News from March 4. The NBA reinstated Chris Andersen. Anderson had been suspended on January 27, 2006 for violating the NBA's drug policy. Dallas signed Tyronn Lue for the rest of the season. Detroit signed Theo Ratliff for the rest of the season. Detroit placed Ratliff on IL. Boston signed Sam Cassell for the rest of the season. Phoenix signed Gordan Giricek for the rest of the season. Phoenix signed Linton Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Boston assigned Gabe Pruitt to the NBADL. Golden State activated Marco Belinelli and placed Chris Webber on IL with a sore left knee. Phoenix placed Eric Piatkowski on IL. Sacramento activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Kenny Thomas on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Bostjan Nachbar on IL with a strained left hip flexor. Minnesota activated Greg Buckner and Marko Jaric and placed Rashad McCants (ill) on IL. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed James Augustine on IL. Det 100, Sea 97 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 24 points. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points including 5-19 FG. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Earl Watson (Sea) had 23 points and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pho 97, Por 92 at Por Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points. Brandon Roy (Por) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. LAL 117, Sac 105 at Sac Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 31 points on 10-15 FG and 11-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 34 points including 14-16 FT and 10 rebounds. Ron Artest (Sac) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 23 points. LAL shot 33-40 FT and Sac shot 16-17 FT. Chi 112, Mem 97 at Chi Drew Gooden (Chi) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 19 points on 9-14 FG, 12 assists, and 4 blocks. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Mem) had 24 points. Chi shot 53.7% (44-82) FG and Mem shot 42.4% (39-92) FG. SA 81, NJ 70 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 11 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 12 points including 3-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Devin Harris (NJ) had 13 points including 5-17 FG, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Vince Carter (NJ) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. SA shot 25-31 FT and NJ shot 10-16 FT. GS 135, Atl 118 at Atl Stephen Jackson (GS) had 29 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 6 assists. Baron Davis (GS) had 35 points including 16-25 FG and 9 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 20 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points including 8-12 FT, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 38 points including 13-22 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Acie Law (Atl, sprained right wrist) did not play. Orl 102, Tor 87 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points including 9-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 22 points including 9-13 FG. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 14 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 20 points and 7 turnovers. Orl shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Tor shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. Cha 109, Min 89 at Min Jason Richardson (Cha) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Matt Carroll (Cha) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Cha shot 23-29 FT and Min shot 5-9 FT. Derek Anderson (Cha, sore right knee) did not play.