News from March 9. The LA Clippers signed Maalik Wayns to a 10-day contract. Dallas released Dominique Jones. New York placed Amare Stoudemire on IL. Stoudemire is expected to undergo surgery on his right knee to remove tissue and is expected to be out 6 weeks. Milwaukee activated Ish Smith and placed Ersan Ilyasova on IL. New Orleans placed Austin Rivers (fractured right hand) on IL. Utah activated Kevin Murphy and placed Paul Millsap (inflammed right knee) on IL. Bro 93, Atl 80 at Atl Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 17 points and 6 assists. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 18 points on 9-11 FG. Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Den 111, Min 88 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 11 points including 2-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 32 points including 12-17 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Corey Brewer (Den) had 15 points. Michael Gelabale (Min) had 19 points including 8-10 FG. J.J. Barea (Min) had 15 points and 3 steals. Den shot 53.8% (42-78) FG and Min shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained left calf), Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), and Nikola Pekovic (Min, abdominal strain) did not play. NY 113, Uta 84 at NY Raymond Felton (NY) had 15 points. J.R. Smith (NY) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Steve Novak (NY) had 20 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 14 points. NY shot 50.7% (38-75) FG and Uta shot 38.5% (30-78) FG. Pho 107, Hou 105 at Pho Markieff Morris (Pho) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 22 points and 7 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 38 points on 11-17 FG, 7-10 3-pointers, and 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 8 turnovers. Carlos Delfino (Hou) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 25-39 FT and Hou shot 12-18 FT. Mem 96, NO 85 at Mem Tayshaun Prince (Mem) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Tony Allen (Mem) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 20 points and 18 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem, sprained left ankle) did not play. Was 104, Cha 87 at Was Martell Webster (Was) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Nene (Was) had 19 points including 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 26 points including 7-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 29 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points including 5-15 FG. Mil 103, GS 93 at GS Monta Ellis (Mil) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 31 points including 10-16 FG and 6-11 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Mil) had 15 points and 7 assists. Carl Landry (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. David Lee (GS, right knee contusion) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 10 (All times Central) Boston @ Oklahoma City 12:00 pm ABC Chicago @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Cleveland @ Toronto 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ Orlando 5:00 pm Indiana @ Miami 5:00 pm NBATV Portland @ New Orleans 6:00 pm Dallas @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Sacramento 8:00 pm Detroit @ LA Clippers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 11 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Utah 8:00 pm Denver @ Phoenix 9:00 pm New York @ 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