News from March 12.

Portland signed Maurice Baker to a 10-day contract and placed Nick Van
Exel on IR with an arthritic left knee.

Brad Miller (Sac) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a broken left
leg (fibula).


Stat Leaders
Points
Allen Iverson (Phi)    30.2
Kobe Bryant (LAL)      28.6
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal)    26.9

Rebounds
Kevin Garnett (Min)    13.8
Ben Wallace (Det)      12.1
Tim Duncan (SA)        11.6

Assists
Steve Nash (Pho)       11.4
Stephon Marbury (NY)    8.3
Brevin Knight (Cha)     8.3


Den 90, SA 87  at SA
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 21 points on 4-17 FG and 12-13 FT and 6
rebounds.
Kenyon Martin (Den) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Andre Miller (Den) had 14 points.
Tony Massenburg (SA) had 16 points and 8 rebounds.
Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points.
Tim Duncan (SA, sprained right ankle) and Manu Ginobili (SA, strained
right groin) did not play.

Mia 90, NJ 65  at Mia
Eddie Jones (Mia) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Damon Jones (Mia) had 15 points and 5 assists.
Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds.
Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 12 points.
Ron Mercer (NJ, lower back) did not play.

Por 80, Mem 66  at Por
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Por) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Richie Frahm (Por) had 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Theo Ratliff (Por) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks.
Brian Cardinal (Mem) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Damon Stoudamire (Por, left hamstring and groin), Zach Randolph (Por,
right knee injury), and Stromile Swift (Mem, sprained left ankle) did not
play.

LAL 117, Cha 116  at Cha
Chris Mihm (LAL) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Chucky Atkins (LAL) had 26 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 6 assists.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 4-6 3-pointers and the game
winning long jumper with .9 seconds left and 9 assists.
Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 30 points including 13-22 FG and 11 rebounds.
Brevin Knight (Cha) had 21 points including 9-10 FT, 17 assists, and 4
steals.

NO 111, Mil 107  at NO
P.J. Brown (NO) had 16 points including 6-9 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Dan Dickau (NO) had 17 points and 7 assists.
J.R. Smith (NO) had 17 points and 5 assists.
Maurice Williams (Mil) had 19 points and 7 assists.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 29 points on 9-24 FG and 9-10 FT.
George Lynch (NO, personal reasons) did not play.

GS 105, Atl 92  at Atl
Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 22 points including 6-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds.
Jason Richardson (GS) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 3 steals.
Baron Davis (GS) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 8 assists.
Al Harrington (Atl) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Josh Childress (Atl) had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
GS shot 18-33 3-pointers and Atl shot 1-8 3-pointers.