News from March 25. Boston activated Ray Allen and placed Mickael Pietrus (neck injury) on IL. Memphis placed Josh Selby on IL. Oklahoma City recalled Reggie Jackson from the NBADL and activated him. OKC 103, Mia 87 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points including 6-7 FG, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. SA 93, Phi 76 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points and 7 assists. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA, back spasms), Tim Duncan (SA, rest), Gary Neal (SA, sprained left mid-foot), and Andre Iguodala (Phi, left patella tendinitis) did not play. Atl 139, Uta 133 4OT at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 37 points including -7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers in 55 minutes. Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points including 9-26 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 15 points, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks in 54 minutes. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points on 4-14 FG and 10-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists in 53 minutes. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points on 4-15 FG and 10-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists in 57 minutes. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 25 points and 13 rebounds in 52 minutes. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 28 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks in 51 minutes. Bos 88, Was 76 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 23 points including 9-14 FG. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 20 points. Bos shot 48.6% (34-70) FG and Was shot 34.5% (30-87) FG. Ray Allen (Bos, sore right ankle) and Nene (Was) did not play. Min 117, Den 100 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 30 points including 11-19 FG, 21 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6 assists. Wayne Ellington (Min) had 17 points. Kenneth Faired (Den) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. JaVale McGee (Den) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Min, right thigh contusion) and Arron Afflalo (Den, suspended) did not play. Pho 108, Cle 83 at Cle Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 16 points. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Omri Casspi (Cle) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 51.2% (42-82) FG and Cle shot 38.6% (27-70) FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 102, LAL 96 at LAL Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 16 points. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 30 points including 11-16 FG. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points including 4-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Mem shot 8-10 FT and LAL shot 27-30 FT. Por 90, GS 87 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points including 6-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Raymond Felton (Por) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. David Lee (GS) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 16 rebounds. Charles Jenkins (GS) had 27 points on 13-22 FG and 6 assists. Schedule for Monday, March 26 (All times Central) Orlando at Toronto 6:00 pm Detroit at Washington 6:00 pm Boston at Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami at Indiana 6:00 pm Utah at New Jersey 6:30 pm Milwaukee at New York 6:30 pm Denver at Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Sacramento at Houston 7:00 pm New Orleans at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Tuesday, March 27 (All times Central) Cleveland at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Minnesota at Memphis 7:00 pm Houston at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Phoenix 9:00 pm Oklahoma City at Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers 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