News from March 6. Atlanta signed Shelvin Mack to a 10-day contract and released Jeremy Tyler. Atlanta activated Mike Scott and placed Zaza Pachulia on IL. Scott was recalled from the NBADL. Brooklyn activated Tornike Shengelia. Houston placed Terrence Jones on IL. Indiana activated Ben Hansbrough and placed Danny Granger (sore left knee) on IL. Granger is expected to rest his knee for a week. New York activated Chris Copeland and placed Carmelo Anthony (sore right knee) on IL. Phoenix activated Hamed Hadaddi and placed Jermaine O'Neal on IL. San Antonio activated Boris Diaw and placed Aron Baynes on IL. Toronto activated Mickael Pietrus and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. Utah activated Maurice Williams and placed Al Jefferson (sprained ankle) on IL. Washington activated Jason Collins and placed Bradley Beal on IL. Dal 112, Hou 108 at Dal Shawn Marion (Dal) had 22 points including 10-16 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points on 5-17 FG and 16-16 FT and 9 assists. Dal shot 11-14 FT and Hou shot 26-33 FT. LAC 117, Mil 101 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points on 11-16 FG and 3 steals. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 20 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 12 assists. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bro 99, Cha 78 at Cha Brook Lopez (Bro) had 16 points including 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 16 points. Bro shot 50.7% (34-67) FG and Cha shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Bro out-rebounded Cha 49-29. Bro out-scored Cha 56-25 in the 2nd half. Cle 104, Uta 101 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Wayne Ellington (Cle) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 25 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Omri Casspi (Cle, appendectomy), Daniel Gibson (Cle, ill), and Dion Waiters (Cle, ill) did not play. Min 87, Was 82 at Min Derrick Williams (Min) had 16 points on 4-12 FG and 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 15 points on 4-15 FG and 7-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 steals. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 15 points. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained left calf), Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), and Nikola Pekovic (Min, abdominal strain) did not play. SA 101, Chi 83 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points and 9 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 21 points and 7 assists. SA shot 54.1% (40-74) FG and Chi shot 36.7% (33-90) FG. SA shot 13-18 FT and Chi shot 8-8 FT. Tor 98, Pho 71 at Pho DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Tor) had 13 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 8 points including 3-9 FG and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 12 points. Tor shot 48.1% (33-77) FG and Pho shot 37.8% (28-74) FG. Mia 97, Orl 96 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 11-12 FT and the game winning layup with 3.2 seconds left. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 21 rebounds including 9 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 3-11 3-pointers, 14 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Bos 83, Ind 81 at Ind Paul Pierce (Bos) had 13 points including 4-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 11 points on 5-14 FG and the game winning layup with .5 seconds left and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 16 points on 7-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. David West (Ind) had 11 points and 16 rebounds. Bos out-scored Ind 25-13 in the 4th quarter. LAL 108, NO 102 at NO Dwight Howard (LAL) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 42 points on 14-21 FG and 11-14 FT, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Eric Gordon (NO) had 18 points on 7-23 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAL out-scored NO 33-9 in the 4th quarter including closing the game with a 20-0 run. NY 87, Det 77 at Det Raymond Felton (NY) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 22 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 20 points including 7-22 FG and 4-11 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Det, sore left ankle) and Charlie Villanueva (Det, sore left hamstring did not play and Lawrence Frank (Det, personal reasons) did not coach. Mem 91, Por 85 at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 13 points. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Damien Lillard (Por) had 20 points. Zach Randolph (Mem, sprained left ankle) did not play. Atl 107, Phi 96 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 11 assists. Anthony Tolliver (Atl) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Dorell Wright (Phi) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Damian Wilkins (Phi) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Atl shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Phi shot 43% (37-86) FG. Atl shot 10-17 FT and Phi shot 16-21 FT. Nick Young (Phi, sprained left ankle) did not play. GS 87, Sac 83 at GS David Lee (GS) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 13 points including 3-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Sac) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. GS shot 25-29 FT and Sac shot 9-12 FT. Schedule for Thursday, March 7 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ New York 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers @ Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 8 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 6:00 pm Washington @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Dallas @ Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ Miami 7:00 pm Utah @ Chicago 7:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Phoenix @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Toronto @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Houston @ Golden State 9:30 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