News from March 21. Atlanta signed Jaylen Morris for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Omer Asik and Ryan Arcidiacono and placed Robin Lopez and Lauri Markkanen (back spasms) on IL. Cleveland placed Kyle Korver (death of brother) on IL. Miami activated Derrick Walton. Milwaukee activated Tyler Zeller and placed D.J. Wilson on IL. New York placed Luke Kornet on IL. Philadelphia activated James Young. Toronto activated Fred VanVleet and placed C.J. Miles (gastronetris) on IL. Washington placed Jodie Meeks (ill), Chris McCullough, and Mike Scott (ill) on IL. Cle 132, Tor 129 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points on 11-19 FG and 12-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 17 assists (and 0 turnovers - setting the NBA record for most assists without a turnover). Kevin Love (Cle) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. George Hill (Cle) had 22 points on 10-11 FG. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 7-10 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Phi 119, Mem 105 at Phi Ben Simmons (Phi) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 15 points. Wayne Seldon (Mem) had 18 points. Deyonta Davis (Mem) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Phi shot 54.8% (46-84) FG and Mem shot 40.4% (40-99) FG. Cha 111, Bro 105 at Bro Dwight Howard (Cha) had 32 points on 10-17 FG and 12-12 FT, 30 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points on 6-25 FG and 11-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 19 points and 5 assists. Caris LeVert (Bro) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha, sore left Achilles) did not play. Mia 119, NY 98 at Mia Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 22 points on 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Kelly Olynuk (Mia) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Michael Beasley (NY) had 22 points on 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 23 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mia shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and NY shot 43.8% (39-89) FG. NO 96, Ind 92 at NO E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 28 points including 9-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Nikola Mirotic (NO) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind) had 13 points including 4-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Den 135, Chi 102 at Chi Wilson Chandler (Den) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Den) had 22 points including 8-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cristiano Felicio (Chi) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Den out-scored Chi 77-46 in the 1st half. Den shot 61.4% (51-83) FG and Chi shot 43% (39-89) FG. SA 98, Was 90 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 27 points and 9 rebounds. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 16 points including 7-8 FG. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. LAC 127, Mil 120 at Mil Tobias Harris (LAC) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 25 points on 9-13 FG and 7-12 FT, 22 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Lou Williams (LAC) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 19 points and 8 assists. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 20 points a including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, March 22 (All times Central) Memphis at Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV Detroit at Houston 7:00 pm LA Lakers at New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah at Dallas 7:30 pm Atlanta at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Friday, March 23 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Indiana 6:00 pm Denver at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at Cleveland 6:30 pm Minnesota at New York 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Toronto 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Chicago 7:00 pm Miami at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Utah at San Antonio 7:30 pm Boston at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Atlanta at Golden State 9:30 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