News from March 17. Cleveland signed Manny Harris for the rest of the season. Cleveland released Jason Kapono. Denver released Ronny Turiaf. Golden State released T.J. Ford. Houston signed Courtney Fortson to a 10-day contract. Oklahoma City assigned Lazar Hayward to the NBADL. New York named Jim Todd and Darrell Walker as assistant coaches. New York fired assistant coaches Dan D'Antoni and Phil Webber. Charlotte activated Cory Higgins and placed DeSagana Diop on IL. Dallas activated Sean Williams and placed Brendan Haywood on IL. Haywood is expected to be out at least 5 games with a sprained right knee. Williams was recalled from the NBADL. Denver placed JaVale McGee on IL. Golden State activated Richard Jefferson. Houston placed Marcus Camby and Derek Fisher on IL. The LA Clippers placed Nick Young on IL. New Jersey placed Brook Lopez (sprained right ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated Spencer Hawes and placed Craig Brackins on IL. San Antonio activated Stephen Jackson and Manu Ginobili. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 29.0 Kevin Durant (OKC) 27.8 LeBron James (Mia) 27.7 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 15.0 Kevin Love (Min) 13.7 Andrew Bynum (LAL) 12.9 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.3 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 10.3 Jose Calderon (Tor) 8.5 Dal 106, SA 99 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points and 11 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Shawn Marion (Dal, sore left knee) did not play. NY 102, Ind 88 at Ind Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 16 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 24 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points. Baron Davis (NY, strained right hamstring) and Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) did not play. Den 98, Bos 91 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 8-8 FT and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 15 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points including 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 16 assists, and 6 turnovers. LAC 95, Hou 91 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Randy Foye (LAC) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. Kevin Martin (Hou, strained right shoulder) and Chandler Parson (Hou, ill) did not play. Chi 89, Phi 80 at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points including 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. C.J. Watson (Chi) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chi shot 21-31 FT and Phi shot 11-15 FT. Derrick Rose (Chi, strained groin) did not play. Uta 99, GS 92 OT at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points including 6-18 FG and 12 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 23 points and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Nate Robinson (GS) had 19 points. Uta out-rebounded GS 65-40 including 20-3 offensive. Al Harrington (Uta, death in the family), Raja Bell (Uta, strained left adductor), and Stephen Curry (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. NO 102, NJ 94 at NJ Chris Kaman (NO) had 20 points including 9-13 FG. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Deron Williams (NJ) had 20 points and 12 assists. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 20 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee) and Jordan Farmar (NJ, sore right groin) did not play. Cha 107, Tor 103 at Cha Corey Maggette (Cha) had 21 points on 3-11 FG and 14-14 FT. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 23 points, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 24 points. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Demar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points including 8-12 FT and 5 turnovers. 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 Schedule for Monday, March 19 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland at New Jersey 6:30 pm Boston at Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago at Orlando 7:00 pm TNT Dallas at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Minnesota 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