News from March 10. The NBA fined Markieff Morris (Was) $25,000 for kicking Mason Plumlee (Den) in the groin during Wednesday's Was-Den game. Dallas signed Manny Harris and Jarrod Uthoff to 10-day contracts. Houston signed Troy Williams to a 10-day contract. Boston activated Nikola Jokic and placed Malik Beasley on IL. Chicago activated Michael Carter-Williams and Dwyane Wade and placed Anthony Morrow on IL. Dallas activated J.J. Barea and placed Nerlens Noel (sore left knee) on IL. Houston activated Kyle Wiltjer and placed Troy Williams on IL. Dal 105, Bro 96 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Seth Curry (Dal) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 17 points. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 18 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Whitehad (Bro) 24 points. Brook Lopez (Bro, sprained ankle) did not play. Was 130, Sac 122 OT at Sac Bradley Beal (Was) had 38 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 25 points and 12 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Was out-scored Sac 34-19 in the 4th quarter and 14-6 in overtime. Den 119, Bos 99 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 21 points including 8-10 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 21 points including 1-6 FG and 5 assists. Al Horford (Bos) 15 points on 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Den shot 52.9% (45-85) and Bos shot 42.5% (34-80) FG. Atl 105, Tor 99 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 20 points and 6 assists Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points including 12-30 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 15 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Atl shot 52% (39-75) FG and Tor shot 40.2% (37-92) FG. Min 103, GS 102 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 24 points including the game winning free throws with 12.8 seconds left. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 17 points on 3-10 FG and 11-11 FT and 13 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 30 points including 12-22 FG and 6 rebounds. Stepen Curry (GS) had 26 points including 10-27 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Shaun Livingston (GS, rest) did not play. Mil 99, Ind 85 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points and 7 turnovers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points on 5-14 FG 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 17 points, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Malcolm Brogon (Mil, sore back) and Mirza Teletovic (Mil, strained left hamstring) did not play. Hou 115, Chi 94 at Chi Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 21 points including 6-12 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Hou shot 26-32 FT and Chi shot 9-12 FT. Cha 121, Orl 81 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 23 points on 9-13 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 12 points, 18 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 15 points and 10 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 14 points. Cha shot 59.5% (47-79) FG and Orl shot 40.8% (31-76) FG. Frank Kaminsky (Cha, sprained left AC joint), Johnny O'Bryant (Cha, sprained right ankle), and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, sore right Achilles) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, March 11 (All times Central) Utah @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm New York @ Detroit 4:00 pm New Orleans @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Orlando 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Toronto @ Miami 7:00 pm Golden State @ San Antonio 7:30 pm ABC Atlanta @ Memphis 8:00 pm Phoenix @ Dallas 8:00 pm Washington @ Portland 9:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 12 (All times Central) Chicago @ Boston 2:30 pm ABC New York @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Miami @ Indiana 5:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Cleveland @ Houston 8:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ LA Lakers 8:30 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