News from March 8. Denver signed head coach George Karl to a 3 year contract extension. Portland signed head coach Nate McMillan to a 2 year contract extension. Houston activated DeMarre Carroll and placed Luis Scola (injured left knee) on IL. Phoenix activated Garett Siler and placed Channing Frye (dislocated right shoulder) on IL. Washington activated Hamady N'Diaye and placed Rashard Lewis (sore right knee) on IL. Milwaukee activated Andrew Bogut and placed Corey Maggette on IL. Indiana activated Solomon Jones and placed Jeff Foster (sore back) on IL. Cleveland activated Daniel Gibson and placed Semih Erden (groin injury) on IL. Por 105, Mia 96 at Mia LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points. Andre Miller (Por) had 14 points and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 31 points including 14-20 FG, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 38 points on 12-21 FG and 12-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pho 113, Hou 110 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 19 points. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 32 points including 14-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Vince Carter (Pho) had 32 points including 13-17 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 32 points including 11-18 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. LAL 101, Atl 87 at Atl Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 16 points on 8-10 FG, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. GS 95, Cle 85 at Cle David Lee (GS) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Samardo Samuels (Cle) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Baron Davis (Cle) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. GS shot 9-10 FT and Cle shot 19-23 FT. Luke Harangody (Cle, right hip pointer) did not play. Phi 110, Ind 100 at Ind Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points and 10 assist. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 26 points including 11-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Phi shot 10-15 FT and Ind shot 27-31 FT. Mil 95, Was 76 at Was Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. John Salmons (Mil) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 10 points including 4-17 FG, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 22 points and 5 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, concussion) and Cartier Martin (Was, right patella tendinitis) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, March 9 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Golden State @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah @ Toronto 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Indiana @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Detroit @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Orlando @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Thursday, March 10 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Miami 6:00 pm TNT New York @ Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Denver @ Phoenix 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