News from March 7. Orlando released Rashad Vaughn. Chicago activated Justin Holiday. Cleveland activated Jeff Green. Detroit activated Reggie Hearn and placed Stanley Johnson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Alex Caruso. Memphis activated Ben McLemore and placed Chandler Parsons (ill) on IL. Milwaukee placed Tyler Zeller (sore back) on IL. Sacramento activated JaKarr Sampson on IL. Utah activated Tony Bradley. Uta 104, Ind 84 at Ind Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 14 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Myles Turner (Ind) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 3 blocks. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 13 points including 6-19 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Uta shot 51.2% (41-80) FG and Ind shot 38.6% (34-88) FG. Tor 121, Det 119 OT at Det DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 42 points including 16-28 FG and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Norman Powell (Tor) had 17 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Blake Griffin (Det) had 31 points including 12-21 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 21 rebounds including 7 offensive. Reggie Bullock (Det) had 21 points. Chi 119, Mem 110 at Chi Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 21 points and 5 assists. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 21 points including 8-10 FT, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points on 4-11 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ben McLemore (Mem) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mem, right hamstring) and Jarell Martin (Mem, right knee) did not play. Hou 110, Mil 99 at Mil James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Giannis Anttokounmpo (Mil) had 30 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (Hou, sore left hip) did not play. NO 114, Sac 101 at Sac Anthony Davis (NO) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 23 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Mirotic (NO) had 26 points including 10-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 20 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. NO shot 56.6% (47-83) FG and Sac shot 41.9% (39-93) FG. NO shot 9-9 FT and Sac shot 14-17 FT. Cle 113, Den 108 at Den LeBron James (Cle) had 39 points including 15-25 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Larry Nance (Cle) had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. Rodney Hood (Cle) had 15 points. Nikola Jolic (Den) had 36 points on 12-14 FG and 10-11 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. LAL 108, Orl 107 at LAL Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 20 points including 9-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 27 points including 12-18 FG and the game winning free throws with .6 seconds left. Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 16 points including 4-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 28 points including 11-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Schedule for Thursday, March 8 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Miami 6:30 pm Boston at Minnesota 7:00 pm TNT Phoenix at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm San Antonio at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 9 (All times Central) Chicago at Detroit 6:00 pm Atlanta at Indiana 6:00 pm Houston at Toronto 6:30 pm Utah at Memphis 7:00 pm New York at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Washington at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers at Denver 8:00 pm Golden State at Portland 9:00 pm Orlando at Sacramento 9:00 pm Cleveland at LA Clippers 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