News from March 1. Memphis released Adonal Foyle. New Jersey released Stromile Swift. Sacramento released Drew Gooden. Oklahoma City released Joe Smith. Dallas activated Jason Terry and placed Matt Carroll on IL. Golden State activated Jamal Crawford and placed Stephen Jackson (rest) on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Jacque Vaughn on IL. Houston activated Carl Landry. Minnesota activated Shelden Williams and placed Sebastian Telfair (sore right groin) on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Keyon Dooling (sore right hip) on IL. Dal 109, Tor 98 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 16 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antoine Wright (Dal) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 9 points, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. He became the 4th NBA player to surpass 10,000 career assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 28 points including 10-11 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Det 105, Bos 95 at Bos Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 25 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos, sprained right knee) did not play. Hou 105, Min 94 at Min Yao Ming (Hou) had 17 points including 5-7 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Ron Artest (Hou) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 22 points and 10 assists. Randy Foye (Min) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Craig Smith (Min) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Pho 118, LAL 111 at Pho Matt Barnes (Pho) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 33 points on 13-18 FG and 7-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 22 points and 7 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 30 points including 12-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 49 points including 10-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Pho shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and LAL shot 44.7% (42-94) FG. Pho shot 26-42 FT and LAL shot 19-20 FT. Steve Nash (Pho, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 102, SA 84 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points including 10-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brandon Roy (Por) had 26 points including 11-17 FG. Steve Blake (Por) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points. Por shot 23-29 FT and SA shot 8-12 FT. NO 99, NJ 96 at NJ David West (NO) had 32 points including 12-13 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rasual Butler (NO) had 22 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 14 points including 6-18 FG, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 26 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 26 points, 14 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ind 100, Den 94 at Ind Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 18 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 28 points including 11-12 FT and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 20 points including 8-24 FG and 8 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Travis Diener (Ind, flu) did not play. Cle 88, Atl 87 at Atl LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including 8-14 FG and the game winning free throw with 1.6 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Uta 112, GS 104 at GS Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 6 points on 3-12 FG and 20 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (GS) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 20 points. Corey Maggette (GS) had 27 points including 9-13 FG and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Monday, March 2 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Washington 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Miami 6:30 pm Dallas @ Oklahoma City 8:00 pm NBATV San Antonio @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html