News from March 8.

Dallas activated Popeye Jones and placed Evan Eschmeyer on IR with
swelling in his right knee.

Boston signed Bimbo Coles and placed Mark Bryant on IR with right knee
tendinitis.

San Antonio placed David Robinson on IR with lower back pain and spasms.

Indiana activated Fred Jones and placed Jamison Brewer on IR with a mild
left shoulder strain.

Nazr Mohammed (Atl) is scheduled to undergo season ending surgery to
repair a stress fracture in his right foot.


Stats leaders
Points
  Tracy McGrady (Orl)     31.5
  Kobe Bryant (LAL)       30.6
  Allen Iverson (Phi)     27.5

Rebounds
  Ben Wallace (Det)       14.6
  Kevin Garnett (Min)     13.2
  Tim Duncan (SA)         12.9

Assists
  Gary Payton (Mil)        8.7
  Jason Kidd (NJ)          8.6
  Stephon Marbury (Pho)    8.3


Dal 101, Uta 77  at Dal
Michael Finley (Dal) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
Adrian Griffin (Dal) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 16 points.
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Walt Williams (Dal, sprained left index finger) did not play.

Mil 138, GS 133 OT  at Mil
Desmond Mason (Mil) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
Tim Thomas (Mil) had 21 points and 9 rebounds.
Sam Cassell (Mil) had 28 points on 10-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 13 assists.
Gary Payton (Mil) had 28 points and 10 assists.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 22 points and 7 rebounds.
Antawn Jamison (GS) had 40 points on 14-21 FG and 11-14 FT.
Troy Murphy (GS) had 12 points, 22 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Gilbert Arenas (GS) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7
assists, and 6 turnovers.
Jason Richardson (GS) had 22 points.
Danny Fortson (GS, personal reasons) did not play.

Por 94, Ind 80  at Por
Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Dale Davis (Por) had 17 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds.
Derek Anderson (Por) had 18 points including 5-14 FG.
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 25 points and 6 rebounds.
Brad Miller (Ind) had 13 points on 6-8 FG.
Austin Croshere (Ind, personal reasons) did not play.

Hou 83, NJ 71  at Hou
Yao Ming (Hou) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Steve Francis (Hou) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 18 points.
Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 13 rebounds.
Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.

Tor 107, Atl 98  at Atl
Antonio Davis (Tor) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Vince Carter (Tor) had 43 points including 16-24 FG and 5-8 3-pointers.
Voshon Lenard (Tor) had 23 points including 4-10 3-pointers.
Glenn Robinson (Atl) had 29 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Theo Ratliff (Atl) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds.
Nazr Mohammed (Atl, sore right foot) did not play.

LAC 103, Chi 97  at Chi
Andre Miller (LAC) had 12 points and 10 assists.
Corey Maggette (LAC) had 25 points.
Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 21 points.
Eddy Curry (Chi) had 26 points including 10-15 FG.
Jalen Rose (Chi) had 30 points including 12-21 FG, 11 assists, and 7
turnovers.

Mem 115, Cle 89  at Cle
Mike Miller (Mem) had 21 points including 7-10 FG.
Stromile Swift (Mem) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 10 rebounds, 5
blocks, and 3 steals.
Pau Gasol (Mem) had 27 points including 11-13 FG and 6 rebounds.
Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Juamine Jones (Cle) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6
rebounds.
Mem shot 57.3% (47-82) FG and Cle shot 47.1% (33-70) FG.
Lorenzen Wright (Mem, personal reasons) and Dajuan Wagner (Cle, sprained
right knee) did not play.

Den 98, Mia 92  at Mia
Juwan Howard (Den) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Nene Hilario (Den) had 16 points including 8-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4
steals.
Junior Harrington (Den) had 19 points.
Brian Grant (Mia) had 16 points and 16 rebounds.
Rasual Butler (Mia) had 22 points and 5 rebounds.