News from March 26. Gilbert Arenas (Was) was sentenced to spend 30 days at a halfway house, 400 hours of community service, and fined $5,000 for his guilty plea for felony gun possession. Miami signed Kenny Hasbrouck to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio signed Curtis Jerrells on March 24 and assigned him to the NBADL. Milwaukee signed Darnell Jackson and placed him on IL. Utah activated Andrei Kirilenko and placed Othyus Jeffers on IL. Jeffers was signed for the rest of the season. Milwaukee activated Dan Gadzuric and placed Andrew Bogut (sore back) on IL. Detroit activated Chucky Atkins and placed Chris Wilcox (hamstring injury) on IL. New Jersey activated Terrence Williams and placed Tony Battie on IL. Boston activated Brian Scalabrine and placed Kendrick Perkins (sore left knee) on IL. Toronto activated Marco Belinelli and placed Hedo Turkoglu on IL. Orlando activated Adonal Foyle and placed Mickael Pietrus on IL. OKC 91, LAL 75 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Nenad Krstic (OKC) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 10-13 FG, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. Andrew Bynum (LAL, strained left Achilles) did not play. Orl 106, Min 97 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 6-7 FG and 12-16 FT, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Vince Carter (Orl) had 13 points and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Bos 94, Sac 86 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points. Carl Landry (Sac) had 30 points on 10-16 FG and 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 16 points, 12 assists, and 5 steals. Den 97, Tor 96 at Tor Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 25 points including the game winning 18-footer at the buzzer and 8 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 18 points including 4-18 FG. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Den shot 21-31 FT and Tor shot 12-16 FT. Tor out-rebounded Den 58-38 including 15-7 offensive. SA 102, Cle 97 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. George Hill (SA) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 20 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mia 87, Mil 74 at Mil Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points on 9-14 FG and 11-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 10 points and 18 rebounds. Dorell Wright (Mia) had 14 points. John Salmons (Mil) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 12 points and 3 steals. Mia shot 49.2% (30-61) FG and Mil shot 31.5% (28-89) FG. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, flu) did not play. Ind 122, Uta 106 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 44 points on 14-23 FG, 5-10 3-pointers, and 11-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 27 points including 10-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 21 points including 6-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. T.J. Ford (Ind, strained left groin) did not play. Phi 105, Atl 98 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 12 assists, and 7 steals. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points on 9-12 FG and 5-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Louis Williams (Phi, lower back pain) and Thaddeus Young (Phi, fractured right thumb) did not play. Pho 132, NY 96 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 18 points including 12-15 FT and 9 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 18 points. David Lee (NY) had 21 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Al Harrington (NY) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 55.6% (50-90) FG and NY shot 38.3% (36-94) FG. Pho shot 24-32 FT and NY shot 12-16 FT. Jonathan Bender (NY, fractured left 4th metacarpal) and Wilson Chandler (NY, sore left groin) did not play. Cha 107, Was 96 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 11 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 20 points. Alonzo Gee (Was) had 19 points including 7-10 FT. Andray Blatche (Was) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Al Thornton (Was, strained right hip flexor) did not play. NJ 118, Det 110 at NJ Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 31 points including 12-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 37 points including 14-17 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Terrence Williams (NJ) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 27 points on 13-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points. Schedule for Saturday, March 27 (All times Central) Utah @ Washington 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Chicago 7:00 pm Portland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Houston 7:30 pm Dallas @ 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