News from March 26. Milwaukee signed D.J. Stephens to a 10-day contract. Mem 91, Uta 87 at Uta Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points and 4 steals. Mem out-scored Uta 29-16 in the 4th quarter. NY 107, Sac 99 at Sac Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 36 points including 12-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. J.R. Smith (NY) had 29 points including 9-12 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 32 points on 10-15 FG and 12-12 FT, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. NY shot 12-13 FT and Sac shot 27-35 FT. SA 108, Den 103 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Green (SA) had 16 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 5 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Aaron Brooks (Den) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den, strained left groin), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL), and Jan Vesely (Den, left rib contusion) did not play. Ind 84, Mia 83 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 21 points. David West (Ind) had 13 points including 3-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 38 points on 11-19 FG and 14-15 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 15 points and 6 turnovers. NO 98, LAC 96 at NO Anthony Morrow (NO) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 16 points including 5-19 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 31 points including 7-15 3-pointers. Min 107, Atl 83 at Min Corey Brewer (Min) had 18 points and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Min) had 18 points and 3 steals. Gorgui Deing (Min) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Scott (Atl) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Mia shot 50% (43-86) FG and Atl shot 37.8% (31-81) FG. Nikola Pekovic (Min, sore right ankle) and Kyle Korver (Atl, back spasms) did not play. Cle 97, Det 96 at Det Dion Waiters (Cle) had 18 points. Jarrett Jack (Cle) had 17 points. Matthew Dellavedova (Cle) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Josh Smith (Det) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Anthony Bennett (Cle, strained left patellar tendon), Sergey Karasev (Cle, right knee patellar tendinitis), and C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Tor 99, Bos 90 at Bos Terrence Ross (Tor) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points including 10-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Kyle Kowry (Tor) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 16 points. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Pho 99, Was 93 at Was Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 25 points including 11-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Green (Pho) had 18 points. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 7-10 FT and 6 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Cha 116, Bro 111 OT at Cha Al Jefferson (Cha) had 35 points including 15-27 FG and 15 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Cha) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 29 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 7 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 22 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Gary Neal (Cha, sprained left ankle) and Andrei Kirilenko (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 27 (All times Central) Portland @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Friday, March 28 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm Boston @ Toronto 6:00 pm Indiana @ Washington 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Miami @ Detroit 6:30 pm Portland @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Utah @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Denver 8:00 pm New York @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Memphis @ 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