News from March 27. Utah signed Jerel McNeal to a 10-day contract. Metta World Peace (LAL) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus and is expected to be out at least 6 weeks. Enes Kanter (Uta) suffered a dislocated left shoulder during Wednesday's Uta-Pho game. Former NBA player Tom Boerwinkle died at age 67. Boerwinkle played 10 seasons with Chicago from 68-69 - 77-78. Charlotte activated DeSagana Diop and placed Brendan Haywood (stress reaction left foot) on IL. Denver activated Ty Lawson and placed Julyan Stone on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chauncey Billups and placed Maalik Wayns on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Juwan Howard on IL. Milwaukee activated Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Ish Smith on IL. Oklahoma City activated Perry Jones and placed DeAndre Liggins on IL. Portland activated Victor Claver. San Antonio activated Gary Neal and placed Patrick Mills on IL. Atl 107, Tor 88 at Tor Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 13 assists. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Atl out-scored Tor 63-34 in the 2nd half. Phi 100, Mil 92 at Phi Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 15 points and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Damien Wilkins (Phi) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 29 points including 12-21 FG and 7 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 13 points including 5-17 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Phi out-scored Mil 24-14 in the 4th quarter. Cha 114, Orl 108 at Cha Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 34 points on 12-18 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 34 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Kyle O'Quinn (Orl) had 23 points including 11-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl, strained right hamstring), Andrew Nicholson (Orl, sprained left ankle), and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, mild concussion) did not play. Bos 93, Cle 92 at Cle Jeff Green (Bos) had 21 points including the game winning layup at the buzzer, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Wayne Ellington (Cle) had 16 points. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos, inflamed left ankle), Courtney Lee (Bos, sprained left ankle), and Dion Waiters (Cle, sore left knee) did not play. NY 108, Mem 101 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. J.R. Smith (NY) had 35 points including 12-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Tony Allen (Mem) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 26 points including 12-14 FT and 6 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tyson Chandler (NY, bulging disc) did not play. Chi 101, Mia 97 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 21 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points on 11-17 FG and 8-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 21 points and 4 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Joakim Noah (Chi, plantar fasciitis right foot) and Marco Belinelli (Chi, abdominal strain) did not play. The loss ended Miami's winning streak at 27 games. LAC 105, NO 91 at NO Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Caron Butler (LAC) had 13 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 24 points and 3 steals. Ind 100, Hou 91 at Hou Paul George (Ind) had 16 points including 4-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points including 6-24 FG and 8 assists. Greg Smith (Hou) had 18 points and 19 rebounds including 7 offensive. OKC 103, Was 80 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 20 points including 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Russell Wesstbrook (OKC) had 21 points including 10-11 FT. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 18 points on 3-18 FG and 12-15 FT and 12 rebounds. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. OKC shot 46% (29-63) FG and Was shot 32.1% (27-84) FG. Trevor Ariza (Was, flu), Bradley Beal (Was, sprained left ankle), Jason Collins (Was, sprained left ankle), Nene (Was, sore right knee), and Martell Webster (Was, abdominal strain) did not play. LAL 120, Min 117 at Min Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points including 12-21 FG, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 25 points on 9-13 FG and 7-17 FT, 16 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 blocks. Antawn Jamison (LAL) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 19 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dante Cunningham (Min) had 18 points on 9-15 FG. Metta World Peace (LAL, torn meniscus left knee) did not play. SA 100, Den 99 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Danny Green (SA) had 20 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andre Miller (Den) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. JaVale McGee (Den) had 21 points including 10-11 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Uta 103, Pho 88 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Randy Foye (Uta) had 12 points on 5-6 FG. Luis Scola (Pho) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Wesley Johnson (Pho) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Sac 105, GS 98 at GS Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 31 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 7 assists. Demarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 5 assists. David Lee (GS) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points including 5-18 FG, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 4 steals. James Johnson (Sac, personal reasons) did not play. Bro 111, Por 93 at Por Reggie Evans (Bro) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 25 rebounds including 12 offensive. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Bro) had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points including 11-14 FG. Damian Lillard (Por) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 5 turnovers. Joe Johnson (Bro, right quad contusion) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 28 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Indiana @ Dallas 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Schedule for Friday, March 29 (All times Central) Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Boston 6:30 pm Charlotte @ New York 6:30 pm Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Houston @ Memphis 7:00 pm Miami @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Brooklyn @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ 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