News from April 11. Dallas claimed DeAndre Liggins off the waiver wire. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed DeAndre Bembry on IL. Denver activated Kenneth Faried and placed Danilo Gallinari (rest) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Luol Deng and placed D'Angelo Russell (death in family) on IL. New Orleans placed Omer Asik on IL. Oklahoma City activated Alex Abrines and placed Doug McDermott on IL. Sacramento placed Darren Collison (rest) on IL. Den 109, Dal 91 at Dal Gary Harris (Den) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mason Plumlee (Den) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Malik Beasley (Den) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 13 points on 5-14 FG and 9 assists. Will Barton (Den, rest), Kenneth Faried (Den, lower back), Emmanuel Mudiay (Den, sprained right ankle), Harrison Barnes (Dal, rest), and Wesley Matthews (Dal, rest) did not play. Atl 103, Cha 76 at Atl Dwight Howard (Atl) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 21 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Atl shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Cha shot 33% (29-88) FG. OKC 100, Min 98 at Min Domantas Sabonis (OKC) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 20 points including the game winning long jumper with 6.3 seconds left, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. OKC out-rebounded Min 54-35 including 18-11 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC, rest), Taj Gibson (OKC, rest), and Nemanja Bjelica (Min, left foot surgery) did not play. LAL 108, NO 96 at LAL Metta World Peace (LAL) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 4 steals. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 15 points. Alexi Ajinca (NO) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Cheick Dialo (NO) had 19 points including 9-10 FG and 11 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) and Anthony Davis (NO) did not play. Sac 129, Pho 104 at Sac Buddy Hield (Sac) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Sac) had 22 points including 9-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and Pho shot 37.6% (41-109) FG. Arron Afflalo (Sac), Tyreke Evans (Sac), Kosta Koufos (Sac), Eric Bledsoe (Pho), and Devin Booker (Pho) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, April 12 (All times Central) Detroit @ Orlando 7:00 pm Toronto @ Cleveland 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Boston 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ New York 7:00 pm Washington @ Miami 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas @ Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Houston 7:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Indiana 7:00 pm ESPN San Antonio @ Utah 9:30 pm Sacramento @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm LA Lakers @ Golden State 9:30 pm New Orleans @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN End of 16-17 Regular Season ---- 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