News from March 15. New Orleans signed Larry Drew to a 10-day contract. New Orleans elected not to sing Walt Lemon for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Paul Zipser and placed Omer Asik on IL. Cleveland activated Rodney Hood and placed Larry Nance (sore right hamstring) on IL. Indiana activated Alex Poythress and placed Domantas Sabonis (sprained left ankle) on IL. Memphis activated Tyreke Evans. New York activated Isaiah Hicks and placed Lance Thomas (personal reasons) on IL. Phoenix activated Alec Peters and placed Tyson Chandler on IL. Toronto activated OG Anunoby and placed Norman Powell (sprained left ankle) on IL. Utah activated Dante Exum. New Orleans Pelicans owner Tom Benson died at age 90. Por 113, Cle 105 at Por Maurice Harkless (Por) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 29 points including 3-10 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points including 7-20 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points including 15-25 FG, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 19 points. Uta 116, Pho 88 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jae Crowder (Uta) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Den 120, Det 113 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Jamal Murray (Den) had 26 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points. Blake Griffin (Det) had 26 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 21 points, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Dwight Buycks (Det) had 22 points. SA 98, NO 93 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks. Chi 111, Mem 110 at Mem Zach LaVine (Chi) had 20 points on 4-12 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Antonio Blakeney (Chi) had 10 points including 2-7 FG and the game winning free throws with 1.8 seconds left. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Hou 101, LAC 96 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 19 points, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 23 points including 7-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tobias Harris (LAC) had 29 points and 8 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 8 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 20 points. Hou shot 19-23 FT and LAC shot 4-8 FT. Phi 118, NY 110 at NY Dario Saric (Phi) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Michael Beasley (NY) had 24 points including 11-16 FG, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyle O'Quinn (NY) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Cha 129, Atl 117 at Atl Marvin Williams (Cha) had 17 points on 7-9 FG. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 33 points including 13-20 FG and 12 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 16 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 8 assists. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 22 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. John Collins (Atl) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Tor 106, Ind 99 at Ind Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points and 7 assists. Darren Collison (Ind) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, March 16 (All times Central) Boston at Orlando 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Dallas at Toronto 6:30 pm LA Clippers at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Sacramento at Golden State 9:30 pm Miami at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, March 17 (All times Central) Indiana at Washington 6:00 pm Houston at New Orleans 6:00 pm Dallas at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Charlotte at New York 6:30 pm Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 pm Denver at Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Minnesota at San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Sacramento at Utah 8:00 pm Golden State at Phoenix 9:00 pm Detroit at Portland 9:00 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