News from March 30. Utah signed Kyle Weaver to a 10-day contract. Oklahoma City activated Nate Robinson and placed Cole Aldrich on IL. Aldrich was assigned to the NBADL. Denver activated Wilson Chandler and placed Melvin Ely on IL. New Orleans activated David Andersen and placed DJ Mbenga on IL. Chicago activated Brian Scalabrine and placed Joakim Noah (sprained right ankle) on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Love and placed Nikola Pekovic (hip injury) on IL. New Jersey activated Deron Williams and placed Damion James (sore right foot) on IL. Washington activated Andray Blatche and placed Trevor Booker on IL. Toronto activated Linas Kleiza and placed Joey Dorsey on IL. Indiana activated Mike Dunleavy and placed James Posey on IL. Charlotte activated Eduardo Najera and placed Shaun Livingston on IL. Atlanta activated Joe Johnson and placed Josh Powell on IL. Dal 106, LAC 100 at LAC Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 22 points on 6-8 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 25 points including 10-14 FG, 17 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 19 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. Atl 85, Orl 82 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points on 4-13 FG and 9-15 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 20 points and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl, lower abdominal strain) and Chris Duhon (Orl, right thumb injury) did not play. Cha 98, Cle 97 at Cha Boris Diaw (Cha) had 26 points including the game winning free throw with 14 seconds left, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kwame Brown (Cha) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sore left knee) and Samardo Samuels (Cle, sprained right wrist) did not play. Den 104, Sac 90 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nene (Den) had 12 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 27 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 7 assists. Den shot 22-32 FT and Sac shot 12-16 FT. Mem 110, GS 91 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 7 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Dorell Wright (GS) had 16 points. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points. NO 95, Por 91 at NO Kyle Landry (NO) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 11 points including 4-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points and 5 assists. Chi 108, Min 91 at Min Luol Deng (Chi) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points including 5-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 10 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Anthony Randolph (Min) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mia 123, Was 107 at Was LeBron James (Mia) had 35 points on 12-16 FG and 10-13 FT, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 33 points on 11-17 FG and 10-12 FT and 9 assists. Maurice Evans (Was) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 39 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 10-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Mike Miller (Mia, bruised left knee) and Nick Young (Was, bruised left knee) did not play. NY 120, NJ 116 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 39 points including 15-26 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points including 10-15 FG. Chauncey Billups (NY) had 33 points including 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 30 points including 10-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ben Uzoh (NJ, sore left knee) did not play. Mil 104, Tor 98 at Tor Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 17 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points and 7 assists. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 22 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 22 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points and 3 steals. OKC 116, Pho 98 at Pho Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. James Harden (OKC) had 22 points including 7-9 FG and 3 steals. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 16 points. Vince Carter (Pho) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Phi 108, Hou 97 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 24 points, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Louis Williams (Phi) had 15 points and 5 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 22 points on 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 18 points. Phi shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and Hou shot 41% (34-83) FG. Ind 111, Det 101 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 17 points and 4 steals. Darren Collison (Ind) had 20 points including 9-11 FG. Josh McRoberts (Ind) had 15 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Will Bynum (Det, personal reasons) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 31 (All times Central) Boston @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 1 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Washington 6:00 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Miami @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Houston 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Portland 9:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Utah 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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