News from March 12. Boston signed Shavlik Randolph to a 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Juwan Howard to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago elected not to sign Louis Amundson to a 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans released Henry Sims and signed Louis Amundson for the rest of the season. Brooklyn activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Joe Johnson (sore left heel) on IL. Cleveland placed Kyrie Irving (sprained left shoulder) on IL. Milwaukee activated Larry Sanders and placed Luc Mbah a Moute (toe injury) on IL. San Antonio activated Aron Baynes and placed Tim Duncan (sore knee) on IL. Dal 115, Mil 108 at Mil Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Mike James (Dal) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Mike Dunleavy (Dal) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 32 points and 9 assists. Cha 100, Bos 74 at Cha Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 35 points on 11-19 FG and 12-12 FT and 5 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 17 points. Jeff Green (Bos) had 14 points including 4-11 FG. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 14 points. Cha out-rebounded Bos 48-29 including 16-6 offensive. DeSagana Diop (Cha, right knee soreness) and Paul Pierce (Bos) did not play. LAL 106, Orl 97 at Orl Dwight Howard (LAL) had 39 points including 25-39 FT, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Metta World Peace (LAL) had 14 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 11 points including 4-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 21 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Cle 95, Was 90 at Cle Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 20 points including 10-14 FT and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 27 points including 13-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Omri Casspi (Cle, appendectomy) did not play. Bro 108, NO 98 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 10-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 21 points, 13 assists, and 3 blocks. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 24 points. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 15 points and 14 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Bro shot 23-31 FT and NO shot 13-15 FT. Ryan Anderson (NO, viral infection) did not play. Mia 98, Atl 81 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 15 points on 3-11 FG and 9-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Mia shot 22-30 FT and Atl shot 10-14 FT. Min 107, SA 83 at Min Ricky Rubio (Min) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. J.J. Barea (Min) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Alexey Shved (Min) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Stephen Jackson (SA) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Cory Joseph (SA) had 15 points. Min shot 53.7% (44-82) FG and SA shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained right quad), Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), Nikola Pekovic (Min, abdominal strain), and Kawhi Leonard (SA, sore left knee) did not play. Mem 102, Por 97 at Por Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 15 assists, and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points and 7 assists. Victor Claver (Por, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Por shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. Schedule for Wednesday, March 13 (All times Central) Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Washington 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Indiana 6:00 pm Toronto @ Boston 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Houston 7:00 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Sacramento 9:00 pm New York @ Denver 9:30 pm ESPN Memphis @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Detroit @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, March 14 (All times Central) Dallas @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT New York @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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