News from March 25. Atlanta signed Austin Daye to a 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed Austin Daye on IL. Boston activated Isaiah Thomas and placed James Young on IL. Chicago activated Joakim Noah and Cameron Bairstow and placed Doug McDermott on IL. Houston activated Dwight Howard and placed Patrick Beverley on IL. Beverley is expected to be out 7 to 10 days with torn ligaments in his left wrist. The LA Clippers activated C.J. Wilcox and placed Nate Robinson on IL. Memphis activated Courtney Lee and placed Russ Smith on IL. Miami placed Dwyane Wade (swollen left knee) on IL. New York placed Alexey Shved (fractured rib) on IL. Phoenix activated Brandon Knight and placed Marcus Thornton on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Kyle Lowry (back spasms) on IL. Utah placed Rodney Hood on IL. Bro 91, Cha 88 at Cha Brook Lopez (Bro) had 34 points including 16-26 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 10 points including 2-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Darius Morris (Bro) had 13 points. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 23 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 23 points. LAC 111, NY 80 at NY Chris Paul (LAC) had 11 points, 16 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points on 7-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 21 points including 9-10 FG. Lance Thomas (NY) had 14 points. Cleanthony Early (NY) had 18 points. LAC shot 56.4% (44-78) FG and NY shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Tim Hardaway (NY, sprained right wrist) and Travis Wear (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Atl 95, Orl 83 at Orl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 25 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points and 9 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Atl out-scored Orl 27-12 in the 4th quarter. Atl shot 7-10 FT and Orl shot 16-20 FT. Ind 103, Was 101 at Was George Hill (Ind) had 29 points including the game winning layup with 2.7 seconds left, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 16 points. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 34 points including 10-11 FT and 6 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Toure Murry (Was, sprained left ankle) and DeJuan Blair (Was, personal reasons) did not play. Chi 116, Tor 103 at Tor Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 18 points. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points and 5 assists. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Chi shot 60.8% (45-74) FG and Tor shot 47% (39-83) FG. Mia 93, Bos 86 at Bos Goran Dragic (Mia) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Luol Deng (Mia) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points including 8-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Phil Pressey (Bos) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle 111, Mem 89 at Mem LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 22 points on 10-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points and 5 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 3 steals. Beno Udrih (Mem) had 15 points including 7-10 FG. LAL 101, Min 99 OT at Min Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 20 points including the game winning free throws with .3 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 19 points and 5 assists. Ed Davis (LAL) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points including 10-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), Nick Young (LAL, fractured left knee cap), Nikola Pekovic (Min, sore right ankle), Kevin Garnett (Min, sore left knee), Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Kevin Martin (Min), and Ricky Rubio (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Hou 95, NO 93 at NO Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 21 points on 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points including 6-14 FT, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Hou shot 9-12 FT and NO shot 20-32 FT. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) and Terrence Jones (Hou, partially collapsed lung) did not play. Phi 99, Den 85 at Den Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 14 points, 15 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 15 points including 4-11 FG. Robert Covington (Phi) had 25 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points and 6 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 16 points including 4-14 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Phi out-scored Den 27-9 in the 4th quarter. Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, sore left shoulder) did not play. Por 92, Uta 89 at Uta LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Dorell Wright (Por) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 26 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Trey Burke (Uta) had 22 points. Por out-scored Uta 37-24 in the 4th quarter. Chris Kaman (Por, strained right shoulder) did not play. SA 130, OKC 91 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points on 10-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Boris Diaw (SA) had 19 points on 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 7 assists. SA out-scored OKC 71-50 in the 1st half. SA shot 58% (51-88) FG and OKC shot 40% (36-90) FG. Sac 108, Pho 99 at Pho DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points including 11-19 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 14 points and 5 assists. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. 12 of the 13 road teams won. Schedule for Thursday, March 26 (All times Central) Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Schedule for Friday, March 27 (All times Central) Detroit @ Orlando 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Washington 6:00 pm Miami @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Boston @ New York 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Toronto 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Houston 7:00 pm Golden State @ Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah @ Denver 8:00 pm Portland @ Phoenix 9:00 pm NBATV ---- 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