-21 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 18 points on 6-8 FG and 6-12 FT, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. LAL shot 36.3% (37-102) FG and Mia 47.7% (41-86) FG. LAC 99, Min 79 at Min Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 16 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 17 points including 4-12 FG. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points including 5-7 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 14 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Paul Pierce (LAC, sprained right knee) did not play. Mil 105, Pho 94 at Mil Jabari Parker (Mil) had 21 points including 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Alex Len (Pho) had 17 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Mil shot 25-34 FT and Pho shot 13-17 FT. Mirza Teletovic (Pho, upset stomach) did not play. Den 109, Mem 105 at Mem Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Will Barton (Den) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9-2 FT and 6 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 9 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 13 points and 12 rebounds including 9 offensive. P.J. Hairston (Mem, groin strain) did not play. Tor 105, Atl 97 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points including 4-19 FG, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tor shot 22-28 FT and Atl shot 9-13 FT. Luis Scola (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. ---- 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