News from March 25. Oklahoma City elected not to sign Mustaf Shakur to a 2nd 10-day contract. Portland activated Rudy Fernandez and placed Patrick Mills on IL. Houston placed Shane Battier (Hou, hyperextended left knee) on IL. Miami activated Udonis Haslem and placed Yakhouba Diawara on IL. Por 101, Dal 89 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Marcus Camby (Por) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Caron Butler (Dal) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Por shot 18-26 FT and Dal shot 8-9 FT. Mia 103, Chi 74 at Chi Michael Beasley (Mia) had 15 points. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 24 points including 9-14 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 12 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Chi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Mia shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Chi shot 32.9% (27-82) FG. LAC 99, Hou 93 at Hou Drew Gooden (LAC) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Baron Davis (LAC) had 16 points and 8 assists. Craig Smith (LAC) had 25 points on 10-13 FG and 5-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points including 7-20 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan Hill (Hou, sprained left ankle), Jared Jeffries (Hou, strained left Achilles), and Kevin Martin (Hou, sore left shoulder) did not play. Schedule for Friday, March 26 (All times Central) Washington @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah @ Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Minnesota @ Orlando 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Denver @ Toronto 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ New Jersey 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm New York @ Phoenix 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