News from March 14. TRADE: Milwaukee traded Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson to Golden State for Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh, and Kwame Brown. The players were unavailable for Wednesday's games. Mike D'Antonio resigned as head coach for New York. Assistant coach Mike Woodson was named as interim coach. Chris Wilcox (Bos) is scheduled to undergo heart surgery and is out for the season. Chicago signed Mike James to a 10-day contract and placed Richard Hamilton (right shoulder injury) on IL. Charlotte activated DeSagana Diop and placed Cory Higgins on IL. New York activated Jared Jeffries and placed Toney Douglas on IL. Philadelphia activated Spencer Hawes. Chi 106, Mia 102 at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ronnie Brewer (Chi) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. John Lucas (Chi) had 24 points including 9-12 FG. LeBron James (Mia) had 35 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 36 points including 16-26 FG and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi, sore groin) did not play. SA 122, Orl 111 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 31 points including 12-21 FG and 12 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 22 points on 9-16 FG and 4-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. LAL 107, NO 101 OT at NO Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnover. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 11-11 FT and 5 assists. Chris Kaman (NO) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 30 points including 13-21 FG and 6 assists. LAL shot 28-35 FT and NO shot 10-13 FT. Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee) and Jason Smith (NO, concussion) did not play. Mil 115, Cle 105 at Mil Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 5 assists. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 28 points including 11-16 FG, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Shaun Livingston (Mil, sprained right ankle) did not play. NY 121, Por 79 at NY Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 23 points. Steve Novak (NY) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 7 rebounds. NY shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Por shot 37.3% (28-75) FG. Hou 107, Cha 87 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points including 7-10 FT. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 14 points and 10 assist. Jordan Hill (Hou) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Brown (Cha) had 15 points and 4 steals. Reggie Williams (Cha) had 10 points. Hou shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Cha shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Ind 111, Phi 94 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 18 points. George Hill (Ind) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 17 points including 7-8 FG. Evan Turner (Phi) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Ind shot 18-22 FT and Phi shot 8-10 FT. Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) did not play. NJ 98, Tor 84 at NJ Kris Humphries (NJ) had 16 points, 21 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 15 points. Gerald Green (NJ) had 26 points including 9-13 FG. James Johnson (Tor) had 16 points and 4 blocks. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 16 points and 10 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ, sprained right ankle) and Deron Williams (NJ, strained right calf) did not play. Bos 105, GS 103 at GS Brandon Bass (Bos) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points including 11-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 15 points including 5-17 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. David Lee (GS) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Nate Robinson (GS) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points. Stephen Curry (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. LAC 96, Atl 82 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 25 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 13 points and 9 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points and 3 steals. LAC shot 54.3% (38-70) FG and Atl shot 42.6% (29-68) FG. Pho 120, Uta 111 at Pho Channing Frye (Pho) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 25 points including 5-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points, 16 assists, and 5 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Det 124, Sac 112 at Sac Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 32 points including 15-20 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 35 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 23 points. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 21 points including 10-12 FG and 15 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 21 points. Schedule for Thursday, March 15 (All times Central) Washington at New Orleans 7:00 pm Charlotte at Dallas 7:30 pm Oklahoma City at Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Friday, March 16 (All times Central) Miami at Philadelphia 6:00 pm ESPN New Jersey at Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana at New York 6:30 pm Washington at Atlanta 6:30 pm Portland at Chicago 7:00 pm Toronto at Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Detroit at Phoenix 9:00 pm Boston at Sacramento 9:00 pm Minnesota at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Milwaukee at Golden State 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