News from March 30. The NBA fined Robin Lopez (Chi) $25,000 for yelling at the refs and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection during Thursday's Mia-Chi game. Houston signed Tim Quarterman and released Le'Bryan Nash. Chicago activated Cristiano Felicio. Cleveland activated Kevin Love and placed London Perrentes on IL. Houston activated James Harden and Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Nene (sore back), R.J. Hunter, and Zhou Qi on IL. The LA Clippers activated Danilo Gallinari. The LA Lakers activated Josh Hart and placed Thomas Bryant and Travis Wear on IL. Memphis activated Ivan Rabb and placed Andrew Harrison (right wrist) on IL. Milwaukee activated Xavier Munford and placed John Henson (sprained right finger) on IL. Philadelphia activated Justin Anderson and Amir Johnson and placed Joel Embiid (concussion) and Demetrius Jackson on IL. Portland activated Damian Lillard and placed Georgios Papagiannis on IL. Min 93, Dal 92 at Dal Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 21 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 20 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Min) had 14 points. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 24 points on 11-18 FG. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 17 points and 7 assists. Min shot 15-17 FT and Dal shot 5-7 FT. Uta 107, Mem 97 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 22 points including 6-10 FT. Dante Exum (Uta) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points on 11-12 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. MarShon Brooks (Mem) had 24 points. Ricky Rubio (Uta, sore left hamstring) and Chandler Parsons (Mem, rest) did not play. Mil 124, LAL 122 OT at LAL Khris Middleton (Mil) had 28 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 27 points including 11-15 FT and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 39 points including 15-24 FG and 7-12 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 27 points including 11-20 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Lonzo Ball (LAL, left knee contusion) did not play. Por 105, LAC 96 at Por Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 21 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 2-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Zach Collins (Por) had 15 points including 7-10 FG. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Lou Williams (LAC) had 23 points. Por shot 15-16 FT and LAC shot 20-35 FT. Jawun Evans (LAC, athletic pubalgia) did not play. Den 126, OKC 125 at OKC Paul Millsap (Den) had 36 points on 13-18 FG and 8-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 23 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 16 rebounds, and 6 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 18 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points including 12-32 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 13 assists. Den shot 52.1% (49-94) FG and OKC shot 41.7% (45-108) FG. Hou 104, Pho 103 at Hou P.J. Tucker (Hou) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Gerald Green (Hou) had 15 points including 5-14 FG, 4-11 3-pointers, and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 11-17 FT, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 27 points including 13-24 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Troy Daniels (Pho) had 23 points including 7-12 3-pointers. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 16 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Hou shot 20-29 FT and Pho shot 9-13 FT. Eric Gordon (Hou, sore right knee), Chris Paul (Hou, rest), and Jared Dudley (Pho, sore left ankle) did not play. Cle 107, NO 102 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists. Rodney Hood (Cle) had 16 points on 7-11 FG. Jordan Clarkson (Cle) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 25 points including 12-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Nikola Mirotic (NO) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Cle shot 11-15 FT and NO shot 5-6 FT. Phi 101, Atl 91 at Atl J.J. Redick (Phi) had 19 points. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 21 points and 16 rebounds. Dewayne Dedmon (Atl) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 15 rebounds. Damion Lee (Atl) had 20 points. Dennis Schroder (Atl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Chi 90, Orl 82 at Orl Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Cristiano Felicio (Chi) had 8 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Sean Kilpatrick (Chi) had 13 points including 2-11 FG. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 18 points including 6-21 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 14 rebounds. 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 Schedule for Sunday, April 1 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Charlotte 12:00 pm NBATV Washington at Chicago 2:30 pm Houston at San Antonio 2:30 pm ABC Indiana at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Orlando at Atlanta 5:00 pm Detroit at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Dallas at Cleveland 5:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City at New Orleans 5:00 pm Utah at Minnesota 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Denver 7:00 pm Phoenix at Golden State 7:30 pm Memphis at Portland 8:00 pm Sacramento at 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