News from April 7. Atlanta activated Kris Humphries and placed Paul Millsap (sore left knee) on IL. Denver activated Malik Beasley and placed Jameer Nelson on IL. Houston activated Chinanu Onuaku and Ryan Anderson and placed Clint Capela on IL. The LA Lakers activated D'Angelo Russell and placed Luol Deng on IL. Memphis activated Mike Conley and placed Jarell Martin on IL. New York activated Chasson Randle. Phoenix activated Brandon Knight and placed Tyson Chandler on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Raul Neto on IL. SA 102, Dal 89 at Dal Davis Bertans (SA) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. David Lee (SA) had 16 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 27 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. SA out-scored Dal 25-8 in the 3rd quarter. SA shot 13-22 FT and Dal shot 5-8 FT. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA, rest), Pau Gasol (SA, rest), Manu Ginobili (SA, rest), Kawhi Leonard (SA, rest), and Tony Parker (SA, rest) did not play. Den 122, NO 106 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jamal Murray (Den) had 30 points including 10-14 FG and 5 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (NO) had 20 points on 10-16 FG. Den shot 23-32 FT and NO shot 9-13 FT. DeMarcus Cousins (NO, right Achilles tendinitis) and Omer Asik (NO, ill) did not play. Uta 120, Min 113 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 39 points including 14-22 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 32 points including 12-21 FG and 13 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 26 points including 11-11 FT and 12 assists. Uta shot 60% (45-75) FG and Min shot 49.4% (39-79) FG. Nemanja Bjelica (Min, left foot) did not play. Pho 120, OKC 99 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 16 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 37 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 12 points and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 6-25 FG and 2-12 3-pointers, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 8 assists, and 8 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Pho shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and OKC shot 36.6% (34-93) FG. Andre Robertson (OKC, sore left knee) did not play. LAL 98, Sac 94 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 6 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 12 points and 6 assists. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 19 points. Darren Collison (Sac) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kosta Koufos (Sac, rest), Ty Lawson (Sac, rest), and Garrett Temple (Sac, rest) did not play. Det 114, Hou 109 at Hou Ish Smith (Det) had 20 points and 5 assists. Henry Ellenson (Det) had 15 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Boban Marjanovic (Det) had 27 points including 12-18 FG and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 7-19 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 6 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mem 101, NY 88 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 31 points on 12-17 FG and 7-11 3-pointers and 6 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points including 4-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Wayne Selden (Mem) had 13 points including 5-7 FG. Courtney Lee (NY) had 16 points. Maurice Ndour (NY) had 15 points including 7-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (NY, sore left knee), Joakim Noah (NY, suspended), and Kristaps Porzingis (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Tor 96, Mia 94 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 38 points including 10-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Johnson (Mia) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 18 points. Luke Babbitt (Mia, strained right hip flexor) and Dion Waiters (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Atl 114, Cle 100 at Cle Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 13 points on 6-8 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Atl) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 12-15 FG, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points on 6-17 FG and 3-10 3-pointers and 15 rebounds. Atl shot 8-8 FT and Cle shot 13-17 FT. Kent Bazemore (Atl, bone bruise right knee), Dwight Howard (Atl, rest), and Dennis Schroder (Atl, rest) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, April 8 (All times Central) Chicago @ Brooklyn 4:00 pm NBATV Boston @ Charlotte 5:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Miami @ Washington 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm ABC Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 9 (All times Central) Toronto @ New York 11:00 am NBATV Cleveland @ Atlanta 2:30 pm NBATV Oklahoma City @ Denver 4:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 5:00 pm Houston @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Detroit @ Memphis 5:00 pm Minnesota @ LA Lakers 8:30 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