News from March 16. Minnesota placed Anthony Peeler on IR with a strained left calf and activated Trevor Winter. New Jersey activated Rony Seikaly. Toronto activated Sean Marks and placed Micheal Williams on IR with a sore right foot. LAL 107, Min 101 - at Min Glen Rice (LAL) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 24 points on 7-9 FG and 10-18 FT and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points including 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Joe Smith (Min) had 22 points including 8-12 FT and 13 rebounds including 10 offensive. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Terrell Brandon (Min) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. LAL shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Min shot 42.6% (43-101). LAL shot 28-40 FT and Min shot 14-25 FT. Dennis Rodman (LAL, personal reasons) did not play. Mia 94, Was 85 - at Mia P.J. Brown (Mia) had 18 points including 6-7 FG. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-12 FT and 14 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Juwan Howard (Was) had 18 points and 15 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Was) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 8-13 FT. Mia shot 54.2% (32-59) FG and Was shot 44% (33-75) FG. Rod Strickland (Was, strained right groin) did not play. Atl 85, Ind 79 - at Ind Alan Henderson (Atl) had 19 points on 8-11 FG and 3-10 FT. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 10 points and 20 rebounds. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. Rik Smits (Ind) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Mark Jackson (Ind) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Atl shot 16-29 FT and Ind shot 9-13 FT. Pho 110, Mil 92 - at Mil Tom Gugliotta (Pho) had 19 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dell Curry (Mil) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tim Thomas (Mil) had 17 points including 6-7 FG. Luc Longley (Pho, bruised left hip) and Sam Cassell (Mil, sprained right ankle) did not play. Tor 100, NJ 85 - at Tor Vince Carter (Tor) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Doug Christie (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Dee Brown (Tor) had 17 points and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (Tor) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NJ) had 22 points and 8 assists. NY 113, LAC 89 - at NY Larry Johnson (NY) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Allan Houston (NY) had 24 points on 6-9 FG and 9-10 FT. Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 31 points including 11-17 FG. Maurice Taylor (LAC) had 18 points on 4-13 FG and 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. NY shot 55.9% (38-68) FG and LAC shot 44.1% (30-68) FG. Patrick Ewing (NY, tendinitis left Achilles) did not play. Cle 86, Det 82 - at Cle Andrew DeClercq (Cle) had 8 points and 17 rebounds. Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Brevin Knight (Cle) had 19 points and 9 assists. Grant Hill (Det) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Joe Dumars (Det) had 18 points on 6-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. Cle shot 28-40 FT and Det shot 10-16 FT. Derek Anderson (Cle, right knee contusion) did not play. Hou 101, Por 93 - at Hou Scottie Pippen (Hou) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 15 points on 2-9 FG and 11-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists, Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 steals. Sam Mack (Hou) had 17 points. Brian Grant (Por) had 13 points on 1-4 FG and 11-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sea 87, Van 85 - at Sea Vin Baker (Sea) had 31 points on 13-19 FG and 5-10 FT and the game winning tip-in with 0.2 seconds left and 7 rebounds. Dale Ellis (Sea) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 6 assists. Gary Payton (Sea) had 12 points and 5 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bryant Reeves (Van) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Billy Owens 9Sea, sore left knee) did not play. SA 121, Sac 109 - at Sac Tim Duncan (SA) had 29 points including 13-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Sean Elliott (SA) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Mario Elie (SA) had 23 points including 9-11 FG. Avery Johnson (SA) had 17 points, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Lawrence Funderburke (Sac) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Webber (Sac) had 15 points including 7-24 FG and 14 rebounds. SA shot 61.3% (49-80) FG and Sac shot 40% (36-90) FG.