News from March 15. San Antonio signed Danny Green for the rest of the season. Terrence Williams (Hou) is expected to be out a week after undergoing minor surgery to relieve lower abdominal distress. New York activated Shelden Williams and placed Derrick Brown on IL. Indiana activated Danny Granger and placed Solomon Jones on IL. Atlanta activated Al Horford and Josh Powell and placed Pape Sy and Etan Thomas on IL. Por 104, Dal 101 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 30 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points including 5-7 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Brandon Roy (Por) had 21 points. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Por shot 47.1% (40-85) FG and Dal shot 59.7% (40-67) FG. Brendan Haywood (Dal, lower back stiffness) did not play. Ind 119, NY 117 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 30 points including 12-17 FG. Darren Collison (Ind) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 9 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Atl 110, Mil 85 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 36 points including 13-19 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 13 points and 3 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Atl shot 63% (46-73) FG and Mil shot 41.9% (36-86) FG. Chi 98, Was 79 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points and 7 assists. Keith Bogans (Chi) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers. JaVale McGee (Was) had 11 points including 5-14 FG, 12 rebounds, and 12 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 27 points. Joakim Noah (Chi, flu), Cartier Martin (Was, right patella tendinitis), Josh Howard (Was, left knee tendinitis, and Nick Young (Was, bruised left knee) did not play. All 4 home teams won. Schedule for Wednesday, March 16 (All times Central) Denver @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Charlotte @ Houston 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Dallas @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, March 17 (All times Central) Chicago @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Memphis @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Portland 9:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html