News from March 24. Chicago signed Jaylen Johnson. Houston signed Le'Bryan Nash to a 10-day contract. Houston released Brandan Wright. The LA Clippers elected not to sign Sean Kilpatrick for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Memphis signed Marquis Teague to a 10-day contract. Memphis elected not to sign Briante Weber to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Stephen Curry (GS) is expected to be out at least 3 weeks with a sprained left knee. Kyrie Irving (Bos) is expected to be out 3 to 6 weeks after undergoing surgery on his left knee. Chicago activated Paul Zipser and placed Lauri Markkanen (back spasms) on IL. Dallas activated Dennis Smith and placed Jalen Jones on IL. Memphis activated Marc Gasol and placed Tyreke Evans (personal reasons) on IL. Cha 102, Dal 98 at Dal Dwight Howard (Cha) had 18 points including 6-12 FT and 23 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 14 points including 5-14 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 18 points including 6-20 FG and 5-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. LAL 100, Mem 93 at Mem Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 16 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 20 points and 8 assists. Luol Deng (LAL, sprained left ankle) and Isaiah Thomas (LAL, sore right hip) did not play. Hou 114, NO 91 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 16 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 blocks. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 3-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 9 turnovers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Cheick Diallo (NO) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (Hou, sore left hamstring), Luc Mbah a Moute (sore left knee), Nikola Mirotic (NO, right hip flexor), and Rajon Rondo (NO, sprained right wrist) did not play. Orl 105, Pho 99 at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 29 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 24 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Elfrid Payton (Pho) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jonathan Isaac (Orl, strained left foot) and Devin Booker (Pho) did not play. Phi 120, Min 108 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 18 points. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 13 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points including 3-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Min, sprained right ankle) did not play. Det 117, Chi 95 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 25 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 15 points. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. David Nwaba (Chi) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Det shot 15-18 FT and Chi shot 6-9 FT. Schedule for Sunday, March 25 (All times Central) Cleveland at Brooklyn 12:00 pm San Antonio at Milwaukee 2:30 pm Miami at Indiana 4:00 pm LA Clippers at Toronto 5:00 pm New York at Washington 5:00 pm NBATV Boston at Sacramento 5:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Atlanta at Houston 7:00 pm Utah at Golden State 7:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Monday, March 26 (All times Central) New York at Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Lakers at Detroit 6:00 pm Denver at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV Memphis at Minnesota 7:00 pm Boston at Phoenix 9:00 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