News from March 6. Boston signed Carlos Arroyo. Boston elected not to sign Chris Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract and released him. Memphis placed Greivis Vasquez on IL. Phoenix activated Vince Carter and placed Garett Siler on IL. New York activated Andy Rautins and placed Bill Walker (sore left knee) on IL. Atlanta activated Josh Smith and placed Etan Thomas on IL. Philadelphia activated Craig Brackins and placed Darius Songaila on IL. Washington activated Nick Young and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. San Antonio activated James Anderson and placed Othyus Jeffers on IL. Mem 104, Dal 103 at Dal Zach Randolph (Mem) had 27 points on 10-13 FG, 7-10 FT and the game winning 18-foot baseliner with .3 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points and 10 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. LAL 99, SA 83 at SA Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 4 points on 2-2 FG, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points. DaJuan Blair (SA) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. LAL shot 46.7% (42-90) FG and SA shot 36% (31-86) FG. NY 92, Atl 79 at Atl Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 14 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Toney Douglas (NY) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Krik Hinrich (Atl) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Chi 87, Mia 86 at Mia Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 27 points and 5 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Bos 89, Mil 83 at Mil Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nenad Krstic (Bos) had 17 points including 7-8 FG. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Bos shot 51.% (35-68) FG and Mil shot 41.3% (33-80) FG. Glen Davis (Bos, strained left patella tendon), Von Wafer (Bos, strained right calf), and Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, concussion) did not play. OKC 122, Pho 118 OT at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 18 points on 3-14 FG and 11-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 32 points including 13-18 FT, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Vince Carter (Pho) had 29 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mickael Pietrus (Pho) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. OKC shot 37-47 FT and Pho shot 8-14 FT. Phi 125, GS 117 OT at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 19 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 4 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points and 7 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 27 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. NO 96, Cle 81 at Cle David West (NO) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 13 points and 11 assists. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Baron Davis (Cle) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. NO shot 52% (39-75) FG and Cle shot 36.8% (28-76) FG. Trevor Ariza (NO, strained groin) did not play. Det 113, Was 102 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 24 points including 12-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 21 points. Det shot 12-14 FT and Was shot 26-34 FT. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore right knee) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 7 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Portland @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV Utah @ New York 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Chicago 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, March 8 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Golden State @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm Portland @ Miami 6:30 pm Houston @ Phoenix 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