News from March 12. The LA Lakers announced that Kobe Bryant will miss the rest of the season with a fractured left knee. Bryant has been out since Dec. 17. Cleveland signed Shane Edwards to a 10-day contract and released Arinze Onuaku. Philadelphia signed Jarvis Varnando to a 2nd 10-day contract. Orlando activated Dewayne Dedmon and placed Adonis Thomas on IL. Phoenix activated Eric Bledsoe. Utah activated Malcolm Thomas and placed John Lucas on IL. Dal 108, Uta 101 at Uta Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points including 12-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (Dal) had 12 points. Trey Burke (Uta) had 20 points and 6 assists. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. LAC 111, GS 98 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points including 5-15 FG, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (LAC) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jamal Crawford (LAC, strained left calf) did not play. Cle 110, Pho 101 at Pho Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Spencer Hawes (Cle) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Cle) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Bennett (Cle, strained left patellar tendon), C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle), and P.J. Tucker (Pho, suspended) did not play. SA 103, Por 90 at SA Danny Green (SA) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 12 points including 8-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Patrick Mills (SA) had 15 points. Damian Lillard (SA) had 15 points. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 14 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Por, strained right hip) did not play. Mem 90, NO 88 at NO Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points including the game winning jumper with 1.5 seconds left. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 13 points and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Anthony Davis (NO) had 29 points on 9-14 FG and 11-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Austin Rivers (NO) had 14 points and 9 assists. Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage), Tyreke Evans (NO, ill), and Eric Gordon (NO, ill) did not play. NY 116, Bos 92 at Bos Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 34 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Cole Aldrich (NY) had 12 points including 4-5 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 22 points including 7-11 FG. Jeff Green (Bos) had 27 points. Kris Humphries (Bos) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. NY shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and Bos shot 42% (34-81) FG. Tyson Chandler (NY, personal reasons), Amare Stoudemire (NY, recovery), Avery Bradley (Bos, sore right ankle), and Rajon Rondo (Bos, rest) did not play. Cha 98, Was 85 at Was Al Jefferson (Cha) had 26 points including 13-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points and 5 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 23 points. Bradley Beal (Was) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Cha shot 17-22 FT and Was 6-9 FT. Tor 101, Det 87 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 20 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 19 points and 6 assists. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 24 points on 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Peyton Siva (Det, sprained left ankle) did not play. Sac 115, Phi 98 at Phi Rudy Gay (Sac) had 27 points including 16-19 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 20 points including 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Henry Sims (Phi) had 20 points including 10-11 FT, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points including 5-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Den 120, Orl 112 at Orl Wilson Chandler (Den) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 17 points and 12 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 16 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 24 points. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. Bro 96, Mia 95 at Mia Paul Pierce (Bro) had 29 points including 9-12 FG and -7 3-pointers. Shaun Livingston (Bro) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 17 points and 3 blocks. LeBron James (Mia) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points including 8-11 FG. Kevin Garnett (Bro, back) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 13 (All times Central) Houston @ Chicago 6:00 pm TNT Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 14 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Memphis @ Toronto 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Boston 6:30 pm Denver @ Miami 6:30 pm Portland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ 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