News from March 16. Josh Howard (Was) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn ACL. He is expected to be out 6 to 8 months. Oklahoma City signed Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract. Oklahoma City elected not to signed Antonio Anderson for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Kenny Hasbrouck to a 10-day contract. Sacramento activated Dominic McGuire and placed Joey Dorsey on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Love and Alando Tucker and placed Nathan Jawai and Sasha Pavlovic on IL. Phoenix activated Leandro Barbosa and placed Earl Clark on IL. Memphis activated Ronnie Brewer and placed Lester Hudson on IL. Atlanta activated Randolph Morris and placed Joe Johnson (Achilles tendinitis) on IL. New Jersey activated Bobby Simmons and placed Devin Harris (upper respiratory illness) on IL. San Antonio placed Garrett Temple on IL. Miami activated Dorell Wright and placed Kenny Hasbrouck on IL. Cleveland activated Danny Green and placed Delonte West (sprained knee) on IL. Charlotte placed Larry Hughes on IL. SA 88, Mia 76 at Mia Richard Jefferson (SA) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. George Hill (SA) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Atl 108, NJ 84 at NJ Marvin Williams (Atl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 25 points including 11-18 FG. Josh Boone (NJ) had 13 points and 20 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 21 points. Atl shot 49.4% (42-85) FG and NJ shot 38.5% (30-78) FG. Den 97, Was 87 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 29 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Den) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 17 points. Andray Blatche (Was) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Alozno Gee (Was) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Andersen (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Cle 113, Det 101 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 8-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 20 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. LAL 106, Sac 99 at Sac Pau Gasol (LAL) had 28 points including 12-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points on 10-26 FG and 8-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carl Landry (Sac) had 15 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 25 points including 10-14 FT, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Pho 152, Min 114 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 25 points including 9-16 FG. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Louis Amundson (Pho) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Corey Brewer (Min) had 21 points. Pho shot 56.1% (55-98) FG and Min shot 46.2% (42-91) FG. Mem 104, Chi 97 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 10 assists, and 5 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Flip Murray (Chi) had 25 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Hakim Warrick (Chi) had 22 points. Marc Gasol (Mem, strained neck muscle), Kirk Hinrich (Chi, suspended), and Derrick Rose (Chi) did not play. Ind 99, Cha 94 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 9-25 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 15 points. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 20 points including 8-22 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Graham (Cha) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind, strained left groin) and Gerald Wallace (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, March 17 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana @ Cleveland 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Houston 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Utah 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Milwaukee @ 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