News from March 11. Chicago signed Linton Johnson to a 10-day contract and placed Luol Deng (hairline fracture right leg) on IL. Deng is expected to be out 2 more weeks. Golden State activated Monta Ellis and placed Marco Belinelli on IL. Minnesota activated Mark Madsen and placed Randy Foye (sprained right ankle) on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Chris Quinn on IL. New Orleans activated Morris Peterson and placed Sean Marks (flu) on IL. Dal 93, Por 89 at Por Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 7 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 6 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Por, bruised chest) did not play. Atl 100, Uta 93 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 31 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 20 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Atl shot 21-33 FT and Uta shot 11-15 FT. LAL 102, Hou 96 at Hou Josh Powell (LAL) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 37 points on 14-23 FG and 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Von Wafer (Hou) had 20 points and 3 steals. Lamar Odom (LAL, suspended) did not play. NY 116, Det 111 OT at Det David Lee (NY) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Larry Hughes (NY) had 22 points. Nate Robinson (NY) had 30 points including 10-10 FT and 6 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 25 points on 8-21 FG and 9-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 21 points and 22 rebounds including 10 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points including 13-20 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Det out-rebounded NY 64-39 including 23-11 offensive. Rasheed Wallace (Det, strained left calf) did not play. Orl 107, Chi 79 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 6-7 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Marcin Gortat (Orl) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Battie (Orl) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. John Salmons (Chi) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Brad Miller (Chi) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Orl shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and Chi shot 31.4% (27-86) FG. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, left foot tendinitis) did not play. NO 109, Was 98 at Was Chris Paul (NO) had 30 points including 11-16 FG, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 4 steals. Rasual Butler (NO) had 21 points including 6-13 3-pointers. James Posey (NO) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 23 points including 8-22 FG and 9 assists. Mia 107, Bos 99 at Mia Jamario Moon (Mia) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 13-16 FT, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Leon Powe (Bos) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 13 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 27 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos, sprained right ankle) and Rajon Rondo (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. Den 112, OKC 99 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Renaldo Balkman (Den) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 20 points. Jeff Green (OKC) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Earl Watson (OKC) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den, lower back strain) and Nick Collison (OKC, strained left groin) did not play. GS 116, NJ 112 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 19 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 31 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 13-17 FT, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Phi 115, Tor 106 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 29 points including 13-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 19 points including 9-13 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Shawn Marion (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Phi shot 22-30 FT and Tor shot 11-16 FT. Min 104, Mem 79 at Min Ryan Gomes (Min) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 18 points and 5 assists. Min out-rebounded Mem 48-28 including 14-5 offensive. Rodney Carney (Det, lower abdominal contusion) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 12 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Cleveland @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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