News from March 11. The LA Lakers signed David Nwaba to a 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta placed Dwight Howard on IL. Dallas activated A.J. Hammons and placed Manny Harris and Jarrod Uthoff on IL. Golden State activated Damian Jones and placed Draymond Green (rest) on IL. New Orleans activated Omer Asik and placed Cheick Diallo on IL. San Antonio activated Kyle Anderson and Manu Ginobili and placed Kawhi Leonard (concussion) and LaMarcus Aldridge on IL. Aldridge is out indefinitely while undergoing tests for a heart arrhythmia. Washington activated Daniel Ochefu and placed Sheldon McClellan on IL. Pho 100, Dal 98 at Dal Devin Booker (Pho) had 36 points on 12-20 FG and 10-10 FT including the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 5 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 12 points including 4-16 FG and 6 assists. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 23 points on 5-16 FG and 13-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Was 125, Por 124 OT at Por Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 39 points on 13-23 FG and 10-12 FT, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Was) had 13 points including the game winning jumper with .4 seconds left and 11 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 34 points including 13-23 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ed Davis (Por, left shoulder) did not play. Den 105, Sac 92 at Sac Nikola Jokic (Den) had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 24 points including 10-15 FG. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 13 points including 3-11 FG 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Atl 107, Mem 90 at Mem Paul Millsap (Atl) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 17 points including 5-6 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 20 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Atl shot 50% (36-72) FG and Mem shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. SA 107, GS 85 at SA Patty Mills (SA) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. David Lee (SA) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Matt Barnes (GS) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 turnovers. Ian Clark (GS) had 36 points including 15-21 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. SA shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and GS shot 35.9% (33-92) FG. Tony Parker (SA, sore back), Stephen Curry (GS, rest), and Klay Thompson (GS, rest) did not play. Mia 104, Tor 89 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 12 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 16 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points including 5-16 FG Mia shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Tor shot 37.5% (33-88) FG. Mil 102, Min 95 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points and 7 assists. Tony Snell (Mil) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Matthew Dellavedova (Mil) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 8 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 35 points including 14-21 FG and 14 rebounds. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil, sore back) and Mirza Teletovic (Mil, strained left hamstring) did not play. Cle 116, Orl 104 at Orl LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 6-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 13 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Cle shot 50% (43-86) FG and Orl shot 39.6% (38-96) FG. NO 125, Cha 122 OT at Cha Anthony Davis (NO) had 46 points including 18-31 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 21 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 15 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Jordan Crawford (NO) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 27 points including 12-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Nicolas Barum (Cha) had 24 points including 4-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 4-15 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists Omer Asik (NO, ill), Frank Kaminsky (Cha, sprained left AC joint), and Johnny O'Bryant (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Det 112, NY 92 at Det Tobias Harris (Det) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 24 points on 10-12 FG and 4-10 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. LAC 112, Phi 100 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points on 6-7 FG and 7-10 FT, 20 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 30 points including 11-16 FG a 4-4 3-pointers and 7 assists Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 pois, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 9 rebounds. LAC shot 24-29 FT and Phi shot 10-14 FT. Gerald Henderson (Phi, rest) and Tiago Splitter (Phi, strained right calf) did not play. OKC 112, Uta 104 at OKC Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 22 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points on 9-26 FG, 3-10 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Dante Exum (Uta) had 22 points including 7-8 FG. Alec Burks (Uta) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobet (Uta, sore right leg) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 12 (All times Central) Chicago @ Boston 2:30 pm ABC New York @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 5:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Cleveland @ Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 13 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Dallas @ Toronto 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Washington @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm Orlando @ Sacramento 9:30 pm LA Lakers @ Denver 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