News from March 15. Atlanta signed Austin Daye to a 10-day contract. Atlanta elected not to signed Jarell Eddie to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Mike Scott (Atl) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a broken left big toe. Cleveland activated Shawn Marion and placed Kevin Love (rest) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Blake Griffin and placed Chris Wilcox on IL. Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 26.9 Stephen Curry (GS) 23.3 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 23.3 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14.7 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.2 Pau Gasol (Chi) 12.0 Assists Chris Paul (LAC) 10.0 John Wall (Was) 10.0 Ty Lawson (Den) 9.7 OKC 109, Chi 100 at OKC Enes Kanter (OKC) had 18 points and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 10-13 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Steven Adams (OKC) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 27 points. Hou 100, LAC 98 at LAC Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 34 points including 17-18 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 5 points including 1-8 FT, 20 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 23 points including 7-21 FG and 5 assists. Den 118, NO 111 2OT at NO Kenneth Faried (Den) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Will Barton (Den) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points including 16-28 FG, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 9 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) did not play. Cle 123, Orl 108 at Orl LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 25 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 33 points including 12-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6-10 FT and 7 assists. Cle shot 59.2% (45-76) FG and Orl shot 47.7% (42-88) FG. Willie Green (Orl, lower back spasms) did not play. SA 123, Min 97 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 11 points and 8 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. SA out-scored Min 33-13 in the 3rd quarter. Por 113, Tor 97 at Tor LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points and 5 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 10 points, 12 assists, and 3 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points on 7-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Joel Freeland (Por, suspended) did not play. Pho 102, NY 89 at Pho Marcus Morris (Pho) had 20 points on 9-14 FG. Brandan Wright (Pho) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 18 points. Alexey Shved (NY) had 18 points. Alex Len (Pho, sprained right ankle) did not play. Atl 91, LAL 86 at LAL Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dennis Schroeder (Atl) had 24 points including 9-11 FT and 10 assists. Shelvin Mack (Atl) had 18 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 10 points including 4-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Carlos Boozer (LAL) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Atl, rest), Paul Millsap (Atl, rest), Jeff Teague (Atl, rest), Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 16 (All times Central) Toronto @ Indiana 6:00 pm Portland @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Boston 6:30 pm Denver @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Utah 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Tuesday, March 17 (All times Central) Memphis @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ 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