News from March 13. Boston signed Vitaly Potapenko to a 6 year, $33 million contract extension. Saturday was the deadline for teams to sign 1996 first round draft picks to contract extensions. New Jersey signed Kerry Kittles to a 6 year, $52 million contract extension. New Jersey formally signed Stephon Marbury to a 6 year, $70.9 million contract extension. Atlanta placed LaPhonso Ellis on IR with back spasms. Cleveland signed Corie Blount. New Jersey released Bill Curley, signed Doug Overton to a 10-day contract, and placed Eric Murdock on IR. New York released Dennis Scott and activated David Wingate. Robert Pack (Dal) suffered a torn right hamstring during Saturday's Dal-Van game. Dal 91, Van 74 - at Dal A.C. Green (Dal) had 11 points and 6 rebounds in his 1,000 consecutive game played. Gary Trent (Dal) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Hubert Davis (Dal) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Felipe Lopez (Van) had 21 points. Doug West (Van, sprained foot) did not play. Orl 87, GS 74 - at GS Horace Grant (Orl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Orl) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 16 points including 5-6 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Erick Dampier (GS) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Bimbo Coles (GS) had 10 points on 5-6 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl shot 20-31 FT and GS shot 10-17 FT. Bo Outlaw (Orl, left calf contusion), Jason Caffey (GS, right Achilles tendinitis), and Muggsy Bogues (GS, right knee contusion) did not play. Hou 100, Cle 89 - at Hou Scottie Pippen (Hou) had 16 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 15 points including 6-9 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 24 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Brent Price (Hou) had 17 points and 6 assists. Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Derek Anderson (Cle) had 23 points and 5 assists. SA 92, Den 61 - at SA Sean Elliott (SA) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Antonio McDyess (Den) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 16 points. SA shot 44.9% (31-69) FG and Den shot 28.8% (21-73) FG. Uta 99, Min 72 - at Uta Bryon Russell (Uta) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 4 steals. Karl Malone (Uta) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 11 points and 7 assists. Joe Smith (Min) had 7 points including 3-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals. Atl 86, Tor 75 - at Atl Alan Henderson (Atl) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 16 points including 4-5 FG and 13 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Doug Christie (Tor) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Atl shot 31-45 FT and Tor shot 16-26 FT. Por 106, LAC 96 OT - at LAC Brian Grant (Por) had 25 points including 13-13 FT and 14 rebounds. Jim Jackson (Por) had 21 points. Greg Anthony (Por) had 14 points including 4-5 FG. Maurice Taylor (LAC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Lorenzen Wright (LAC) had 10 points and 18 rebounds. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 18 points. Por shot 39-50 FT and LAC shot 12-12 FT.