News from March 21.

Charlotte signed Dontell Jefferson to a 2nd 10-day contract.

Atlanta activated Othello Hunter and placed Acie Law on IL.


Stats Leaders
Points
Dwyane Wade (Mia)     29.8
LeBron James (Cle)    28.5
Kobe Bryant (LAL)     27.7

Rebounds
Dwight Howard (Orl)   13.9
David Lee (NY)        11.9
Troy Murphy (Ind)     11.8

Assists
Chris Paul (NO)       11.0
Deron Williams (Uta)  10.5
Steve Nash (Pho)       9.7


LAL 117, Chi 109  at Chi
Trevor Ariza (LAL) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds.
Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 6-10 FG, 7 assists, and 5
steals.
John Salmons (Chi) had 30 points including 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers.
Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.

Por 96, Mil 84  at Mil
Travis Outlaw (Por) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Brandon Roy (Por) had 30 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7
assists.
Steve Blake (Por) had 21 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 assists.
Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 16 points including 5-14 FG.
Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 26 points and 9 rebounds.

Bos 105, Mem 87  at Mem
Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points and 6 assists.
Glen Davis (Bos) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds.
Eddie House (Bos) had 15 points including 4-9 3-pointers.
Rudy Gay (Mem) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds.
Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Bos shot 56.2% (41-73) FG and Mem shot 39.3% (33-84) FG.
Leon Powe (Bos, right knee strain) did not play.

Orl 110, NY 103  at Orl
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds,
and 9 assists.
Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 4-10 3-pointers.
Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 7-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Quentin Richardson (NY) had 33 points including 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds.
Nate Robinson (NY) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.

Cle 102, Atl 96  at Cle
LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7
assists.
Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points and 5 turnovers.
Flip Murray (Atl) had 22 points.

Ind 108, Cha 83  at Cha
Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Brandon Rush (Ind) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 31 points including 13-14 FG and 6 rebounds.
Boris Diaw (Cha) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Juwan Howard (Cha) had 10 points.
Ind shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Cha shot 42% (34-81) FG.
Ind out-scored Cha 63-29 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

Pho 128, Was 96  at Pho
Jason Richardson (Pho) had 35 points including 13-18 FG and 6-9 3-pointers
and 7 rebounds.
Steve Nash (Pho) had 17 points.
Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 13 points and 10 rebounds.  O'Neal now has
27,411 career points and surpassed Moses Malone (27,409) for 5th on the
all-time NBA scoring list.
Antawn Jamison (Was) had 25 points and 8 rebounds.
Andray Blatche (Was) had 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Pho shot 55.4% (51-92) FG and Was shot 40% (38-95) FG.
Leandro Barbosa (Pho, left leg bone contusion), Caron Butler (Was, sore
left hamstring), and Juan Dixon (Was, strained right Achilles) did not
play.


Schedule for Sunday, March 22  (All times Central)
  Miami @ Detroit             12:00 pm  ABC
  Houston @ San Antonio        2:30 pm  
  Oklahoma City @ Minnesota    2:30 pm
  LA Clippers @ Toronto        2:30 pm
  Cleveland @ New Jersey       5:00 pm  NBATV
  Golden State @ New Orleans   6:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Sacramento    8:00 pm


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