News from March 4. Memphis elected not to sign Rodney Carney to a 2nd 10-day contract and released him. Dallas placed Tyson Chandler (sprained right ankle) on IL. Charlotte placed Tyrus Thomas on IL. The LA Lakers activated Matt Barnes and placed Devin Ebanks on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed James Anderson and Chris Quinn on IL. Phoenix activated Garett Siler and placed Vince Carter (dizziness) on IL. Milwaukee activated Ersan Ilyasova and placed Andrew Bogut (strained left side) on IL. Memphis activated Ish Smith. Cleveland activated Baron Davis and Semih Erden and placed Antawn Jamison (broken pinky finger) and Daniel Gibson on IL. New York activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Ronny Turiaf on IL. Golden State placed Jeremy Lin on IL. Boston placed Delonte West (sprained right ankle) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Nate Robinson (right knee surgery) on IL. Chicago placed Rasual Butler on IL. Toronto activated Joey Dorsey and placed Solomon Alabi on IL. New Jersey activated Jordan Farmar and Dan Gadzuric and placed Brandan Wright and Ben Uzoh on IL. Dal 116, Ind 108 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points on 10-12 FG and 9-10 FT. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 15 points including 3-4 FG (all 3-pointers), 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 6 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points. Darren Collison (Ind) had 17 points and 6 assists. SA 125, Mia 95 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points and 7 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 18 points on 6-7 FG (all 3-pointers) and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. LAL 92, Cha 84 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 9 points including 3-4 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Shaun Livingston (Cha) had 12 points. LAL shot 19-21 FT and Cha shot 9-9 FT. Chi 89, Orl 81 at Orl Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 12 points including 5-17 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points on 8-8 FG and 4-12 FT, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bos 107, GS 103 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 27 points including 9-13 FG. Jeff Green (Bos) had 21 points including 8-11 FG. David Lee (GS) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 41 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos, strained left patella tendon) did not play. OKC 111, Atl 104 at Atl Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (OKC) had 17 points. Kirk Hinrich (Atl) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 19 points and 5 assists. Cle 119, NY 115 at NY J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Luke Harangody (Cle) had 18 points. Baron Davis (Cle) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points on 10-16 FG and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 41 points including 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Semih Erden (Cle, strained right adductor) did not play. NJ 116, Tor 103 at London, England Kris Humphries (NJ) had 18 points, 17 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 25 points including 11-17 FG. Deron Williams (NJ) had 16 points and 11 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 12-19 FG. Pho 102, Mil 88 at Mil Channing Frye (Pho) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Mickeal Pietrus (Pho) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Grant Hill (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 16 points including 5-17 FG. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, concussion) and Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil, stomach virus) did not play. NO 98, Mem 91 at Mem Chris Paul (NO) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Carl Landry (NO) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 19 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 13 points and 6 assists. Trevor Ariza (NO, strained muscle) did not play. Phi 111, Min 100 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Nick Young (Phi) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Min) had 15 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 21 points on 10-17 FG and 23 rebounds. Phi shot 19-23 FT and Min shot 10-11 FT. Darko Milicic (Min, personal reasons) and Wesley Johnson (Min, gastroenteritis) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 5 (All times Central) Toronto @ New Jersey 2:00 pm NBATV at London, England Minnesota @ Washington 6:00 pm Indiana @ Houston 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 pm Charlotte @ Portland 9:00 pm Denver @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 6 (All times Central) Chicago @ Miami 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ San Antonio 2:30 pm ABC New York @ Atlanta 5:00 pm Washington @ Detroit 5:00 pm Golden State @ Philadelphia 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Cleveland 5:30 pm ESPN Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Memphis @ Dallas 6:30 pm Boston @ Milwaukee 8:00 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