News from April 1.

San Antonio activated Terry Porter and placed Derrick Dial on IR with
patellar tendinitis in his left knee.


Season stat leaders (through 4/1)
Points
  Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 29.1
  Allen Iverson (Phi) 28.9
  Grant Hill (Det) 26.3
Rebounds
  Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) 14.2
  Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 13.7
  Tim Duncan (SA) 12.5
Assists
  Jason Kidd (Pho) 10.1
  Sam Cassell (Mil) 9.1
  Gary Payton (Sea) 9.0


Cle 109, Bos 103 - at Cle
Lamond Murray (Cle) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6
turnovers.
Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Vitaly Potapenko (Bos) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 9 rebounds.
Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 18 points and 7 assists.
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points including 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds.

Cha 90, Chi 87 - at Chi
Anthony Mason (Cha) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7
assists.
Elden Campbell (Cha) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-10 FT and 9 rebounds.
Eddie Jones (Cha) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals.
Elton Brand (Chi) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks,
and 5 turnovers.
Ron Artest (Chi) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Derrick Coleman (Cha, left knee inflammation) did not play.

Hou 115, Atl 93 - at Hou
Kenny Thomas (Hou) had 18 points, 22 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Kelvin Cato (Hou) had 21 points including 9-16 FG and 15 rebounds.
Cutino Mobley (Hou) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Alan Henderson (Atl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Jim Jackson (Atl) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Hou shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Atl shot 36.9% (38-103) FG.
Carlos Rogers (Hou, concussion) and Chris Crawford (Atl, sprained left 
ankle) did not play.

Den 112, Uta 92 - at Den
Antonio McDyess (Den) had 33 points including 14-25 FG and 10 rebounds.
Nick Van Exel (Den) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists,
James Posey (Den) had 20 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 5 assists.
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 27 points including 11-12 FT and 13 rebounds.

Por 113, Mil 79 - at Por
Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 31 points on 12-19 FG and 7-12 3-pointers and 6
assists.
Bonzi Wells (Por) had 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Detlef Schrempf (Por) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Sam Cassell (Mil) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 6 assists.
Ray Allen (Mil) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 5 rebounds.
Por shot 51.2% (43-84) FG and Mil shot 40.8% (31-76) FG.
Vinny Del Negro (Mil, stress reaction right leg) did not play.


On the lighter side
Mikki Moore [unintentionally explaining Detroit's troubles this season]: 
"We have to play hard for the full 40 minutes."
Informed a game goes for 48 minutes: "48?  Oh, that's right.  12-minute
quarters."