News from April 5. Derrick Rose (NY) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to repair torn cartilage. Boston activated Jordan Mickey and Avery Bradley and placed Tyler Zeller on IL. Cleveland activated Larry Sanders and placed Tristan Thompson (sprained right thumb) on IL. Denver activated Darrell Arthur and placed Malik Beasley on IL. Detroit activated Reggie Bullock and placed Michael Gbinije on IL. Houston activated James Harden and placed Sam Deker and Chinanu Onuaku on IL. The LA Clippers activated Wesley Johnson and placed Austin Rivers (strained left hamstring) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Tarik Black and placed D'Angelo Russell (sore knee) on IL. Memphis activated Tony Allen and placed Mike Conley (cut above right eye) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Alex Abrines on IL. Phoenix activated T.J. Warren and placed Brandon Knight on IL. Toronto activated Kyle Lowry and placed Pascal Siakam on IL. LAC 112, Dal 101 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 32 points on 11-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 20 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 25 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 15 points. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 14 points and 6 assists. GS 120, Pho 111 at Pho Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 42 points including 15-26 FG and 8-13 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Patrick McCaw (GS) had 9 points on 4-5 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Devin Booker (Pho) had 21 points including 7-24 FG, 5 assists. and 3 steals. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. GS out-scored Pho 41-18 in the 1st quarter. Draymond Green (GS, rest) and Andre Iguodala (GS, rest) did not play. LAL 102, SA 95 at SA Tyler Ennis (LAL) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Larry Nance (LAL) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points on 7-11 FG. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. LAL out-scored SA 31-14 in the 1st quarter. LAL shot 11-14 FT and SA shot 4-6 FT. Manu Ginobili (SA, right quad contusion) did not play. Cle 114, Bos 91 at Bos LeBron James (Cle) had 36 points including 14-22 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 26 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Cle out-scored Bos 71-46 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Hou 110, Den 104 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 31 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 11-15 FT, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Clint Capela (Hou) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 12 points on 6-17 FG, 19 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Hou shot 26-38 FT and Den shot 15-18 FT. OKC 103, Mem 100 at Mem Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 15 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 45 points on 14-25 FG, 8-13 3-pointers, and 9-12 FT, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers. Doug McDermott (OKC) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had d23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Tor 105, Det 102 at Det Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 5 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 12 points including 5-17 FG and 10 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ish Smith (Det) had 16 points and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tor out-scored Det 37-22 in the 4th quarter. Mia 112, Cha 99 at Cha James Johnson (Mia) had 26 points on 10-12 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 13 points, 20 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 33 points including 13-21 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 24 points including 12-12 FT and 7 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists. Mia shot 11-12 FT and Cha shot 21-24 FT. Luke Babbitt (Cha, strained right hip flexor) and Dion Waiters (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, April 6 (All times Central) Chicago @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ New York 6:30 pm Boston @ Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Minnesota @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 7 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Cleveland 6:30 pm NBATV Miami @ Toronto 6:30 pm New York @ Memphis 7:00 pm Detroit @ Houston 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Dallas 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Utah 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Phoenix 9:00 pm NBATV 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