News from March 16. Cleveland signed Donald Sloan for the rest of the season. New Jersey signed Jerry Smith to a 10-day contract. San Antonio signed Eric Dawson to a 10-day contract. Houston released Terrence Williams. Ricky Rubio (Min) is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday on his torn left ACL. He is out for the season. Golden State placed Andrew Bogut (fractured right ankle) and Richard Jefferson on IL. Indiana placed Leandro Barbosa on IL. The LA Lakers activated Darius Morris and placed Jordan Hill and Christian Eyenga on IL. Morris was recalled from the NBADL. Memphis activated Zach Randolph. Milwaukee placed Kwame Brown (torn right pectoralis muscle) on IL. Orlando activated Jason Richardson and placed Justin Harper on IL. Philadelphia place Spencer Hawes on IL. Sacramento activated Tyler Honeycutt and placed Francisco Garcia on IL. San Antonio placed Manu Ginobili and Stephen Jackson on IL. SA 114, OKC 105 at OKC Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 blocks. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points and 7 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 9-10 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points on 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Daequan Cook (OKC, sore right shoulder) did not play. Mia 84, Phi 78 at Phi LeBron James (Mia) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Evan Turner (Phi) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mia shot 47.3% (35-74) FG and Phi shot 35.5% (33-93) FG. Por 100, Chi 89 at Chi Nicolas Batum (Por) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Wes Matthews (Por) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 14 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi, strained groin) did not play. Atl 102, Was 88 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 34 points including 12-19 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Trevor Booker (Was) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 9 turnovers. Willie Green (Was, hamstring), Marvin Williams (Atl, hip flexor), and Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Orl 86, NJ 70 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points including 8-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. DeShawn Stevenson (NJ) had 11 points. Gerald Green (NJ) had 14 points and 5 turnovers. Orl shot 50.7% (34-67) FG and NJ shot 33.7% (28-83) FG. Jordan Farmar (NJ, strained right groin), Brook Lopez (NJ, sprained right ankle), and Deron Williams (NJ, sore right calf) did not play. NY 115, Ind 100 at NY Tyson Chandler (NY) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 16 points. Darren Collison (Ind) had 15 points. A.J. Price (Ind) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. NY shot 50.6% (41-81) FG and Ind shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) did not play. LAL 97, Min 92 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 27 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 20 points on 6-18 FG and 8-12 FT and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Sac 120, Bos 95 at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 15 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 36 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points including 5-15 FG. Ray Allen (Bos) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Tor 114, Mem 110 OT at Mem Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points including 4-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Demar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points and 11 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points on 11-17 FG and 6-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points on 9-14 FG and 7-14 FT and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mil 120, GS 98 at GS Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 24 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points including 6-17 FG. Stephen Curry (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. Pho 109, Det 101 at Pho Channing Frye (Pho) had 15 points including 4-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 23 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 23 points and 8 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Schedule for Saturday, March 17 (All times Central) Houston at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Toronto at Charlotte 6:00 pm New York at Indiana 6:00 pm New Orleans at New Jersey 7:00 pm Philadelphia at Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio at Dallas 8:00 pm NBATV Boston at Denver 8:00 pm Golden State at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 18 (All times Central) Atlanta at Cleveland 2:00 pm Detroit at LA Clippers 5:30 pm Washington at Memphis 5:00 pm Minnesota at Sacramento 5:00 pm Orlando at Miami 6:00 pm ESPN Houston at Phoenix 8:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Utah at LA Lakers 8:30 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