News from March 11. Detroit signed Quincy Miller for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix signed Seth Curry to a 10-day contract. Boston activated Avery Bradley and placed Isaiah Thomas on IL. Brooklyn placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Karasev is expected to undergo surgery on his right knee to repair a torn MCL, dislocated patella, and remove loose bodies. He is expected to be out for the rest of the season. Charlotte activated Kemba Walker and placed Cody Zeller on IL. Detroit activated Joel Anthony and placed Quincy Miller on IL. Houston activated Nick Johnson and placed Kostas Papanikolaou on IL. Phoenix placed Brandon Knight (sprained ankle) on IL. Sac 113, Cha 106 at Cha Rudy Gay (Sac) had 26 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Maurice Williams (Cha) had 20 points and 8 assists. Chi 104, Phi 95 OT at Phi Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 27 points and 16 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 31 points including 12-20 FG and 5 assists. Ish Smith (Phi) had 23 points and 6 assists. Isaiah Canaan (Phi) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Chi out-scored Phi 12-3 in overtime. Chi shot 46% (40-87) FG and Phi shot 34.6% (36-104) FG. Joakim Noah (Chi, left knee injury) did not play. Bos 95, Mem 92 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 17 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points on 9-12 FG and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mia 104, Bro 98 at Mia Chris Anderson (Mia) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 8-11 FT and 9 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 18 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, suspended) and Alan Anderson (Bro, bruised lower back) did not play. Mil 97, Orl 91 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 30 points including 12-17 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 10 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 11 points including 4-13 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 3 steals. Jerryd Bayless (Mil, sore right ankle) and Willie Green (Orl, lower back spasms) did not play. LAC 120, OKC 108 at OKC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 18 points including 12-22 FT and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 22 points including 6-8 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 25 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 33 points including 11-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points on 5-14 FG and 11-13 FT, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 10 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 26 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Den 115, Atl 102 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 23 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Will Barton (Den) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Pho 106, Min 97 at Pho Markieff Morris (Pho) had 24 points including 10-15 FG. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 18 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 16 points. Justin Hamilton (Min) had 15 points. Pho shot 10-13 FT and Min shot 24-26 FT. GS 105, Det 98 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 27 points including 11-19 FG. Draymond Green (GS) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 13 points on 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 22 points and 27 rebounds including 17 offensive. GS shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and Det shot 42% (42-100) FG. Por 105, Hou 100 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points including 12-20 FG, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Robin Lopez (Por) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 23 points. Schedule for Thursday, March 12 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Memphis @ Washington 6:00 pm TNT Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT New York @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Friday, March 13 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Orlando @ Boston 6:30 pm Miami @ Toronto 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Detroit @ Portland 9:00 pm ---- 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