News from March 8.

Phoenix signed Chase Budinger.

Eric Gordon (NO) underwent surgery on his fractured right ring finger and
is out for the season.

Orlando activated Victor Oladipo and placed Nikola Vucevic (strained right
groin) on IL.

San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and Rasual Butler and placed Tim Duncan
(rest) and Manu Ginobili (rest) on IL.

Washington activated Jarell Eddie and placed Bradley Beal (sprained
pelvis) on IL.


Tor 104, Bro 99  at Tor
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points and 5 turnovers.
Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5
turnovers.
Terrence Ross (Tor) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Brook Lopez (Bro) had 35 points including 13-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 blocks,
and 5 turnovers.
Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 14 points.
Tor shot 20-25 FT and Bro shot 9-9 FT.

SA 116, Min 91  at Min
LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 29 points including 11-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4
blocks.
David West (SA) had 18 points including 7-9 FG.
Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points and 5 rebounds.
Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points and 5 turnovers.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 19 points and 9 rebounds.
Tony Parker (SA, left toe contusion) and Nemanja Bjelica (Min) did not
play.

Den 110, NY 94  at Den
Kenneth Faried (Den) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds
including 6 offensive.
Nikola Jokic (Den) had 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 15 points including 6-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points including 11-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Derrick Williams (NY) had 15 points.
Lance Thomas (Den, sore left knee) did not play.

Atl 91, Uta 84  at Uta
Jeff Teague (Atl) had 24 points and 6 assists.
Paul Millsap (Atl) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Al Horford (Atl) had 11 points on 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds.
Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds.
Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Atl shot 47.5% (38-80) FG and Uta shot 34.9% (30-86) FG.

Por 116, Was 109 OT  at Por
C.J. McCollum (Por) had 18 points and 6 turnovers.
Damian Lillard (Por) had 41 points including 6-13 3-pointers and 11-12 FT,
5 rebounds, and 11 assists.
Gerald Henderson (Por) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
John Wall (Was) had 20 points including 8-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 11
assists.
Ramon Sessions (Was) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 5 assists.
Por out-scored Was 12-5 in overtime.

LAL 107, Orl 98  at LAL
Julius Randle (LAL) had 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 24 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 3 steals.
Evan Fournier (Orl) had 23 points including 8-11 FG.
Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 26 points including 10-17 FG.
Kobe Bryant (LAL, sore right shoulder) did not play.


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