News from March 9. Sacramento signed Royce White. Boston activated Avery Bradley and placed Gerald Wallace (torn meniscus left knee) on IL. Minnesota activated Robbie Hummel and placed A.J. Price on IL. Toronto activated Dwight Buycks and placed Patrick Patterson on IL. Patterson is expected to be out 7 to 10 days with a sprained right elbow. Dal 105, Ind 94 at Dal Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 14 points including 3-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 27 points and 11 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. George Hill (Ind) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. GS 113, Pho 107 at GS David Lee (GS) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points and 9 assists. Gerald Green (Pho) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tor 111, Min 104 at Min DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points including 9-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 15 points on 7-9 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 17 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (Min) had 20 points. Hou 118, Por 113 OT at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 41 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 10-11 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 17 points including 7-13 FT, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 26 points including 10-12 FT. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points on 10-27 FG and 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 26 points on 5-15 FG, 4-11 3-pointers, and 12-13 FT and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 point and 7 turnovers. Bro 104, Sac 89 at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points and 5 assists. Marcus Thornton (Bro) had 27 points on 11-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 10 points and 7 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 13-19 FG, 20 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points. Sac out-rebounded Bro 53-27 including 20-1 offensive. Bos 118, Det 111 at Bos Jeff Green (Bos) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 5-12 3-pointers. Kris Humphries (Bos) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 11 points on 5-15 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 18 assists, and 3 steals. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Det) had 28 points and 11 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points and 22 rebounds including 10 offensive. Avery Bradley (Bos, sore right ankle) and Peyton Siva (Det, sprained left ankle) did not play. NO 111, Den 107 OT at NO Tyreke Evans (NO) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 32 points including 12-16 FT, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 blocks. Austin Rivers (NO) had 13 points and 5 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 14 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 15 points on 3-12 FG and 9-11 FT, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. LAL 114, OKC 110 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 42 points on 11-18 FG, 6-11 3-pointers, and 14-14 FT and 4 steals. Ryan Kelly (LAL) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7-11 FT, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 21 points and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points including 7-23 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. OKC out-rebounded LAL 59-36 including 19-1 offensive. Chi 95, Mia 88 OT at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 20 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 16 points including 4-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points on 8-23 FG, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Chi out-scored Mia 9-2 in overtime. Schedule for Monday, March 10 (All times Central) Denver @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Tuesday, March 11 (All times Central) Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Chicago 7:00 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Dallas @ Golden State 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