News from April 11. The NBA fined Dallas $25,000 for PA announcer Sean Heath's tweets criticizing the refs following the 4/1 Dal-GS game. New Orleans signed James Southerland for the rest of the season. Xavier Henry (LAL) underwent surgery on his left wrist and right knee. Brooklyn activated Andray Blatche and placed Deron Williams on IL. Cleveland activated C.J. Miles and Anthony Bennett and placed Sergey Karasev and Scotty Hopson on IL. Houston activated Robert Covington and placed Dexter Pittman on IL. Indiana activated Roy Hibbert and placed Solomon Hill on IL. New Orleans placed Jason Smith (right knee cartilage) on IL. Portland activated Maurice Williams and placed Allen Crabbe on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and Damion James and placed Tim Duncan (rest) and Manu Ginobili (rest) on IL. Toronto activated Amir Johnson and Julyan Stone and placed Dwight Buycks and Landry Fields on IL. Utah activated Malcolm Thomas and placed Marvin Williams. GS 112, LAL 95 at LAL Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marreese Speights (GS) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 25 points. Andre Iguodala (GS), right knee tendinitis), Jermaine O'Neal (GS, left knee), Kent Bazemore (LAL, torn tendon right foot), Pau Gasol (LAL, vertigo), Chris Kaman (LAL, strained right calf), and Steve Nash (LAL, nerve root irritation) did not play. Por 111, Uta 99 at Uta LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 15 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. SA 112, Pho 104 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Danny Green (SA) had 33 points including 12-17 FG and 7-10 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points. Gerald Green (Pho) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 30 points including 10-16 FG, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Matt Bonner (SA, food poisoning) and Goran Dragic (Pho, sprained ankle) did not play. Mil 119, Cle 116 at Mil Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 20 points and 7 assists. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 24 points. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 16 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tristian Thompson (Cle) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 23 points and 5 steals. Jarrett Jack (Cle) had 21 points. O.J. Mayo (Mil, sprained right ankle), Larry Sanders (Mil, suspended), Anthony Bennett (Cle, sprained patellar tendon), and C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 116, NO 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darius Miller (NO) had 18 points. Greg Steimsma (NO) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. OKC shot 55.7% (44-82) FG and NO shot 40.7% (35-86) FG. Min 112, Hou 110 at Min Dante Cunningham (Min) had 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 12 points including the game winning short bucket with 4.6 seconds left and 20 rebounds including 10 offensive. Corey Brewer (Min) had 51 points on 19-30 FG and 11-15 FT and 6 steals. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 15-19 FT, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chase Budinger (Min, sprained right ankle), Kevin Love (Min, hyperextended right elbow), Kevin Martin (Min), and Patrick Beverley (Hou) did not play. Mem 117, Phi 95 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 11 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points and 3 steals. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 18 points. Mem shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Phi shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Chi 106, Det 98 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 6 points including 2-10 FG, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 24 points including 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 26 points including 11-17 FG, 26 rebounds including 12 offensive, and 3 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points. Chi out-scored Det 36-18 in the 4th quarter. Josh Smith (Det, left patella tendinitis) did not play. Mia 98, Ind 86 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 36 points including 12-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Atl 93, Bro 88 at Bro Paul Millsap (Atl) had 27 points and 10 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 22 points. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mason Plumlee (Bro) had 17 points including 6-6 FG. Alan Anderson (Bro, sore abdominal muscle) and Shawn Livingston (Bro, sprained right big toe) did not play. Bos 106, Cha 103 at Bos Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 32 points including 16-26 FG and 10 rebounds. Gary Neal (Cha) had 13 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos, bruised left shin) and Kemba Walker (Cha, sore right groin) did not play. NY 108, Tor 100 at Tor Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points including 13-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 15 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 21 rebounds including 8 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points including 12-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Was 96, Orl 86 at Orl Bradley Beal (Was) had 16 points including 6-10 FT and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Nene (Was) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 19 points. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Or, sore left Achilles) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, April 12 (All times Central) Sacramento @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Philadelphia @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm Miami @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Boston @ Cleveland 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Houston 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Utah @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, April 13 (All times Central) Chicago @ New York 12:00 pm Toronto @ Detroit 2:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Indiana 2:30 pm ABC Orlando @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm NBATV Golden State @ Portland 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 8:00 pm Memphis @ 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