News from March 18.

Utah activated Greg Ostertag.

Clyde Drexler (Hou) announced that he will retire after this season to
take on the head coaching job at the University of Houston, his alma
mater.

Philadelphia released William Cunningham and activated Scott Williams.

New Jersey signed David Vaughn to a 2nd 10-day contract.


Sea 99, LAC 80 - at Sea
Vin Baker (Sea) had 17 points and 8 rebounds.
Gary Payton (Sea) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8
assists.
Dale Ellis (Sea) had 23 points including 9-12 FG.
Rodney Rogers (LAC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 17 points and 6 rebounds.

Phi 104, Det 96 - at Det
Theo Ratliff (Phi) had 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Aaron McKie (Phi) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 38 points including 14-16 FG, 6 assists, and 4
steals.
Grant Hill (Det) had 31 points including 13-16 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Joe Dumars (Det) had 18 points and 3 steals.
Joe Smith (Phi, abdominal strain) did not play.

Mia 94, Van 91 - at Mia
Dan Majerle (Mia) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 8 rebounds.
Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-13 FT and 7 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 23 points and 11 assists.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 21 points including 6-19 FG and 6 rebounds.
Bryant Reeves (Van) had 20 points and 9 rebounds.

SA 92, Min 76 - at Min
Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points and 12 rebounds.
David Robinson (SA) had 15 points on 3-12 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds.
Avery Johnson (SA) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 8 assists.
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 6 points including 7-21 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists,
and 5 steals.
Stephon Marbury (Min) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 12
assists.

Cha 111, Uta 85 - at Cha
Glen Rice (Cha) had 26 points including 11-15 FG.
Matt Geiger (Cha) had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
David Wesley (Cha) had 13 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals.
Karl Malone (Uta) had 17 points and 9 rebounds.
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 9 rebounds.
Cha shot 60% (45-75) FG and Uta shot 37.1% (33-89) FG.

LAL 99, Pho 93 - at LAL
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 33 points including 7-11 FT and 22 rebounds.
Robert Horry (LAL) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds.
Eddie Jones (LAL) had 15 points and 5 assists.
Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 18 points.
Antonio McDyess (Pho) had 20 points and 7 rebounds.
Jason Kidd (Pho) had 11 points including 4-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 12
assists.