News from March 18. Miami signed Michael Beasley for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta placed Thabo Sefolosha (calf injury) on IL. Boston placed James Young on IL. Dallas activated Al-Farouq Aminu and placed Greg Smith on IL. Cleveland activated Kevin Love and placed Joe Harris on IL. Golden State activated Brandon Rush and placed Klay Thompson on IL. Thompson is expected to be out at least a week with a sprained right ankle. Dal 107, Orl 102 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 21 points. Devin Harris (Dal) had 12 points and 5 assists. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 19 points including 7-20 FG and 0-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dewayne Dedmon (Orl, sprained left ankle), Willie Green (Orl, lower back spasms), and Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Was 88, Uta 84 at Uta Paul Pierce (Was) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 24 points including 9-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Was shot 52.4% (33-63) FG and Uta shot 41.5% (34-82) FG. GS 114, Atl 95 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 25 points including 11-13 FG. Draymond Green (GS) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. GS shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and Atl shot 35.6% (31-87) FG. LAC 116, Sac 105 at Sac Hedo Turkoglu (LAC) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 27 points including 9-16 FG and 7-12 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 30 points on 13-20 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 11 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points on 6-19 FG and 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Sac) had 16 points on 8-11 FG. Matt Barnes (LAC, sore right hamstring) and DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, strained right calf) did not play. OKC 122, Bos 118 at OKC Enes Kanter (OKC) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points on 8-26 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 19-22 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 20 points including 8-11 FG. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 25 points including 7-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 20 points. SA 114, Mil 103 at Mil Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Danny Green (SA) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Boris Diaw (SA) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Mil, back spasms) and O.J. Mayo (Mil, sore right hamstring) did not play. Chi 103, Ind 86 at Chi Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 25 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 12 points. Tor 105, Min 100 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points on 4-14 FG and 12-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 15 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 14 points. Kevin Martin (Min) had 37 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Min) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Mia 108, Por 104 at Mia Luol Deng (Mia) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points and 6 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 11 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 34 points including 15-24 FG and 12 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 17 points. Phi 94, Det 83 at Phi Ish Smith (Phi) had 15 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Thomas Robinson (Phi) had 12 point, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 11 points including 4-17 FG, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cle 117, Bro 92 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points and 7 assists. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 17 points including 7-8 FG. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 20 points and 6 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 10 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Schedule for Thursday, March 19 (All times Central) Minnesota @ New York 6:30 pm Denver @ Houston 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Utah @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Friday, March 20 (All times Central) Portland @ Orlando 6:00 pm New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Indiana @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Denver @ Miami 6:30 pm Toronto @ Chicago 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Memphis @ Dallas 7:30 pm Boston @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Sacramento 9:00 pm New Orleans @ Golden State 9:30 pm Washington @ 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