News from March 23. New York signed Randolph Morris to a reported 2 year, $1.6 million contract. Morris was placed on IL. Cleveland assigned Dwayne Jones to the NBADL. New Jersey activated Clifford Robinson and placed Bernard Robinson on IL. Atlanta activated Stanislav Medvedenko and placed Lorenzen Wright on IL with flu like symptoms. Cleveland activated David Wesley and placed Damon Jones on IL. The LA Clippers activated Tim Thomas and placed Sam Cassell on IL with back spasms. Washington activated Jarvis Hayes and placed Donell Taylor on IL. Dal 109, Bos 95 at Bos Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 29 points including 11-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 18 points and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 30 points on 5-18 FG and 19-21 FT. Gerald Green (Bos) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Dal shot 56.4% (44-78) FG and Bos shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Dal shot 14-17 FT and Bos shot 33-40 FT. Brian Scalabrine (Bos, strained left hamstring) did not play. SA 90, Det 89 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points including 5-11 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points and 7 assists. Brent Barry (SA) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 18 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Lindsey Hunter (Det, suspended) did not play. Phi 106, Cha 97 at Phi Steven Hunter (Phi) had 12 points on a perfect 4-4 FG and 4-4 FT and 9 rebounds. Willie Green (Phi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Walter Hermann (Cha) had 17 points. Phi shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and Cha shot 44.3% (35-79) FG. Andre Iguodala (Phi, lower back strain) did not play. LAL 111, NO 105 at NO Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kwame Brown (LAL) had 10 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 50 points on 16-29 FG, 2-5 3-pointers, and 16-16 FT and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 22 rebounds including 9 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 10-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Cle 90, NY 88 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points and 10 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Eddy Curry (NY) had 27 points on 9-16 FG and 9-16 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Renaldo Balkman (NY) had 12 points. David Lee (NY, sore right leg) did not play. Tor 121, Den 94 at Tor Jorge Garbajosa (Tor) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 14 points, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 23 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points on 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Camby (Den, back spasms) did not play. Ind 95, Mia 70 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 13 points including 5-11 FT. Dorell Wright (Mia) had 8 points including 3-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Ind shot 51.5% (35-68) FG and Mia shot 32.5% (26-80) FG. Ind out-scored Mia 33-9 in the 1st quarter. Orl 90, NJ 82 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 11 points including 3-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 10 points and 16 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 19 points. Vince Carter (NJ) had 27 points including 9-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAC 104, Uta 72 at LAC Corey Maggette (LAC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Andrei Kirielnko (Uta) had 12 points. Carlos Boozer (Utya) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. LAC shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and Uta shot 39.7% (27-68) FG. GS 135, Was 128 at GS Andris Biedrins (GS) had 24 points including 10-14 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Baron Davis (GS) had 34 points on 10-16 FG and 11-14 FT, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Jason Richardson (GS) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points including 9-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 29 points including 5-14 3-pointers, 13 assists, and 7 steals. Darius Songaila (Was) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Por 102, Atl 100 OT at Atl LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 27 points including 12-21 FG, 14 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points including 7-20 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 18 points including 4-13 FG and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Josh Childress (Atl) had 22 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Salim Stoudamire (Atl) had 37 points including 14-20 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Por, personal reasons) did not play,. Sea 85, Min 82 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Earl Watson (Sea) had 14 points and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 22 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Craig Smith (Min) had 19 points on 9-13 FG and 1-5 FT and 7 rebounds.