News from March 3. New Orleans signed Henry Sims to a 10-day contract. New York signed Kenyon Martin to a 2nd 10-day contract. Cleveland released Josh Selby. Chicago placed Richard Hamilton (sore lower back) on IL. New York activated Marcus Camby and placed Chris Copeland on IL. Sacramento activated Cole Aldrich. San Antonio activated Gary Neal and placed Tony Parker (sprained left ankle) on IL. Washington activated Nene and placed Jason Collins on IL. Hou 136, Dal 103 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 32 points including 12-13 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 21 points and 9 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 18 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Hou shot 57.5% (46-80) FG and Dal shot 47.5% (38-80) FG. Hou out-scored Dal 44-17 in the 3rd quarter. SA 114, Det 75 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Det) had 14 points. SA shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Det shot 32.6% (28-86) FG. LAL 99, Atl 98 at LAL Dwight Howard (LAL) had 11 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (LAL) had 15 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 34 points and 5 turnovers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points on 9-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points on 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mem 108, Orl 82 at Orl Tayshaun Prince (Mem) had 14 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points including 5-6 FG, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 12 points. Zach Randolph (Mem, sprained left ankle), Jameer Nelson (Orl, left patella contusion), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Sac 119, Cha 83 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 12 points. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 12 points. Sac shot 46.7% (42-90) FG and Cha shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Sac out-rebounded Cha 60-31 including 18-4 offensive. Mia 99, NY 93 at NY LeBron James (Mia) had 29 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 32 points including 13-14 FT. J.R. Smith (NY) had 13 points on 5-18 FG and 3-14 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Kidd (NY) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 97, Chi 92 at Ind David West (Ind) had 31 points including 11-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 21 points on 6-6 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 6-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points. OKC 108, LAC 104 at LAC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points including 12-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points including 7-9 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Was 90, Phi 87 at Was Nene (Was) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 12 points and 16 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Dorrel Wright (Phi) had 15 points. Nick Young (Phi, injured left foot) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 4 (All times Central) New York @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Utah @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Orlando @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Denver 8:00 pm Charlotte @ Portland 9:00 pm Toronto @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, March 5 (All times Central) Boston @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm TNT LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 8:30 pm TNT Denver @ Sacramento 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