News from March 22. Miami placed Dwyane Wade on IL. San Antonio activated Austin Daye and placed Tim Duncan (rest) on IL. Utah activated Malcolm Thomas and placed Alec Burks on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 32.2 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 28.0 LeBron James (Mia) 26.8 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.7 Andre Drummond (Det) 12.8 Kevin Love (Min) 12.7 Assists John Wall (Was) 8.9 Ricky Rubio (Min) 8.6 Stephen Curry (GS) 8.5 LAC 112, Det 103 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 25 points including 12-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 28 points including 10-15 FG, 15 assists, and 6 steals. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 2-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 4-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. SA 99, GS 90 at GS Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 5 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 18 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Matt Bonner (SA, strained right calf) did not play. Uta 89, Orl 88 at Uta Richard Jefferson (Uta) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Trey Burke (Uta) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. NO 105, Mia 95 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 30 points including 13-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 16 points and 8 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 19 points and 7 assists. Eric Gordon (NO, left knee tendinitis) and Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) did not play. Mem 82, Ind 71 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 13 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 10 points on 5-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Chi 91, Phi 81 at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 17 point including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Henry Sims (Phi) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Tony Wroten (Phi, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 118, Cle 111 at Cle James Harden (Hou) had 37 points on 9-15 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 14-14 FT and 11 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 16 points and 6 assists. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 15 points and 5 assists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Hou shot 30-34 FT and Cle shot 13-17 FT. Dwight Howard (Hou, sprained left ankle), Francisco Garcia (Hou, personal reasons), Anthony Bennett (Cle, left patellar tendon strain), and Sergey Karasev (Cle, right knee patellar tendinitis) did not play. Cha 124, Por 94 at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 28 points including 13-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 23 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points. Dorell Wright (Por) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Cha shot 52.1% (49-94) FG and Por shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. Schedule for Sunday, March 23 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Toronto 12:00 pm Phoenix @ Minnesota 2:30 pm Washington @ Denver 4:00 pm Milwaukee @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Dallas 6:30 pm Cleveland @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 24 (All times Central) Houston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Portland @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Detroit @ Utah 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Clippers 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