News from March 27. The NBA fined Evan Turner (Por) $10,000 for making an inappropriate gesture during Sunday's Por-OKC game. Memphis signed MarSchon Brooks to a 10-day contract and released Brice Johnson. Toronto elected not to sign Nigel Hayes to a 2nd 10-day contract after his 1st 10-day contract expired. Utah signed David Stockton to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Lauri Markkanen and placed Paul Zipser (left foot pain) on IL. Cleveland activated Jeff Green. Dallas activated Jalen Jones and Johnathan Motley and placed J.J. Barea (personal reasons) and Dorian Finney-Smith (rest) on IL. Houston activated Ryan Anderson and placed James Harden (sore right hand) and Luc Mbah a Moute (sore left knee) on IL. Indiana activated Domantas Sabonis and placed Alex Poythress on IL. The LA Clippers activated Tyrone Wallace. Miami activated Derrick Jones and placed Bam Adebayo (sprained right ankle) on IL. Milwaukee activated Marshall Plumlee and placed Thon Maker (strained right groin) on IL. Portland placed Maurice Harkless (left knee injury) on IL. Sacramento activated JaKarr Sampson. Dal 103, Sac 97 at Sac Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Doug McDermott (Dal) had 15 points on 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Dal, rest) and Dwight Powell (Dal, knee bursitis) did not play. Ind 92, GS 81 at GS Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 17 points. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 17 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 24 points including 9-12 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Nick Young (GS) had 12 points including 4-11 FG. Quinn Cook (GS) had 11 points including 5-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Ind out-scored GS 24-11 in the 4th quarter. LAC 105, Mil 99 at LAC Tobias Harris (LAC) had 19 points and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points and 16 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 16 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 blocks. Por 107, NO 103 at NO Evan Turner (Por) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 21 points including 10-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 41 points including 18-33 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points including 15-24 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (NO, sprained right wrist) did not play. Hou 118, Chi 86 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 21 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 8-13 3-pointers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 22 points and 5 turnovers. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Clint Capela (Hou, sprained left thumb) did not play. Mia 98, Cle 79 at Mia Josh Richardson (Mia) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. James Johnson (Mia) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rodney Hood (Cle) had 15 points. Mia shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Cle shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Tor 114, Den 110 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points and 8 assists. Fred VanVleet (Tor) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers Paul Millsap (Den) had 20 points including 9-12 FG. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 29 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 8 assists. Was 116, SA 106 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 14 points including 6-7 FG. Markieff Morris (Was) had 15 points on 7-7 FG. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 13 points. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 12 points and 6 assists. Schedule for Wednesday, March 28 (All times Central) Cleveland at Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn at Orlando 6:00 pm New York at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Portland at Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta at Minnesota 7:00 pm Boston at Utah 8:30 pm ESPN LA Clippers at Phoenix 9:00 pm Dallas at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, March 29 (All times Central) Washington at Detroit 6:00 pm Chicago at Miami 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Indiana at Sacramento 9:00 pm Milwaukee at Golden State 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