News from March 18. Denver signed Wilson Chandler to a 5 year, $37 million contract. New Jersey signed Gerald Green for the rest of the season. Washington signed Edwin Ubiles to a 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Jason Collins and placed Marvin Williams (hip flexor) on IL. Cleveland placed Luke Harangody on IL. Houston activated Marcus Camby. The LA Clippers activated Nick Young and placed Travis Leslie on IL. The LA Lakers activated Jordan Hill. Minnesota activated Michael Beasley and placed Nikola Pekovic (sore left ankle) on IL. Orlando activated Von Wafer and placed Ish Smith on IL. Portland activated Elliot Williams and placed Mehmet Okur and Shawne Williams on IL. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Tyreke Evans (sprained left ankle) on IL. Utah activated Earl Watson and placed Raja Bell on IL. Washington placed Rashard Lewis (sore left knee) on IL. OKC 111, Por 95 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 12-21 FG and 5 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 14 points on 1-7 FG and 11-14 FT and 7 assists. Raymond Felton (Por) had 19 points and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 23 points. OKC shot 18-28 FT and Por shot 9-14 FT. Mia 91, Orl 81 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 14 points including 4-14 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points including 4-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 15 points including 5-7 3-pointers. LAC 87, Det 83 OT at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Randy Foye (LAC) had 14 points. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 23 points including 11-13 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Uta 103, LAL 99 at LAL Paul Millsap (Uta) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 33 points on 12-14 FG and 9-12 FT and 11 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta, death in the family) did not play. Pho 99, Hou 86 at Pho Channing Frye (Pho) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Michael Redd (Pho) had 25 points including 10-13 FG. Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 16 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Atl 103, Cle 87 at Cle Joe Johnson (Atl) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points. Kirk Hinrich (Atl) had 14 points. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 19 points and 10 assists. Atl shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and Cle shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Willie Green (Atl, hamstring injury), Jannero Pargo (Atl, stomach flu), and Vladimir Radmanovic (Atl, sore back) did not play. Mem 97, Was 92 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 27 points including 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 22 points. Mem shot 27-37 FT and Was shot 12-19 FT. Sac 115, Min 99 at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 11 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Min) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. 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 Schedule for Tuesday, March 20 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Indiana 6:00 pm Toronto at New York 6:30 pm Phoenix at Miami 6:30 pm NBATV LA Lakers at Houston 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Utah 8:00 pm Memphis at Sacramento 9:00 pm Milwaukee at Portland 9:00 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