News from March 29. New York signed Ricky Ledo to a 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Clippers signed Lester Hudson to a 10-day contract. Dallas activated Greg Smith and placed Monta Ellis (injured right calf) on IL. Indiana activated Rodney Stuckey and placed Shayne Whittington on IL. The LA Clippers placed Ekpe Udoh on IL. San Antonio activated Aron Baynes and placed Jeff Ayres on IL. Ind 104, Dal 99 at Ind C.J. Miles (Ind) had 28 points including 9-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. George Hill (Ind) had 14 points and 5 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 27 points and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Dal) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. OKC 109, Pho 97 at Pho Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points on 10-29 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, and 12-14 FT, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Steven Adams (OKC) had 13 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. D.J. Augustin (OKC) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Roberson (OKC, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 103, Mem 89 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 25 points including 11-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Jeff Green (Mem) had 19 points. Tony Allen (Mem, strained left hamstring) did not play. Mia 109, Det 102 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 40 points including 12-13 FT and 6 rebounds. James Ennis (Mia) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 32 points including 14-17 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 31 points including 12-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. LAC 119, Bos 106 at Bos Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 27 points on 11-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10 assists. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 19 points on 4-12 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 assists. Cle 87, Phi 86 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Robert Covington (Phi) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Ish Smith (Phi) had 11 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. NO 110, Min 88 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Omer Asik (NO) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 12 points and 7 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Zach LaVine (Min) had 17 points and 6 turnovers. NO shot 57.3% (43-75) FG and Min shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL), Nikola Pekovic (Min, sore right ankle), Gary Neal (Min, sprained left ankle), Kevin Garnett (Min, sore left knee), Kevin Martin (Min), and Ricky Rubio (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Bro 107, LAL 99 at Bro Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 30 points including 13-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Markel Brown (Bro) had 17 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Thaddeus Young (Bro, strained left knee), Jeremy Lin (LAL, upper respiratory infection), Carlos Boozer (LAL, upper respiratory infection), Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), Nick Young (LAL, fractured left knee cap) did not play. Hou 99, Was 91 at Was James Harden (Hou) had 24 points on 7-20 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Josh Smith (Hou) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 25 points including 11-12 FG, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou, lower back pain) and DeJuan Blair (Was, personal reasons) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 30 (All times Central) Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston @ Toronto 6:30 pm NBATV Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Tuesday, March 31 (All times Central) Indiana @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Miami 7:00 pm TNT Golden State @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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