News from March 8. Minnesota signed Lance Stephenson to a 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Wayne Selden to a 10-day contract. New Orleans elected not to sign Reggie Williams to a 2nd 10-day contract. Boston activated Al Horford and placed James Young on IL. Chicago activated Rajon Rondo and placed Isaiah Canaan on IL. Indiana activated Lavoy Allen and placed Joe Young on IL. San Antonio activated Joel Anthony and Bryn Forbes and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (rest) and Kawhi Leonard (rest) on IL. Utah activated George Hill and placed Derrick Favors on IL. Bos 99, GS 86 at GS Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 7-20 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Al Horford (Bos) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bos out-scored GS 27-12 in the 4th quarter. Bos shot 15-19 FT and GS shot 6-9 FT. Was 123, Den 113 at Den Otto Porter (Was) had 22 points on 10-15 FG and 4 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 10 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 21 points including 10-16 FG. Mason Plumlee (Den) had 19 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 26 points on 10-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Danilo Gallinari (Den, ill) did not play. SA 114, Sac 104 at SA David Lee (SA) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Sac out-scored SA 37-15 in the 1st quarter, but SA out-scored Sac 99-67 in the last 3 quarters. Ind 115, Det 98 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 15 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tobias Harris (Det) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Min 107, LAC 91 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points on 5-17 FG and 10-10 FT. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 29 points on 14-21 FG and 14 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points and 6 turnovers. Brandon Rush (Min, ill) did not play. Uta 115, Hou 108 at Hou Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 23 points on 7-8 FG and 9-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 35 points including 0-8 3-pointers and 15-16 FT, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. George Hill (Uta, sore left big toe) did not play. Tor 94, NO 87 at NO Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 25 points on 9-13 FG and 7-11 FT and 13 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 6 assists. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 25 points including 8-23 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. E'Twuan Moore (NO) had 13 points. Mil 104, NY 93 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 32 points including 10-13 FT, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (NY) had 26 points on 13-16 FG and 6 assists. Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mil shot 22-28 FT and NY shot 8-12 FT. Mia 108, Cha 101 at Mia Dion Waiters (Mia) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 10 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 33 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Frank Kaminsky (Cha, left AC joint sprain) did not play. Atl 110, Bro 105 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 24 points. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 31 points including 10-10 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) 27 points. Orl 98, Chi 91 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 22 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 14 assists. Terrence Ross (Orl) had 14 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 21 points including 7-21 FG, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl, sore right Achilles) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 9 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Philadelphia @ Portland 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 10 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Houston @ Chicago 7:00 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Boston @ Denver 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Dallas 8:00 pm Washington @ Sacramento 9:30 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