News from March 18. New Orleans elected not to sign Wayne Selden to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his first 10-day contract. Memphis signed Wayne Selden for the rest of the season and released Toney Douglas. Cleveland activated Kay Felder and placed Larry Sanders on IL. The LA Clippers activated DeAndre Jordan and placed Wesley Johnson on IL. Memphis placed Chandler Parsons (injured left knee) on IL. Portland activated Evan Turner and placed Ed Davis (left shoulder) on IL. Sacramento activated Malachi Richardson and placed Arron Afflalo and Ben McLemore on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Joel Anthony on IL. Stats Leaders Points Russell Westbrook (OKC) 31.7 James Harden (Hou) 29.2 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 29.2 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.3 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.9 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.6 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.2 John Wall (Was) 10.8 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.3 GS 117, Mil 92 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points on 9-16 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points including 9-13 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 15 points. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 18 points. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. GS shot 60% (45-75) FG and Mil shot 40.4% (36-89) FG. GS out-scored Mil 36-15 in the 2nd quarter. Hou 109, Den 105 at Den James Harden (Hou) had 40 points including 15-17 FT, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 16 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Hou) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den, sore left knee) did not play. Mem 104, SA 98 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Chi 95, Uta 86 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 23 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 11 points on 4-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 13 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. LAC 108, Cle 78 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points on 4-5 FG and 5-11 FT and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 16 points. Richard Jefferson (Cle) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 11 points including 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. LAC shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Cle shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Kyrie Irving (Cle, rest), LeBron James (Cle, rest), and Kevin Love (Cle, rest) did not play. Cha 98, Was 93 at Cha Cody Zeller (Cha) had 19 points including 8-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 5-18 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points. John Wall (Was) had 19 points on 5-16 FG and 8-11 FT and 8 assists. Johnny O'Bryant (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 113, Atl 97 at Atl Damian Lillard (Por) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 22 points. Por out-scored Atl 40-18 in the 1st quarter. Por shot 50.6% (44-87) FG and Atl shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. Paul Millsap (Atl, left knee tightness) did not play. OKC 110, Sac 94 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 13 rebounds. Doug McDermott (OKC) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 13 points. Georgios Papagiannis (Sac) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. OKC out-scored Sac 63-41 in the 1st half. Schedule for Sunday, March 19 (All times Central) Dallas @ Brooklyn 11:00 am Boston @ Philadelphia 12:00 pm Phoenix @ Detroit 3:30 pm Minnesota @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Indiana @ Toronto 5:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Miami 5:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Cleveland @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 20 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Orlando 6:00 pm Utah @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ Boston 6:30 pm Denver @ Houston 7:00 pm Golden State @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT New York @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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