News from March 27. Washington signed Othyus Jeffers to a 2nd 10-day contract. Oklahoma City recalled Byron Mullens from the NBADL. New Orleans placed David Andersen on IL. Houston activated Chase Budinger and placed Terrence Williams on IL. Miami activated Zydrunas Ilgauskas and placed Mario Chalmers (sprained right knee) on IL. Atlanta activated Josh Powell and placed Joe Johnson (sprained right thumb) on IL. Dal 91, Pho 83 at Pho Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points including 6-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 4 steals. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LAL 102, NO 84 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points and 5 assists. Carl Landry (NO) had 24 points and 10 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 8 offensive. Bos 85, Min 82 at Min Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nenad Krstic (Bos) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Min) had 28 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Anthony Tolliver (Min) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Troy Murphy (Bos, sprained right ankle), Rajon Rondo (Bos, injured right finger), and Nikola Pekovic (Min, hip injury) did not play. Atl 99, Cle 83 at Cle Josh Smith (Atl) had 13 points including 5-16 FG, 18 rebounds, and 8 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 31 points on 9-14 FG and 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Baron Davis (Cle) had 19 points and 7 assists. Atl shot 50% (37-74) FG and Cle shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Mem 111, SA 104 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 23 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Allen (Mem) had 23 points including 9-10 FG and 5 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. George Hill (SA) had 30 points on 9-12 FG and 11-12 FT. Mia 125, Hou 119 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 33 points including 13-21 FG, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 31 points including 9-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points including 9-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 29 points including 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. OKC 99, Por 90 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points including 5-18 FG, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 40 points including 16-28 FG and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Sac 114, Phi 111 OT at Phi Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 13 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 32 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 22 points including 8-11 FG. Sac out-rebounded Phi 58-36 including 13-9 offensive. GS 114, Was 104 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 19 points including 5-11 3-pointers. David Lee (GS) had 33 points including 15-26 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 37 points including 14-24 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. JaVale McGee (Was) had 28 points on 9-12 FG and 10-11 FT, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 18 points on 5-16 FG and 8-10 FT and 12 assists. Maurice Evans (Was) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Trevor Booker (Was, sore right foot) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 28 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Orlando at New York 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Washington @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, March 29 (All times Central) Miami @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Houston @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Golden State @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Sacramento 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