News from March 20. Chicago released Khalid El-Amin. Cleveland activated Chucky Brown and placed Robert Traylor on IR with lower back spasms. Houston signed Sean Colson for the rest of the season. Indiana activated Derrick McKey and placed Terry Mills on IR. Por 96, Dal 88 - at Dal Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Scottie Pippen (Por) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Dal) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Michael Finley (Dal) had 24 points. Por shot 50% (38-76) FG and Dal shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Arvydas Sabonis (Por, sprained left ankle) and Gary Trent (Dal, bruised right knee) did not play. LAC 88, Phi 77 - at LAC Lamar Odom (LAC) had 25 points including 6-11 FG, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Michael Olowokandi (LAC) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jeff McInnis (LAC) had 16 points and 9 assists. Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Aaron McKie (Phi) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. LAC shot 57.1% (32-56) FG and Phi shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Corey Maggette (LAC, sprained left ankle) and Allen Iverson (Phi, left hip pointer) did not play. Sac 125, Hou 109 - at Sac Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 29 points including 13-18 FG. Chris Webber (Sac) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 21 points including 10-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 30 points including 11-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 16 points. Sac shot 65.4% (51-78) FG and Hou shot 53.1% (43-61) FG. Walt Williams (Hou, bruised right hand) did not play. Pho 105, Was 91 - at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 steals. Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 36 points including 12-12 FT, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 25 points. Christian Laettner (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Was, right knee injury) did not play. NY 110, Cle 75 - at Cle Marcus Camby (NY) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Allan Houston (NY) had 39 points including 15-23 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Othella Harrington (NY) had 14 points including 4-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Jim Jackson (Cle) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Lamond Murray (Cle) had 22 points and 3 steals. NY shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Cle shot 35.1% (27-77) FG. Glen Rice (NY, stomach virus) and Larry Johnson (NY, sore back) did not play. Orl 103, Chi 95 - at Chi Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 13 assists. Monty Williams (Orl) had 22 points including 10-15 FG. Marcus Fizer (Chi) had 18 points on 9-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Ron Mercer (Chi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Fred Hoiberg (Chi) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 5 assists. Elton Brand (Chi, left knee tendinitis) and Bryce Drew (Chi, sore left hamstring) did not play. NJ 104, Van 90 - at NJ Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 24 points on 11-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 24 points on 12-20 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Sherman Douglas (NJ) had 13 points including 3-12 FG and 10 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Van) had 23 points. NJ shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and Van shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Jamie Feick (NJ, sore left Achilles), Lucious Harris (NJ, personal reasons), Stephon Marbury (NJ, strained right hip), and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Van, back spasms) did not play. Uta 84, Det 79 - at Uta Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Karl Malone (Uta) had 13 points including 3-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. John Stockton (Uta) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Chucky Atkins (Det) had 17 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 29 points. Tor 102, Ind 81 - at Tor Antonio Davis (Tor) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Vince Carter (Tor) had 33 points on 12-16 FG, 4-5 3-pointers, and 5-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Keon Clark (Tor) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 4 blocks. Al Harrington (Ind) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Jalen Rose (Ind) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Tor shot 50% (39-78) FG and Ind shot 37.3% (31-83) FG.