News from March 4. Atlanta signed Brandon Williams to a 2nd 10-day contract. Detroit activated Pepe Sanchez and placed Chucky Atkins on IR with a bone bruise in his left knee. Miami activated Anthony Carter and placed Eddie Jones on IR with a sprained right ankle. Etan Thomas (Was) underwent eye surgery and is expected to be out 5 to 6 weeks. The International committee announced their nominations for the Basketball Hall of Fame for the class of 2003. The nominees are: Drazen Dalipagic played in Yugoslavia and Italy; European Player of the Year 1977, 1978, 1980, won Olympic gold medal in 1980 Pedro Ferrandiz 15 years coaching in Spanish league, 12 Spanish league titles, 4 European Cup championships, 427-90 record Dino Meneghin 28 years playing in Italy for a record 834 games A nominee needs at least 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee to be inducted. The announcement for the new inductees will occur April 7. Dal 88, NJ 79 at Dal Michael Finley (Dal) had 15 points including 4-17 FG and 4 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points and 13 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 8 assists. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Williams (NJ) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Sea 92, Min 83 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brent Barry (Sea) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Troy Hudson (Min) had 21 points and 6 assists. Pho 104, SA 97 at SA Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 35 points including 12-14 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 35 points including 14-18 FG, 21 rebounds including 8 offensive, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Pho shot 59.1% (39-66) FG and SA shot 46.3% (38-82) FG. Pho shot 10-13 3-pointers and SA shot 3-26 3-pointers. GS 107, Ind 100 at GS Erick Dampier 9GS) had 20 points including 10-12 FG and 4 blocks. Jason Richardson (GS) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (GS) had 22 points, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ron Artest (Ind) had 32 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. GS shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Ind shot 40% (34-85) FG. Danny Fortson (GS, death in family) did not play. Tor 89, Was 86 at Was Antonio Davis (Tor) had 11 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Tor) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 6 steals. Voshon Lenard (Tor) had 14 points including 5-15 FG. Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 21 points including 8-22 FG. Christian Laettner (Was) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Lindsey Hunter (Tor, sore lower back), Jelani McCoy (Tor, sprained left ankle), and Mamadou N'diaye (Tor, stress fracture) did not play. Det 96, Hou 83 at Det Richard Hamilton (Det) had 26 points including 8-11 FG. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Jon Barry (Det) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points including 8-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 25 points including 10-17 FG. NY 89, Cle 80 at NY Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 25 points including 8-23 FG. Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 24 points. Mil 100, Mia 91 at Mia Desmond Mason (Mil) had 17 points on 4-14 FG and 9-11 FT. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Gary Payton (Mil) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Malik Allen (Mia) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Brian Grant (Mia) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Atl 92, Den 86 at Atl Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 30 points including 13-21 FG and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Dion Glover (Atl) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Den) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Vincent Yarbrough (Den) had 11 points and 7 rebounds.