News from March 20. The LA Clippers signed Jordan Hamilton for the rest of the season. Hamilton had previous been signed to two separate 10-day contracts with the Clippers. Charlotte activated P.J. Hairston and Cody Zeller and placed Troy Daniels and Noah Vonleh on IL. Chicago activated Taj Gibson. The LA Clippers activated C.J. Wilcox and placed Glen Davis on IL. Memphis activated Mike Conley and placed Russ Smith on IL. Miami activated Zoran Dragic. Sacramento placed DeMarcus Cousins (strained right calf) on IL. San Antonio activated Aron Baynes and placed Jeff Ayres on IL. Mem 112, Dal 101 at Dal Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Jeff Green (Mem) had 15 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points including 4-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 16 points including 5-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. LAC 113, Was 99 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points including 5-7 FG, 23 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 30 points including 12-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points. GS 112, NO 96 at GS Harrison Barnes (GS) had 22 points including 9-13 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 16 points including 4-17 FG and 11 assists. Marreese Speights (GS) had 13 points on 6-8 FG. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Norris Cole (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) and Anthony Davis (NO, sprained left ankle) did not play. Sac 101, Cha 91 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 33 points including 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Sac) had 13 points. Reggie Evans (Sac) had 4 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 20 point and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. SA 101, Bos 89 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Evan Turner (Bos) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 16 points. OKC 123, Atl 115 at OKC Dion Waiters (OKC) had 26 points including 11-18 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points on 8-24 FG and 17-17 FT, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, and 6 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 21 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 19 points and 4 steals. Dennis Schroeder (Atl) had 21 points. Pero Antis (Atl) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (OKC, sprained left ankle) did not play. Chi 108, Tor 92 at Chi Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 21 points. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 8 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 29 points including 3-11 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Chi shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Tor shot 38% (30-79) FG. Mia 108, Den 91 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 18 points on 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Cle 95, Ind 92 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 13 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Bro 129, Mil 127 3OT at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 24 points and 5 rebounds in 53 minutes. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 32 points including 13-20 FG, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 blocks. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 14 rebounds in 53 minutes. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 22 points, 21 rebounds including 18 offensive, and 7 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 29 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals in 55 minutes. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 19 points including 7-26 FG and 6 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Mil, back spasms) and O.J. Mayo (Mil, sore right hamstring) did not play. Phi 97, NY 81 at Phi Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, 5 steals, and 3 blocks. Ish Smith (Phi) had 15 points and 9 assists. Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Alexey Shved (NY) had 25 points including 7-8 3-pointers. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 17 points on 4-11 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Thomas Robinson (Phi, rib contusion), Cleanthony Early (NY, sprained left ankle), and Tim Hardaway (NY, sprained right wrist) did not play. Orl 111, Por 104 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 22 points including 7-23 FG and 8 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 22 points including 10-13 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 10 assists, and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 31 points and 10 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points. Dewayne Dedmon (Orl, sprained left ankle), Willie Green (Orl, lower back spasms), and Tobias Harris (Orl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 21 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Indiana 6:00 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Houston 7:00 pm Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Utah @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 22 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Milwaukee 2:00 pm Miami @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm San Antonio @ Atlanta 2:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm New York @ Toronto 3:00 pm Washington @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Detroit @ Boston 5:00 pm Denver @ Orlando 5:00 pm Charlotte @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Lakers 8:30 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