News from March 11. Atlanta signed Jaylen Morris to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago elected not to signed Jarell Eddie to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Dallas signed Jameel Warney to a 10-day contract. Dallas elected not to sign Scotty Hopson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Milwaukee signed Brandon Jennings to a 10-day contract. Atlanta placed DeAndre Bembry (abdominal strain) on IL. Boston activated Kadeem Allen and placed Jaylen Brown (concussion) and Al Horford (ill) on IL. Cleveland placed Rodney Hood (strained lower back) and Cedi Osman (strained left hip) on IL. Dallas activated Dennis Smith, Nerlens Noel, and Johnathan Motley and placed Dorian Finney-Smith (rest) and Salah Mejri (strained right hamstring) on IL. Denver activated Wilson Chandler and placed Juan Hernangomez on IL. New York activated Courtney Lee and placed Lance Thoms (sprained right thumb) on IL. Sacramento activated De'Aaron Fox and Willie Cauley-Stein and placed Jack Cooley and Skal Labissiere (left hip contusion) on IL. Toronto activated Delon Wright and placed Alfonzo McKinnie on IL. Utah activated Erik McCree and placed Georges Niang on IL. Hou 105, Dal 82 at Dal Eric Gordon (Hou) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 6-11 3-pointers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Gerald Green (Hou) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 14 points including 4-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 46.4% (39-84) FG and Dal shot 35.1% (33-94) FG. Ryan Anderson (Hou, sore left hip), James Harden (Hou, sore left knee), and Wesley Matthews (right leg injury) on IL. Ind 99, Bos 97 at Bos Myles Turner (Ind) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 27 points and 3 steals. Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 20 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Ind shot 9-10 FT and Bos shot 17-21 FT. Phi 120, Bro 97 at Bro Robert Covington (Phi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 18 points on 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Phi shot 52.6% (50-95) FG and Bro shot 38.8% (33-85) FG. LAL 127, Cle 113 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 36 points on 14-18 FG and 8-10 FT, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 7 assists. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ante Zizic (Cle) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Tor 132, NY 106 at NY Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points on 4-6 FG and 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 16 points and 7 assists. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 25 points including 9-10 FT. Luke Kornet (NY) had 18 points. Enes Kanter (NY, back spasms) did not play. Chi 129, Atl 122 at Atl Zach LaVine (Chi) had 21 points. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 38 points on 11-18 FG, 7-13 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 19 points on 7-9 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl, sprained left elbow) did not play. Min 109, GS 103 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 31 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Min) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Kevin Durant (GS) had 39 points on 11-32 FG, 5-12 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 3-12 3-pointers and 5 assists. Uta 116, NO 99 at NO Joe Ingles (Uta) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 27 points including 3-10 3-pointers. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 30 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Den 130, Sac 104 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 20 points on 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 21 points. Jamal Murray (Den) had 20 points and 5 assists. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Den shot 56.2% (50-89) FG and Sac shot 42.9% (39-91) FG. Schedule for Monday, March 12 (All times Central) San Antonio at Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee at Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Miami at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Tuesday, March 13 (All times Central) Indiana at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Minnesota at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City at Atlanta 6:30 pm Toronto at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Dallas at New York 6:30 pm LA Clippers at Chicago 7:00 pm Charlotte at New Orleans 7:00 pm Orlando at San Antonio 7:30 pm Detroit at Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland at Phoenix 9:00 pm Denver at LA Lakers 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