News from March 29. The NBA suspended James Posey (NO) for 1 game for throwing the ball at a ref during Friday's NY-NO game. The NBA fined Mark Cuban (Dal owner) $25,000 for publicly criticizing the refs following Friday's Den-Dal game. Oklahoma City assigned D.J. White to the NBADL. Cleveland activated Wally Szczerbiak and placed Lorenzen Wright on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Jarvis Hayes (birth of child) on IL. Minnesota activated Mark Madsen and placed Craig Smith (calf injury) on IL. Detroit activated Allen Iverson and placed Walter Sharpe on IL. Cle 102, Dal 74 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 22 points and 5 assists. Joe Smith (Cle) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 7-23 FG and 7 rebounds. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Cle out-scored Dal 55-25 in the 2nd half. Josh Howard (Dal, sore left ankle) did not play. NO 90, SA 86 at NO David West (NO) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 11-11 FT and 16 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Antonio Daniels (NO) had 10 points including 3-4 FG. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 7 assists. James Posey (NO, suspended) did not play. Tor 134, Chi 129 OT at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 31 points including 11-11 FT and 15 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 19 assists, and 3 steals. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 9 assists. Eric Gordon (Chi) had 37 points including 15-26 FG. Lindsey Hunter (Chi, flu) did not play. Sac 126, Pho 118 at Sac Andres Nocioni (Sac) 19 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 19 points and 3 steals. Grant Hill (Pho) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-15 FT and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 31 points including 12-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, bone bruise left leg) did not play. Atl 86, LAL 76 at Atl Mike Bibby (Atl) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 11 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Flip Murray (Atl) had 14 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points on 7-10 FG and 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Min 108, NJ 99 at Min Ryan Gomes (Min) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Carney (Min) had 19 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points and 5 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 36 points including 14-23 FG and 8 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min, sore left hip) and Bobby Simmons (NJ, upper back contusion) did not play. Det 101, Phi 97 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 14 points and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Det, strained left calf) did not play. Bos 103, OKC 84 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including 10-12 FT. Glen Davis (Bos) had 19 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mikki Moore (Bos) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points. Bos shot 47% (39-83) FG and OKC shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos, sore right knee) and Leon Powe (Bos, sprained right knee) did not play. Ind 124, Was 115 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 31 points including 10-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 31 points including 13-15 FT and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 29 points and 6 rebounds. Jarvis Crittenton (Was) had 19 points. Ind shot 17-21 FT and Was shot 36-45 FT. Troy Murphy (Ind, sprained left knee), Gilbert Arenas (Was, rest), Juan Dixon (Was, right ankle tendinitis), and Darius Songaila (Was, sprained neck) did not play. All 9 home teams won. Schedule for Monday, March 30 (All times Central) Orlando @ Miami 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ New Jersey 6:30 pm NBATV New York @ Utah 8:00 pm Memphis @ Golden State 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html