News from March 14. The NBA fined Tracy McGrady (Orl) $10,000 and suspended him for 2 games for throwing the ball at Bobby Jackson's (Sac) face and fined Jackson $7,500 and suspended him for 1 game for shoving McGrady in retaliation during Tuesday's Orl-Sac game. The NBA also fined Vlade Divac (Sac), Scot Pollard (Sac), and Art Long (Sac) $5,000 and suspended them for 1 game for leaving the bench during the ensuing scuffle. The NBA fined George Karl (Mil) $50,000 for disparaging comments he made about Seattle, his former team, in February. Karl had been fined $25,000 in March 1999 for comments he made about Seattle and was warned not to comment further on his former team. The NBA fined Rudy Tomjanovich $5,000 for criticizing the refs after Sunday's Hou-Pho game. San Antonio activated Ira Newble and placed Derrick Dial on IR with a sprained right wrist. SA 108, Min 100 OT - at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points including 7-12 FT, 20 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 7 turnovers. David Robinson (SA) had 18 points including 8-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Derek Anderson (SA) had 30 points including 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. Terrell Brandon (Min) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Sean Elliott (SA, sore left I/T Band) did not play. Orl 97, Cle 87 - at Cle Bo Outlaw (Orl) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 15 points and 8 assists. Mike Miller (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Cle) had 19 points including 9-14 FG. Chris Mihm (Cle) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl, suspended) did not play. Den 95, Ind 83 - at Den James Posey (Den) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 37 points including 7-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Al Harrington (Ind) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 22 points on 11-18 FG and 13 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Den, left knee patella subluxation) and Kevin Willis (Den, head cold) did not play. Uta 102, GS 83 - at GS Karl Malone (Uta) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 18 points including 6-9 FG. Adonal Foyle (GS) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Mookie Blaylock (GS) had 17 points and 4 blocks. Larry Hughes (GS, strained left shoulder), Marc Jackson (GS, strained left groin), and Paul McPherson (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. Pho 84, Por 79 - at Por Shawn Marion (Pho) had 26 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Delk (Pho) had 14 points including 5-7 FG in 15 minutes. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 14 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Stacey Augmon (Por, personal reasons) did not play. Was 103, Det 96 - at Was Courtney Alexander (Was) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Jahidi White (Was) had 6 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 40 points on 15-23 FG and 9-10 FT. Ben Wallace (Det) had 12 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 38 points. Was shot 52.8% (38-72) FG and Det shot 41.6% (37-89) FG. Was out-rebounded Det 53-31. Mitch Richmond (Was, sprained right knee) did not play. Mia 114, Sac 104 - at Mia Anthony Mason (Mia) had 25 points and 13 rebounds. Brian Grant (Mia) had 23 points including 10-15 FG. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cedric Ceballos (Mia) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Webber (Sac) had 26 points including 9-25 FG and 17 rebounds. Doug Christie (Sac) had 24 points. Vlade Divac (Sac, suspended), Bobby Jackson (Sac, suspended), Art Long (Sac, suspended), and Scot Pollard (Sac, suspended) did not play. Phi 85, Chi 67 - at Chi Tyrone Hill (Phi) had 16 points. Dekembe Mutombo (Phi) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Aaron McKie (Phi) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ron Mercer (Chi) had 16 points on 8-20 FG. Marcus Fizer (Chi) had 18 points. Phi shot 51.5% (34-66) FG and Chi shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Phi shot 17-27 FT and Chi shot 5-8 FT. Allen Iverson (Phi, left hip and flank contusion), Ron Artest (Chi, strained right knee), and Bryce Drew (Chi, pulled right hamstring) did not play. Cha 100, Van 95 - at Cha Jamal Mashburn (Cha) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Baron Davis (Cha) had 14 points including 4-13 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. David Wesley (Cha) had 20 points, 5 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 23 points including 9-24 FG and 12 rebounds. Michael Dickerson (Van) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Van) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals.