News from March 5. New Orleans signed Hollis Thompson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Festus Ezeli (Por) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left knee. He has not played this season. Boston activated Tyler Zeller and placed Avery Bradley (rest) and Al Horford (sprained right elbow) on IL. Dallas activated Wesley Matthews and placed A.J. Hammons on IL. Indiana activated Thaddeus Young and placed Lavoy Allen on IL. The LA Lakers activated Luol Deng and placed Ivica Zubac on IL. New York activated Willy Hernangomez and placed Maurice Ndour on IL. Sacramento activated Garrett Temple. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Shelvin Mack on IL. Dal 104, OKC 89 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Seth Curry (Dal) had 22 points on 10-16 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points on 8-24 FG, 2-10 3-pointers, and 11-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Steven Adams (OKC) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. NO 105, LAL 97 at LAL Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points including 11-17 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 26 points and 15 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Nick Young (LAL) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 16 points on 7-20 FG and 2-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. NO shot 24-35 FT and LAL shot 11-15 FT. Uta 110, Sac 109 OT at Sac Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 23 points including 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points including the game winning tap in at the buzzer, 24 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Ty Lawson (Sac) had 19 points and 5 assists. Darren Collison (Sac) had 18 points and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Uta, mild left groin strain) did not play. Was 115, Orl 114 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 32 points including 12-21 FG. John Wall (Was) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic (Was) had 27 points on 9-12 FG and 8-10 FT. Terrence Ross (Orl) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Bismack Biyombo (Orl) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nicola Vucevic (Orl, sore right Achilles) did not play. Pho 109, Bos 106 at Pho Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Alan Williams (Pho) had 11 points and 15 rebounds. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 20 points including the game winning 3-pointers at the buzzer and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 35 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and 5 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. GS 112, NY 105 at NY Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 5-13 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 29 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 24 points and 15 rebounds. Derek Rose (NY) had 28 points including 10-11 FT. Ind 97, Atl 96 at Atl Paul George (Ind) had 34 points including 12-19 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 turnovers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 16 points and 6 assists. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 11 points including the game winning 3-pointers with .6 seconds left. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Schedule for Monday, March 6 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Golden State @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana @ Charlotte 7:00 pm TNT Houston @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Boston @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Tuesday, March 7 (All times Central) Portland @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Dallas 7:30 pm Washington @ Phoenix 8:00 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