News from March 15. New York signed Kenyon Martin for the rest of the season. The LA Clippers signed DaJuan Summers to a 10-day contract. Dal 96, Cle 86 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points including 6-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Darren Collison (Dal) had 13 points and 5 assists. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 18 points and 5 assists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Shaun Livingston (Cle) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tor 92, Cha 78 at Tor Rudy Gay (Tor) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 6 turnovers. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 12 points, 21 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 20 points on 5-17 FG and 8-12 FT and 3 steals. Tor shot 48.5% (33-68) FG and Cha shot 32.5% (26-80) FG. Was 96, NO 87 at Was Martell Webster (Was) had 18 points including 4-11 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 12-15 FG and 9 assists. Garrett Temple (Was) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. A.J. Price (Was, sore right groin) did not play. LAL 99, Ind 93 at Ind Metta World Peace (LAL) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 20 points including 6-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Steve Blake (LAL) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 20 points including 6-20 FG and 3-10 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 20-30 FT and Ind shot 7-9 FT. Atl 107, Pho 94 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Devin Harris (Atl) had 15 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Pho) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points and 8 assists. Atl shot 13-16 FT and Pho shot 21-31 FT. Hou 108, Min 100 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 37 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 16-18 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 24 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 14 points. Derrick Williams (Min) had 19 points. J.J. Barea (Min) had 19 points. Hou out-scored Min 34-20 in the 4th quarter. Tim Ohlbrecht (Hou, sprained right ankle), Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained right quad), Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), and Nikola Pekovic (Min, abdominal strain) did not play. OKC 117, Orl 104 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 9-12 FT, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 19 points including 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points and 14 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 20 points. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 26 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 7 assists. OKC shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and Orl shot 43.5% (40-92) FG. Hasheem Thabeet (OKC, sore lower back), Andrew Nicholson (Orl, ill), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Mia 107, Mil 94 at Mil LeBron James (Mia) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 28 points including 12-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 26 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mia shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Mil shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. Den 87, Mem 80 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 15 points. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Corey Brewer (Den) had 11 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 18 rebounds including 10 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Den shot 45.5% (35-77) FG and Mem shot 35.3% (30-85) FG. Den out-scored Mem 29-14 in the 4th quarter. Chi 113, GS 95 at GS Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. David Lee (GS) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 20 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, injured right foot) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 16 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm NBATV Cleveland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Memphis @ Utah 9:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 17 (All times Central) Miami @ Toronto 12:00 pm Orlando @ Milwaukee 12:00 pm New York @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm ABC Golden State @ Houston 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Dallas 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm Sacramento @ LA Lakers 8:30 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