News from March 15. Golden State activated Corey Maggette and placed Andris Biedrins (sprained left ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Delonte West and placed Lorenzen Wright on IL. Miami activated Chris Quinn and placed Dorell Wright on IL. Indiana activated Danny Granger and placed Josh McRoberts on IL. LAL 107, Dal 100 at LAL Trevor Ariza (LAL) had 26 points including 9-13 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points including 12-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points on 6-20 FG and 8-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 29 points including 7-16 3-pointers and 4 steals. Mil 86, Bos 77 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 17 points including 6-19 FG. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points on 4-15 FG and 7-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 26 points including 8-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 9 offensive. Glen Davis (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mem 89, Det 84 at Det Rudy Gay (Mem) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 7 turnovers. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 12 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 14 points including 6-19 FG, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem shot 17-21 FT and Det shot 6-11 FT. Greg Buckner (Mem, left knee bone bruise) and Rasheed Wallace (Det, strained left calf) did not play. Cle 98, NY 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 23 points including 5-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 26 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 20 points and 7 assists. Cle shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and NY shot 37.2% (35-94) FG. Chris Duhon (NY, sore back) did not play. Orl 105, Uta 87 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 28 points on 10-15 FG and 8-17 FT, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Rafer Alston (Orl) had 16 points on 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Anthony Johnson (Orl) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 11 points including 3-10 FG and 9 assists. Orl out-rebounded Uta 60-44 including 18-12 offensive. Atl 98, Por 80 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 15 points and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 5 assists. Tor 110, Ind 87 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 27 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Pops Mensah-Bonsu (Tor) had 21 points including 11-13 FT and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 15 points and 6 assists. Tor shot 28-36 FT and Ind shot 14-17 FT. Phi 85, Mia 77 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points including 7-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 10 points and 11 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points including 8-21 FG. Phi out-scored Mia 24-9 in the 4th quarter. Was 106, Sac 104 at Was Andray Blatche (Was) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 30 points on 8-21 FG and 12-13 FT and 9 rebounds. Darius Songaila (Was) had 15 points. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 24 points on 5-14 FG and 11-15 FT. Caron Butler (Was, sore left hamstring) and Bobby Jackson (Sac, broken left cheekbone) did not play. LAC 107, NJ 105 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Steve Novak (LAC) had 21 points on 7-11 3-pointers (no 2-pointers attempted) and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Vince Carter (NJ) had 41 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Zach Randolph (LAC) did not play. Pho 154, GS 130 at GS Matt Barnes (Pho) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 26 points including 11-13 FG. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 31 points including 11-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 21 points including 1-5 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 26 points including 12-19 FG. Corey Maggette (GS) had 21 points including 12-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 62.1% (59-95) FG and GS shot 48.4% (44-91) FG. Schedule for Monday, March 16 (All times Central) Toronto @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Houston @ New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV New Jersey @ Denver 8:00 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