News from March 23. Houston signed Mike Harris to a 10-day contract. Kevin Love (Min) will miss the next 2 games with a strained left groin. New Jersey recalled Ben Uzoh from the NBADL. Milwaukee elected not to sign Earl Barron for the rest of the season after he complete his 2nd 10-day contract. Former Seattle Sonics owner Barry Ackerley died at aged 76. He owned the Sonics from 1983-2001. Charlotte activated Stephen Jackson and placed Garrett Temple on IL. Philadelphia activated Andre Iguodala and placed Craig Brackins on IL. Detroit activated DaJuan Summers and placed Ben Wallace (sore left knee) on IL. New Jersey activated Francisco Elson and placed Devin Harris (strained right hamstring) on IL. Houston placed Chase Budinger on IL. San Antonio activated DeJuan Blair and placed Tim Duncan (sprained ankle) on IL. Denver activated Raymond Felton and placed Melvin Ely on IL. OKC 106, Uta 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 13-15 FT. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 32 points including 14-18 FG and 12 rebounds. Orl 111, NY 99 at NY Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 33 points on 11-15 FG and 11-13 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points including 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Toney Douglas (NY) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Hou 131, GS 112 at Hou Courtney Lee (Hou) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Chuck Hayes (Hou) had 13 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 11 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 34 points including 12-21 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Dorell Wright (GS) had 34 points including 14-21 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. David Lee (GS) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Hou shot 27-35 FT and GS shot 11-18 FT. Mem 90, Bos 87 at Bos Sam Young (Mem) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 13 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 6 points including 2-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ind 111, Cha 88 at Cha Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points on 11-19 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Derrick Brown (Cha) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 17 points. Mia 100, Det 94 at Det LeBron James (Mia) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 23 points including 11-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-12 FT and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points. Mario Chalmers (Mia, sprained right knee) did not play. Phi 105, Atl 100 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Louis Williams (Phi) had 17 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 12 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Atl) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. NJ 98, Cle 94 OT at Cle Kris Humphries (NJ) had 18 points and 23 rebounds including 9 offensive. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points including 7-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Sasha Vujacic (NJ) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 17 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 21 points including 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Damion James (NJ, sore right foot) and Baron Davis (Cle, back spasms) did not play. Sac 97, Mil 90 at Mil Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 11 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 25 points including 9-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Thornton (Sac) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 4 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl, strained lower abdomen) did not play. Pho 114, Tor 106 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 16 points and 8 assists. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Aaron Brooks (Pho) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 27 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Den 115, SA 112 at Den Raymond Felton (Den) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 18 points. Al Harrington (Den) had 27 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 4-12 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. LAC 127, Was 119 2OT at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 33 points including 14-19 FG, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 32 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. JaVale McGee (Was) had 22 points on 11-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 25 points including 10-28 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 32 points including 8-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Nick Young (Was, bruised left knee) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 24 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Dallas 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Friday, March 25 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Indiana 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Miami 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm Memphis @ Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Washington @ Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 9:00 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Portland 9:00 pm Toronto @ Golden State 9:30 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 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