News from March 28. Boston signed Xavier Silas to a 10-day contract. Cleveland elected not to signed Okaro White to a 2nd 10-day contract after his 1st 10-day contract expired. Orlando signed Rodney Purvis for the rest of the season. Boston placed Marcus Morris (sprained right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Cedi Osman and placed Kevin Love (concussion) on IL. Dallas activated Dorian Finney-Smith and placed Salah Mejri (rest) on IL. The LA Clippers placed Milos Tedosic (sore left plantar fascia) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Brandon Ingram and placed Gary Payton on IL. New York activated Damyean Dotson and placed Courtney Lee (left foot inflammation) on IL. Philadelphia placed Amir Johnson (gastroetenitis) on IL. Phoenix placed Alex Len (sprained left ankle) and Elfrid Payton (left knee) on IL. Portland activated Wade Baldwin and placed Damian Lillard (birth of child) on IL. LAL 103, Dal 93 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 18 points including 3-10 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 17 points. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. LAC 111, Pho 99 at Pho Tobias Harris (LAC) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Tyrone Wallace (LAC) had 13 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 18 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 18 points and 5 assists. Tyler Ulis (Pho) had 23 points. LAC shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Pho shot 43.2% (38-88) FG. Bos 97, Uta 94 at Uta Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 16 points. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Terry Rozier (Bos had 13 points including 4-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 6 assists. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Min 126, Atl 114 at Min Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 56 points on 19-32 FG, 6-8 3-pointers, and 12-15 FT and 15 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 17 points. Isaiah Taylor (Atl) had 20 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 108, Por 103 at Mem Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Mem) had 15 points. MarShon Brooks (Mem) had 21 points including 5-5 3-pointers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 42 points including 16-25 FG and 5 assists. Wade Baldwin (Por) had 15 points including 5-6 FG. Andrew Harrison (Mem, right wrist) did not play. Phi 118, NY 101 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 26 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 21 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 13 points including 6-7 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Michael Beasley (NY) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Emmanuel Mudiay (NY) had 22 points. Bro 111, Orl 104 at Orl DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Caris LeVert (Bro) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Niola Vucevic (Orl) had 24 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jonathan Isaac (Orl, left foot strain) and Wes Iwundu (Orl, ill) did not play. Cle 118, Cha 105 at Cha LeBron James (Cle) had 41 points on 14-26 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeff Green (Cle) had 18 points. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, March 29 (All times Central) Washington at Detroit 6:00 pm Chicago at Miami 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Indiana at Sacramento 9:00 pm Milwaukee at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 30 (All times Central) Chicago at Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Atlanta 6:30 pm New Orleans at Cleveland 7:00 pm ESPN Phoenix at Houston 7:00 pm Denver at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Minnesota at Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis at Utah 8:00 pm Milwaukee at LA Lakers 9:30 pm LA Clippers at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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