News from March 26. Denver activated Mike Miller and placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Houston activated Troy Williams and placed Ryan Anderson on IL. Anderson is expected to be out at least 2 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Indiana activated Joe Young and placed Glenn Robinson (calf injury) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Wesley Johnson and placed J.J. Redick on IL. The LA Lakers activated Timofey Mozgov and placed Brandon Ingram on IL. Memphis activated Wade Baldwin. New Orleans activated Cheick Diallo. Por 97, LAL 81 at LAL Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 9 points including 4-15 FG and 13 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 22 points. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 10 points including 4-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por out-rebounded LAL 61-42 including 12-1 offensive (with LAL shot just 39% FG). NO 115, Den 90 at Den Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points including 12-17 FG and 15 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jordan Crawford (NO) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mason Plumlee (Den) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Jamal Murray (Den) had 13 points. NO out-scored Den 58-33 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. NO shot 49.5% (48-97) FG and Den shot 37.9% (36-95) FG. Omer Asik (NO, ill) and DeMarcus Cousins (NO, right ankle injury) did not play. GS 106, Mem 94 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 31 points on 12-18 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 29 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem, left foot strain) did not play. Bos 112, Mia 108 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 14 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 1-1 3-pointers, and 1-1 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 30 points and 6 turnovers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3 steals. James Johnson (Mia) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dion Waiters (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Ind 107, Phi 94 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 16 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Shaun Long (Phi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Sergio Rodriguez (Phi) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tiago Splitter (Phi, right calf) and Jahlil Okafor (Phi, sore right knee) did not play. Hou 137, OKC 125 at Hou Eric Gordon (Hou) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 24 points on 9-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Louis Williams (Hou) had 31 points including 11-15 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 39 points including 10-16 FT, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 23 points including 9-12 FG. Chi 109, Mil 94 at Mil Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 28 points on 11-14 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Chi) had 18 points including 8-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points including 6-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 14 points on 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Chi shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and Mil shot 44% (37-84) FG. John Henson (Mil, sprained left thumb) did not play. Sac 98, LAC 97 at LAC Darren Collison (Sac) had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 15 points on 5-6 34-pointers. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 8 points including the game winning layup with 3.2 seconds left and 14 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points and 9 assists. Sac closed the game with a 22-3 run. Sac shot 9-13 FT and LAC shot 23-28 FT. Ty Lawson (Sac, right knee stiffness) did not play. Bro 107, Atl 92 at Atl Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 19 points and 8 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 11 points including 3-13 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 19 points, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 24 points and 8 assists. Thabo Sefelosha (Atl, strained right groin) did not play. Cha 120, Pho 106 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 31 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 21 points including 6-8 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Devin Booker (Pho) had 23 points and 5 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho, rest), Tyson Chandler (Pho, rest), and Brandon Knight (Pho, rest) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 27 (All times Central) Orlando @ Toronto 6:30 pm Detroit @ New York 6:30 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 9:30 pm New Orleans @ Utah 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Tuesday, March 28 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami @ Detroit 6:30 pm Golden State @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Denver @ Portland 9:00 pm Washington @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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