News from March 29. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) underwent surgery on his right hip and is out 4 months. Chicago placed Cristiano Felicio (lower back pain) on IL. Detroit activated Jameer Nelson and placed Blake Griffin (right ankle contusion) on IL. Golden State activated Draymond Green and Kevin Durant. Indiana activated Alex Poythress and placed Trevor Booker on IL. Miami activated Bam Adebayo and Hassan Whiteside and placed Derrick Jones and Luke Babbitt on IL. Mil 116, GS 107 at GS Khris Middleton (Mil) had 23 points and 3 steals. Giannis Antetokoumpo (Mil) had 32 points including 14-18 FG and 5 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 20 points including 9-11 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Draymond Green (GS) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Quinn Cook (GS) had 30 points including 12-15 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Ind 106, Sac 103 at Sac Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 25 points. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 19 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ind shot 18-20 FT and Sac shot 6-9 FT. SA 103, OKC 99 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 25 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (SA) had 6 points including 2-7 FG and 12 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 14 points including 3-12 FG and 5 turnovers. Paul George (OKC) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Mia 103, Chi 92 at Mia Josh Richardson (Mia) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Justise Winslow (Mia) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Noah Vonleh (Chi) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. David Nwaba (Chi) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen (Chi, rest) did not play. Det 103, Was 92 at Det Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 14 points including 4-6 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 24 points including 101-6 FG and 23 rebounds including 5 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 13 points and 8 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 10 points on 5-7 FG and 12 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Schedule for Friday, March 30 (All times Central) Chicago at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Atlanta 6:30 pm New Orleans at Cleveland 7:00 pm ESPN Phoenix at Houston 7:00 pm Denver at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Minnesota at Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis at Utah 8:00 pm Milwaukee at LA Lakers 9:30 pm LA Clippers at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, March 31 (All times Central) Charlotte at Washington 2:00 pm NBATV Detroit at New York 4:00 pm Toronto at Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Brooklyn at Miami 7:00 pm Golden State at Sacramento 9:00 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