News from March 20. Cleveland signed Chris Quinn for the rest of the season. Dallas activated Shawn Marion and placed Rodrigue Beaubois on IL. Beaubois underwent surgery on his left hand to repair a broken bone. New York activated Carmelo Anthony and placed Kurt Thomas on IL. Orlando activated Daniel Orton and Hashemm Thabeet and placed Jeremy Lamb and DeAndre Liggins on IL. San Antonio activated Aron Baynes and placed Gary Neal on IL. Bro 113, Dal 96 at Dal Brook Lopez (Bro) had 38 points on 15-22 FG and 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Deron Williams (Bro) had 31 points and 6 assists. Reggie Evans (Bro) had 4 points and 22 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Mike James (Dal) had 12 points on 4-14 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Kris Humphries (Bro, sore lower back) and Shawn Marion (Dal, strained left calf) did not play. Cha 107, Tor 101 at Cha Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 25 points on 7-11 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 8-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points including 4-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brendan Haywood (Cha, sore left ankle) did not play. Mia 98, Cle 95 at Cle LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points including 8-22 FG, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 10 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 17 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Cle) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Mia out-scored Cle 30-18 in the 4th quarter. Dion Waiters (Cle, sore left knee) did not play. NY 106, Orl 94 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NY) had 11 points including 5-6 3-pointers. J.R. Smith (NY) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyle O'Quinn (Orl) had 12 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyson Chandler (NY, bulging disc), Nikola Vucevic (Orl, ill), and Hedo Turkogly (Orl, suspended) did not play. Atl 98, Mil 90 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 26 points and 15 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 11 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 21 points and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Mil) had 18 points and 6 assists. Atl shot 48.1% (38-79) FG and Mil shot 37.4% (37-99) FG. Mem 90, OKC 89 OT at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points including 6-23 FG, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points including the game winning putback with .9 seconds left and 15 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points on 11-28 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 7-25 FG and 0-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. NO 87, Bos 86 at NO Eric Gordon (NO) had 18 points. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Hou 100, Uta 93 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 29 points on 5-14 FG and 17-18 FT. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 6 assists. Omer Asik (Hou) had 9 points and 12 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. SA 104, GS 93 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points including 11-17 FG, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 7 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 14 points and 7 assists. Was 88, Pho 79 at Pho Nene (Was) had 17 points including 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 19 points and 8 assists. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Wesley Johnson (Pho) had 18 points. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Was shot 48.5% (33-68) FG and Pho shot 33.7% (28-83) FG. Emeka Okafor (Was, flu) did not play. LAC 101, Phi 72 at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points including 8-10 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Caron Butler (LAC) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Willie Green (LAC) had 13 points. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 13 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. LAC shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Phi shot 36.7% (29-79) FG. Schedule for Thursday, March 21 (All times Central) Portland @ Chicago 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Friday, March 22 (All times Central) New York @ Toronto 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Orlando 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Portland @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Detroit @ Miami 6:30 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Houston 7:00 pm Boston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Utah @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Washington @ LA Lakers 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