News from March 18. Detroit signed Lorenzo Brown to a 10-day contract. New Orleans elected not to sign Orlando Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Oklahoma City activated Mitch McGary and placed Serge Ibaka (rest) on IL. Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed James Johnson on IL. GS 130, Dal 112 at Dal Harrison Barnes (GS) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 39 points including 14-22 FG and 10-15 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 9-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. David Lee (Dal) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. GS shot 22-38 3-pointers and Dal shot 9-29 3-pointers. Pho 95, LAL 90 at LAL Devin Booker (Pho) had 21 points on 5-18 FG and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 12 points and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Louis Williams (LAL) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. Brandon Bass (LAL) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Por 117, NO 112 at NO C.J. McCollum (Por) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 12-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Henderson (Por) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 19 points. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 30 points and 7 rebounds. Meyers Leonard (Por, left dislocated shoulder), Alexis Ajinca (NO, fractured sternum), Norris Cole (NO, lower back), Eric Gordon (NO, fractured right ring finger) did not play. Hou 116, Min 111 at Hou Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals, and 9 turnovers. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 18 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 32 points including 13-22 FG and 11 rebounds. Tor 105, Bos 91 at Tor Luis Scola (Tor) had 17 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 32 points on 9-14 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 9-14 FT and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points. Evan Turner (Bos) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Det 115, Sac 108 at Det Marcus Morris (Det) had 24 points including 6-7 3-pointers. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 19 points including 8-23 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 19 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 31 points including 9-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Omri Casspi (Sac, sore left ankle), Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac, ill), and Ben McLemore (Sac, injured right ring finger) did not play. OKC 111, Phi 97 at Phi Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 11-16 FG, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 15 points on 4-14 FG and 7-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. OKC shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Phi shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Robert Covington (Phi, concussion) and Richaun Holmes (Phi, strained right Achilles) on IL. Cle 109, Orl 103 at Orl LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 11 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 steals. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 45 points including 16-22 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 18 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl, sprained right elbow) did not play. ---- 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