News from March 27. New York signed Joe Crawford to a 10-day contract. New York elected not to sign Demetris Nichols for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Jermareo Davidson (GS) underwent surgery on his left foot to repair a broken bone. He is out for the rest of the season. Sacramento activated Bobby Jackson and placed Will Solomon on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Fabricio Oberto on IL. Oberto will be out at least 2 games with an irregular heartbeat. The LA Clippers activated Mardy Collins and placed Baron Davis (stomach flu) on IL. New Jersey activated Devin Harris and placed Maurice Ager on IL. Toronto activated Pops Mensah-Bonsu and placed Nathan Jawai on IL. Orlando activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Adonal Foyle on IL. Den 103, Dal 101 at Dal Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 43 points including 18-29 FG and 11 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 22 points on 9-12 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points on 7-23 FG and 12-13 FT and 11 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 20 points including 6-17 FG. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Den shot 56% (42-75) FG and Dal shot 35.6% (31-87) FG. Den shot 12-18 FT and Dal shot 30-37 FT. Nene (Den, suspended), Josh Howard (Dal, sore ankle), and Jason Kidd (Dal, sore back) did not play. SA 111, LAC 98 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Drew Gooden (SA) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Mike Taylor (LAC) had 23 points including 10-13 FG. Mardy Collins (LAC, sore right foot) did not play. NY 103, NO 93 at NY Wilson Chandler (NY) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 11 rebounds. David West (NO) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Cle 107, Min 85 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 7-10 FT, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Delonte West (Cle) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min) had 18 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Cle shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and Min shot 41% (32-78) FG. Orl 110, Mil 94 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points including 10-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 19 points. Orl shot 51.3% (41-80) FG and Mil shot 39.1% (36-92) FG. Bos 99, Atl 93 at Atl Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points including 8-10 FT and 5 assists. Glen Davis (Bos) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ray Allen (Bos) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 19 points. Leon Powe (Bos, sprained right knee) and Kevin Garnett (Bos, sore right knee) did not play. Cha 100, Phi 95 at Phi Rasheed Wallace (Cha) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 24 points and 6 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 20 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 21 points on 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. LAL 103, NJ 95 at NJ Pau Gasol (LAL) had 36 points on 14-19 FG and 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 14 points including 5-19 FG, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 18 points. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Jarvis Hayes (NJ) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tor 112, OKC 96 at Tor Shawn Marion (Tor) had 20 points on 10-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 18 points on 4-13 FG and 9-11 FT and 3 steals. Nick Collison (OKC) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Tor shot 8-9 FT and OKC shot 23-29 FT. Mem 113, Sac 95 at Sac Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points including 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 27 points including 11-11 Ft and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 31 points including 12-13 FT. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, March 28 (All times Central) Indiana @ Chicago 1:00 pm New York @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Detroit @ Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Miami 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Houston 7:30 pm Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm Phoenix @ Utah 8:00 pm Memphis @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html