News from March 12. Washington signed Toure Murry to a 10-day contract. Indiana activated C.J. Miles and placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Memphis activated Jarnell Stokes and Russ Smith and placed Tony Allen (rest) and Mike Conley (rest) on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Reggie Williams on IL. NY 101, LAL 94 at LAL Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 16 points including 8-11 FT. Alexey Shved (NY) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 14 points and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. Cle 128, SA 125 OT at SA LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 57 points on 20-32 FG, 7-7 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 24 points including 9-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Danny Green (SA) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 31 points including 15-23 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Uta 109, Hou 91 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 29 points on 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, and 6-10 FT and 7 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 22 rebounds including 12 offensive, and 4 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points. James Harden (Hou) had 15 points on 3-13 FG and 9-13 FT, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Uta out-rebounded Hou 57-37 including 22-8 offensive. Was 107, Mem 87 at Was Paul Pierce (Was) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Jarnell Stokes (Mem) had 13 points including 4-6 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Was shot 50% (40-80) FG and Mem shot 38.8% (31-80) FG. Nene (Was, personal reasons), Marc Gasol (Mem, rest), and Zach Randolph (Mem, rest) did not play. Ind 109, Mil 103 OT at Ind George Hill (Ind) had 17 points and 5 assists. Luis Scola (Ind) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 25 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 28 points including 12-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Mil) had 16 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Ind shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Mil shot 38.5% (35-91) FG. Jerryd Bayless (Mil, sore right ankle) and O.J. Mayo (Mil, rest) did not play. 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 Schedule for Saturday, March 14 (All times Central) Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Detroit @ Utah 8:00 pm New York @ Golden State 9:30 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