News from March 11. Houston elected not to sign Will Conroy to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Devin Brown and placed Luol Deng (strained right calf) on IL. Orlando activated Adonal Foyle and placed Mickael Pietrus (strained neck) on IL. Atlanta activated Randolph Morris and placed Maurice Evans on IL. Orl 111, Chi 82 at Orl Matt Barnes (Orl) had 14 points. Vince Carter (Orl) had 23 points. Brandon Bass (Orl) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 8 rebounds. James Johnson (Chi) had 13 points and 3 steals. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Orl shot 55.1% (38-69) FG and Chi shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Atl 105, Was 99 at Was Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9-11 FT. Andray Blatche (Was) had 30 points including 12-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. JaVale McGee (Was) had 20 points on 10-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Por 110, GS 105 at GS Brandon Roy (Por) had 41 points on 14-22 FG and 13-17 FT and 8 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Por) had 4 points including 1-7 FG and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Andre Miller (Por) had 15 points including 4-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Corey Maggette (GS) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 17 points. Por out-scored GS 27-9 in the 4th quarter. Andris Biedrins (GS, sports hernia), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Friday, March 12 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm Chicago @ Miami 6:30 pm Washington @ Detroit 7:00 pm New York @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV New Jersey @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Utah @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Portland @ Sacramento 9:00 pm ---- 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