News from March 3. Oklahoma City signed Corey Brewer. Phoenix signed Shaquille Harrison to a 2nd 10-day contract. Portland elected not to sign Brandon Rush to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day contract. Cleveland activated J.R. Smith and placed Jeff Green (sore lower back) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Luol Deng and placed Brandon Ingram (strained left hip flexor) on IL. Memphis activated Chandler Parsons and placed Marc Gasol (rest ) and Andrew Harrison on IL. Oklahoma City placed Carmelo Anthony (rest) on IL. Portland activated Wade Baldwin and placed Maurice Harkless (left knee) on IL. Sacramento placed Willie Cauley-Stein (strained lower back) on IL. San Antonio activated Pau Gasol and Matt Costello and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (sprained right ankle) and Brandon Paul on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Cle) 31.2 Anthony Davis (NO) 28.1 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 27.2 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 15.8 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 15.0 DeMarcus Cousins (NO) 12.9 Assists Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.2 LeBron James (Cle) 9.1 James Harden (Hou) 8.9 Orl 107, Mem 100 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 16 points and 5 assists. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 10 points including 2-12 FG, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Ben McLemore (Mem) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Den 126, Cle 117 at Cle Gary Harris (Den) had 32 points including 10-17 FG and 6-10 3-pointers. Jamal Murray (Den) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 8-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 15 assists. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 19 points. Mia 105, Det 96 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 8 points including 2-10 FG and 19 rebounds including 8 offensive. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 17 points. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (Det) had 31 points and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points, 18 rebounds including 11 offensive, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Bam Adebayo (Mia, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 123, Bos 120 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 21 points including 4-13 FG and 3 steals. Clint Capela (Hou) had 8 points and 17 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points on 6-18 FG, 3-12 3-pointers, and 11-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 steals. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 29 points including 7-11 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Greg Monroe (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (Hou, sore left hip) and Brandan Wright (Hou, sore right knee) did not play. LAL 116, SA 112 at SA Julius Randle (LAL) had 25 points including 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 18 points on 6-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Pau Gasol (SA) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Rudy Gay (SA) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Por 108, OKC 100 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 5-18 FG and 7 assists. Evan Turner (Por) had 17 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points including 12-31 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Paul George (OKC) had 21 points including 0-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Uta 98, Sac 91 at Sac Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 27 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 17 points. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 12 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Sunday, March 4 (All times Central) Phoenix at Atlanta 2:30 pm Charlotte at Toronto 5:00 pm Indiana at Washington 5:00 pm New Orleans at Dallas 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Milwaukee 7:00 pm ESPN Brooklyn at LA Clippers 8:00 pm New York at Sacramento 8:00 pm Schedule for Monday, March 5 (All times Central) Detroit at Cleveland 6:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee at Indiana 6:00 pm Phoenix at Miami 6:30 pm Boston at Chicago 7:00 pm Memphis at San Antonio 7:30 pm Orlando at Utah 8:00 pm Portland at LA Lakers 9:30 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