News from March 5. Dallas activated Travis Best and placed Tony Delk on IR with a sprained left ankle. Toronto signed Rod Strickland and released Jannero Pargo. Milwaukee signed Brevin Knight and released Anthony Goldwire. SA 113, Dal 100 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 5 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (SA) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Malik Rose (SA) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Radoslav Nesterovic (SA) had 13 points, 15 rebounds including 8 offensive, 5 assists, and 7 blocks. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Michael Finley (Dal) had 19 points. Steve Nash (Dal) had 13 points including 3-9 FG and 12 assists. SA shot 50% (38-76) FG and Dal shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. Ind 96, Uta 88 at Uta Ron Artest (Ind) had 17 points and 5 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 30 points including 12-14 FT and 10 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 19 points including 8-12 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Raja Bell (Uta) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Gordan Giricek (Uta, birth of daughter) did not play. Hou 112, Min 109 at Min Yao Ming (Hou) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 25 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 32 points and 18 rebounds. Sam Cassell (Min) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 13 assists. LAL 99, Sea 91 at LAL Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 32 points on 10-16 FG and 12-18 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gary Payton (LAL) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kareem Rush (LAL) had 11 points. Ray Allen (Sea) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ronald Murray (Sea) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Horace Grant (LAL, hip flexor strain) did not play. NJ 78, GS 74 at GS Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ, bone bruise left knee) and Speedy Claxton (GS, fractured right hand) did not play. Orl 101, Atl 96 at Orl Juwan Howard (Orl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Tyronn Lue (Orl) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Jackson (Atl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 21 points including 8-22 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Orl shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Atl shot 41.7% (34-84) FG. Zeljko Rebraca (Atl, lower back injury) and Travis Hansen (Atl, right foot injury) did not play. Cle 88, NO 85 at NO Eric Williams (Cle) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points. Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 21 points on 6-21 FG and 9-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Baron Davis (NO) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Robert Traylor (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Bos 94, Was 90 at Bos Mark Blount (Bos) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points on 7-23 FG and 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 17 points and 3 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Juan Dixon (Was) had 17 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Jerry Stackhouse (Was, ankle tendinitis) did not play. NY 109, Tor 103 at Tor Nazr Mohammed (NY) had 20 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Allan Houston (NY) had 16 points. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 35 points including 10-11 FT and 9 assists. Vince Carter (Tor) had 32 points including 7-10 FT and 9 assists. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Othella Harrington (NY, personal reasons) and Frank Williams (NY, personal reasons) did not play.