News from March 6.

Dallas activated Antoine Wright and placed Tyronn Lue (calf strain) and
Jamaal Magloire on IL.

Indiana activated Shawne Williams and placed Ike Diogu on IL.

Correction:
>Boston activated P.J. Brown and placed Scot Pollard and Sam Cassell on 
>IL.  Ratliff is out for the season with a torn tendon in his left ankle.
That should be Pollard, not Ratliff.


Hou 113, Dal 98  at Dal
Rafer Alston (Hou) had 24 points and 5 rebounds.
Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 31 points including 13-23 FG and 9 assists.
Carl Landry (Hou) had 17 points.
Josh Howard (Dal) had 21 points and 7 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, suspended) did not play.

SA 108, Ind 97  at SA
Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points on 6-8 FG and 6-10 FT, 5 assists, and 3
steals.
Manu Ginobili (SA) had 28 points including 10-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5
turnovers.
Matt Bonner (SA) had 15 points.
Troy Murphy (Ind) had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points including 9-23 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6
steals.

Chi 107, Cle 96  at Chi
Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds including 5
offensive.
Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points and 20 rebounds including 10 offensive.
Ben Gordon (Chi) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6
rebounds.
LeBron James (Cle) had 39 points including 11-12 FT and 3 blocks.
Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds.
Tyrus Thomas (Chi, suspended) did not play.


Schedule for Friday, March 7  (All times Central)
  Washington @ Toronto         6:00 pm
  Seattle @ Philadelphia       6:00 pm
  Atlanta @ Charlotte          6:00 pm
  Detroit @ New York           6:30 pm
  Golden State @ Miami         6:30 pm
  Chicago @ Boston             7:00 pm  ESPN
  New Jersey @ New Orleans     7:00 pm
  Portland @ Milwaukee         7:30 pm
  Utah @ Phoenix               8:00 pm
  Minnesota @ Sacramento       9:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Denver         9:30 pm  ESPN
  LA Clippers @ LA Lakers      9:30 pm


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