News from March 11. New Jersey signed Sundiata Gaines to a 2nd 10-day contract. Portland signed Jarron Collins to a 2nd 10-day contract. Milwaukee signed Earl Barron to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio activated Othyus Jeffers and placed Richard Jefferson (personal reasons) on IL. Detroit activated Ben Wallace and placed DaJuan Summers on IL. Minnesota activated Lazar Hayward and placed Sebastian Telfair on IL. Chicago activated Rasual Butler and placed Carlos Boozer (sprained left ankle) on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Foster and placed Solomon Jones on IL. Toronto activated Andrea Bargnani and placed Amir Johnson (sprained left ankle) on IL. Charlotte activated Stephen Jackson and Tyrus Thomas and placed Eduardo Najera and Joel Przybilla (sore right knee) on IL. SA 106, Sac 103 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 27 points including 11-18 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points and 7 assists. Jermaine Taylor (Sac) had 16 points. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 16 points. Beno Udrih (Sac, flu) did not play. OKC 104, Det 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points including 11-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 11 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 12 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points. Phi 89, Bos 86 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Nenad Krstic (Bos) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 18 points. Glen Davis (Bos, strained left patella tendon) and Von Wafer (Bos, strained right calf) did not play. GS 123, Orl 120 OT at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 32 points on 12-17 FG and 8-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 39 points including 7-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 13 points including 5-10 FT and 21 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 30 points including 7-11 3-pointers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. GS shot 10-13 FT and Orl shot 25-35 FT. GS shot 21-35 3-pointers and Orl shot 15-32 3-pointers. J.J. Redick (Orl, lower abdominal strain) did not play. NJ 102, LAC 98 OT at NJ Kris Humphries (NJ) had 19 points on a perfect 8-8 FG and 3-3 FT and 20 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 24 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 19 points and 7 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 23 points including 11-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chi 94, Atl 76 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kurt Thomas (Chi) had 4 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 34 points including 14-15 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points including 4-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points. Chi out-rebounded Atl 50-28 including 14-4 offensive. Min 122, Uta 101 at Min Michael Beasley (Min) had 23 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Min) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 15 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5-5 e-pointers. Paul Millsap (Uta, left patella tendinitis) did not play. Cha 97, Por 92 at Cha Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 5 assists. D.J. White (Cha) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Cha shot 26-30 FT and Por shot 9-16 FT. Tor 108, Ind 98 at Tor Ed Davis (Tor) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 29 points including 12-21 FG. Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Alexis Ajinca (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. All 9 home teams won. Schedule for Saturday, March 12 (All times Central) Memphis @ Miami 2:30 pm Portland @ Atlanta 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Washington 6:00 pm Utah @ Chicago 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Houston 7:30 pm Detroit @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 13 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Cleveland 12:00 pm Charlotte @ Toronto 12:00 pm Orlando @ Phoenix 2:30 pm ABC Milwaukee @ Boston 5:00 pm NBATV Indiana @ New York 5:00 pm Minnesota @ Golden State 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html