News from March 25. San Antonio signed Da'Sean Butler. Butler is still recovering from a left knee injury from last year and San Antonio placed him on IL. Rudy Gay (Mem) underwent surgery on his partially dislocated left shoulder and is out for the season. New Jersey activated Quinton Ross and Ben Uzoh and placed Sundiata Gaines and Damion James on IL. Gaines is expected to be on crutches for 6 to 8 weeks with a fractured right hip. New Orleans activated DJ Mbenga and placed David West on IL. West suffered a torn left ACL during Thursday's NO-Uta game and is out for the season. Phoenix activated Garret Siler and placed Mickael Pietrus (strained knee) on IL. The LA Clippers activated DeAndre Jordan and placed Brian Cook on IL. Denver activated Melvin Ely and placed Wilson Chandler (sore left ankle) on IL. New York activated Derrick Brown and placed Bill Walker on IL. Charlotte activated Garrett Temple and placed Stephen Jackson (strained hamstring) on IL. Sacramento activated Tyreke Evans. Por 98, SA 96 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 21 points including the game winning short push-shot at the buzzer. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andre Miller (Por) had 21 points including 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points and 8 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL 112, LAC 104 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 37 points including 14-17 FT and 6 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 28-39 FT and LAC shot 15-18 FT. NO 106, Pho 100 at Pho Carl Landry (NO) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Den 114, Was 94 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ty Lawson (Den) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Chris Andersen (Den) had 17 points including 7-7 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 19 points. JaVale McGee (Was) had 13 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chi 99, Mem 96 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points on 6-22 FG and 12-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Cha 83, Bos 81 at Bos D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 14 points. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 15 points. D.J. White (Cha) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points. Ray Allen (Bos) had 14 points including 2-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, bruised ribs) and Troy Murphy (Bos, sprained ankle) did not play. OKC 111, Min 103 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Nazr Mohammed (OKC) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Michael Beasley (Min) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Anthony Randolph (Min) had 24 points and 15 rebounds. Cle 97, Det 91 at Cle J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Baron Davis (Cle) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Luke Harangody (Cle) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 15 points. Orl 95, NJ 85 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 13 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 7-18 FT, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 15 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 16 assists, and 5 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 19 points. Orl shot 10-23 FT and NJ shot 4-6 FT. J.J. Redick (Orl, lower abdominal strain) and Quentin Richardson (Orl, back spasms) did not play. Mil 102, NY 96 at NY Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 21 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 37 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. John Salmons (Mil) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mil shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and NY shot 40% (36-90) FG. Mia 111, Phi 99 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points including 11-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 39 points on 15-26 FG and 8-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Mia shot 22-28 FT and Phi shot 12-14 FT. Mario Chalmers (Mia, sprained right knee) did not play. Sac 110, Ind 93 at Ind DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 18 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Thornton (Sac) had 15 points on 7-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points on 4-13 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Sac shot 48% (48-100) FG and Ind shot 35.2% (32-91) FG. Sac shot 7-10 FT and Ind shot 25-30 FT. GS 138, Tor 100 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 26 points including 9-11 FG and 4 steals. David Lee (GS) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 27 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Ed Davis (Tor) had 18 points including 8-12 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points. GS shot 61.4% (51-83) FG and Tor shot 46.9% (38-81) FG. Reggie Evans (Tor, sore right foot) and Amir Johnson (Tor, sore left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 26 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Atlanta 6:00 pm New York @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Indiana @ Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Dallas @ Utah 8:00 pm Toronto @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 27 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Philadelphia 11:00 am Atlanta @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Houston @ Miami 5:00 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 5:00 pm Boston @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Portland @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Washington @ Golden State 8:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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