News from March 22. Miami signed Juwan Howard for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Former NBA player Ray Williams died at age 58. He played 10 seasons in the league from 77-78 - 86-87. Houston activated Tim Ohlbrecht and placed Terrence Jones on IL. The LA Lakers activated Pau Gasol. Minnesota placed Kevin Love (right hand surgery) on IL. Oklahoma City activated DeAndre Liggins and placed Perry Jones on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Aron Baynes on IL. Dal 104, Bos 94 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 point and 7 rebounds. Brandan Wright (Dal) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Vince Carter (Dal) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Was 103, LAL 100 at LAL John Wall (Was) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 16 assists, and 3 steals. Nene (Was) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 25 points on 9-15 FG and 7-12 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 15 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was, sprained left ankle) and Emeka Okafor (Was, flu) did not play. Min 117, Pho 86 at Pho Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Greg Stiemsma (Min) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dante Cunningham (Min) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Luis Scola (Pho) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 13 points and 10 assists. Min shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Pho shot 37.9% (36-95) FG. Min shot 31-40 FT and Pho shot 10-21 FT. Jared Dudley (Pho, stomach virus) did not play. SA 104, Uta 97 OT at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points on 4-13 FG and 11-13 FT, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 18 points on 9-23 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Uta) had 23 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. SA shot 18-24 FT and Uta shot 7-12 FT. Hou 116, Cle 78 at Hou Omer Asik (Hou) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 20 points. Thomas Robinson (Hou) had 15 points including 6-7 FG, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Shawn Livingston (Cle) had 14 points. Wayne Ellington (Cle) had 13 points. Hou shot 57.1% (44-77) FG and Cle shot 36% (31-86) FG. Hou out-rebounded Cle 54-32 including 13-10 offensive. Tim Ohlbrecht (Hou, sprained ankle) and Dion Waiters (Cle, injured left knee) did not play. NO 90, Mem 83 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Robin Lopez (NO) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 9 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Mia 103, Det 89 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 29 points including 12-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 11 points and 4 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 23 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Kyle Singler (Det) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jose Calderon (Det) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mia shot 55.9% (38-68) FG and Det shot 41% (34-83) FG. Brandon Knight (Det, sprained left ankle) did not play. Por 104, Atl 93 at Atl LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 24 points including 6-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 7 assists. Por out-scored Atl 31-17 in the 4th quarter. Ind 102, Mil 78 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 22 points and 6 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 10 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ind shot 48.1% (38-79) FG and Mil shot 30.7% (31-101) FG. OKC 97, Orl 89 at Orl Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points including 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 14 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. OKC shot 24-33 FT and Orl shot 8-10 FT. Al Harrington (Orl) and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. NY 99, Tor 94 at Tor Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 37 points on 14-31 FG and 7-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (NY) had 19 points including 9-10 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 14 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points. Alan Anderson (Tor) had 35 points including 11-18 FG and 6-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY, bulging disc) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 23 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ New York 6:30 pm Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Boston @ Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Denver 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Washington @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 24 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Milwaukee 2:00 pm Charlotte @ Miami 5:00 pm San Antonio @ Houston 6:00 pm Portland @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Chicago @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Philadelphia @ Sacramento 8:00 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