News from March 9. Utah signed Marcus Cousin to a 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Jerel McNeal to a 10-day contract. Toronto assigned Solomon Alabi to the NBADL. Dallas activated Tyson Chandler and placed Peja Stojakovic (stiff neck) on IL. New Orleans activaged Marcus Banks and placed Chris Paul (concussion) on IL. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Lazar Hayward (ill) on IL. New York activated Bill Walker and Ronny Turiaf and placed Andy Rautins and Renaldo Balkman on IL. Memphis activated Greivis Vasquez and placed Jason Williams (sore back) on IL. Utah placed Francisco Elson (left knee injury) on IL. Toronto activated Reggie Evans and placed Andrea Bargnani (flu) on IL. New Jersey activated Anthony Morrow and Ben Uzoh and placed Deron Williams (birth of child) and Damion James on IL. NO 93, Dal 92 at NO David West (NO) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 21 points including the game winning free throws ewith 8.4 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 16 points on 4-5 FG and 8-12 FT and 13 rebounds. LAC 108, Bos 103 at Bos Blake Griffin (LAC) had 12 points including 4-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 21 points incuding 9-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 28 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points and 6 assists. Nenad Krstic (Bos) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ray Allen (Bos) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos, strained left knee) and Von Wafer (Bos, strained right calf) did not play. SA 111, Det 104 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points on 11-15 FG, 7 assists and 4 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 9 offensive. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. SA shot 64.3% (45-70) FG and Det shot 45.2% (42-93) FG. Orl 106, Sac 102 at Sac Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 19 points and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 8-14 FT, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points including 13-18 FT, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Beno Udrih (Sac, flu) did not play. OKC 110, Phi 105 OT at Phi Kevin Durant (OKC) had 34 points and 16 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Nick Collison (OKC) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 22 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 22 points including 8-10 FT. NY 110, Mem 108 at Mem Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including the game winning jumper with .5 seconds left, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 26 points on 13-22 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Toney Douglas (NY) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 10 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 6 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 22 points including 7-8 FG. Darrell Arthur (Mem) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. NY shot 4-4 FT and Mem shot 33-35 FT. Mil 110, Cle 90 at Mil Brandon Jenning (Mil) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Earl Boykins (Mil) had 18 points on 8-9 FG. Samardo Samuels (Cle) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 13 points and 7 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, concussion) and Baron Davis (Cle, death of grandmother) did not play. Chi 101, Cha 84 at Cha Joakim Noah (Chi) had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Kyle Korver (Chi) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 20 points and 8 assists. Dante Cunningham (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Joel Przybilla (Cha, sore right knee) did not play. Uta 96, Tor 94 at Tor C.J. Miles (Uta) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 34 points including the game winning putback at the buzzer and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (Uta) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnoveers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points on 4-16 FG and 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (uta, back spasms), Paul Millsap (Uta, left pateller tendinitis), and Alexis Ajinca (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. NJ 94, GS 90 at NJ Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 11 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points including 7-22 FG. Min 101, Ind 75 at Min Michael Beasley (Min) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points including 8-15 FT and 21 rebounds. Anthony Randolph (Min) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 10 rebounds. A.J. Price (Ind) had 13 points. Min shot 38.5% (35-91) FG and Ind shot 29.6% (24-81) FG. Schedule for Thursday, March 10 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Miami 6:00 pm TNT New York @ Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Denver @ Phoenix 9:30 pm Schedule for Friday, March 11 (All times Central) Portland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Boston @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana @ Toronto 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Detroit @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Orlando @ Golden State 9:30 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