News from March 4. Houston signed Michael Beasley. New York elected not to sign Jimmer Fredette to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Boston activated James Young and placed R.J. Hunter on IL. The LA Lakers activated Metta World Peace and placed Kobe Bryant (sore right shoulder) on IL. Orlando activated Evan Fournier and placed Victor Oladipo (lower back soreness) on IL. Philadelphia activated Elton Brand and placed Nik Stauskas on IL. Washington activated Jarell Eddie and placed Alan Anderson on IL. Cha 108, Ind 101 at Cha Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 31 points including 12-22 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 33 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 11-11 FT and 10 assists. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 13 points. Paul George (Ind) had 35 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. C.J. Miles (Ind, strained left calf) did not play. Pho 102, Orl 84 at Orl Alex Len (Pho) had 31 points including 11-14 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Ronnie Price (Pho) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 19 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Pho shot 44.9% (35-78) FG and Orl shot 34.7% (35-101) FG. Pho shot 27-39 FT and Orl shot 7-14 FT. Brandon Knight (Pho, left abductor strain) did not play. Mia 112, Phi 102 at Phi Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points and 19 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 25 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kendall Marshall (Phi, upper respiratory infection), Nerlens Noel (Phi, right knee contusion), and Jahlil Okafor (Phi, right shin contusion) did not play. Bos 105, NY 104 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 32 points on 9-15 FG and 12-13 FT and 8 assists. Evan Turner (Bos) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points and 7 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NY) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. Tor 117, Por 115 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 38 points including 24-25 FT. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 28 points including 9-15 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 50 points on 16-28 FG, 6-13 3-pointers, and 12-13 FT and 5 assists. Tor shot 43-54 FT and Por shot 26-35 FT. Cle 108, Was 83 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Markieff Morris (Was) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Mem 94, Uta 88 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Lance Stephenson (Mem) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 13 points including 7-10 FT, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. Mil 116, Min 101 at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 27 points including 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 32 points including 11-16 FG and 8-9 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 14 points including 6-6 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Zach LaVine (Min) had 20 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 21 points on 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil, left knee patellar tendinitis), John Henson (Mil, sore lower back), and Nemanja Bjelica (Min, strained right foot) did not play. Bro 121, Den 120 OT at Den Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and the game winning putback with .4 seconds left and 5 assists. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Markel Brown (Bro) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 21 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Atl 106, LAL 77 at LAL Kyle Korver (Atl) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kris Humphries (Atl) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 16 points. Julius Randle (LAL) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Bass (LAL) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Atl shot 54.4% (37-68) FG and LAL shot 34.1% (29-85) FG. ---- 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