News from March 5. In a very scary sight, Rodney Stuckey (Det) collapsed during a timeout during Friday's Cle-Det game. He was taken to the hospital where he was in stable condition - he was released from the hospital Saturday morning and tests performed there returned normal. He will return to Detroit and undergo more tests to try to determine what happened. Boston signed Michael Finley. Zydrunas Ilgauskas announced that he plans to re-sign with Cleveland on March 22, when the 30-day restriction expires (league rule that since Cleveland traded away Ilgauskas to Washington and Washington then released him, Cleveland can not re-sign Ilgauskas for 30 days). Chicago named Lindsey Hunter as player development assistant. Hunter recently retired from the NBA after a 17 season NBA career. Oklahoma City signed Antonio Anderson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Jason Kidd and placed Jason Terry on IL. Terry underwent facial surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone and broken nose. He is expected to be out 10 to 14 days. The LA Clippers activated Craig Smith and placed Brian Skinner on IL. Toronto activated Jose Calderon and placed Patrick O'Bryant on IL. Boston activated Marcus Landry and placed Tony Allen (hip injury) on IL. Dal 108, Sac 100 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 22 points including 9-14 FG. Carl Landry (Sac) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Cha 98, LAL 83 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 21 points and 4 steals. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Cha shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and LAL shot 36.3% (29-80) FG. Nazr Mohammed (Cha, back spasms) and Luke Walton (LAL, pinched nerve back) did not play. Bos 96, Phi 86 at Phi Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 16 points. Elton Brand (Phi) had 17 points including 8-11 FG. Louis Williams (Phi) had 22 points including 9-15 FG. Bos shot 22-27 FT and Phi shot 8-12 FT. Mil 102, Was 74 at Was Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. John Salmons (Mil) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andray Blatche (Was) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 6 rebounds. JaVale McGee (Was) had 13 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Orl 97, NJ 87 at NJ Matt Barnes (Orl) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 15 points and 8 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 17 points including 7-21 FG and 10 assists. Cle 99, Det 92 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 40 points including 16-27 FG, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 17 points and 3 steals. Andreson Varejao (Cle) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points and 5 assists. Atl 127, GS 122 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 29 points on 10-15 FG and 9-14 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 23 points on 8-10 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 21 points. Anthony Tolliver (GS) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. Watson (GS) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andris Biedrins (GS, sports hernia), Monta Ellis (GS, strained lower back), and Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles) did not play. Tor 102, NY 96 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 16 points and 6 assists. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 18 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 18 points. J.R. Giddens (NY, left knee surgery) did not play. SA 102, NO 91 at SA Dajuan Blair (SA) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (NO) had 22 points on 11-19 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (NO) had 32 points including 14-19 FG. SA shot 14-21 FT and NO shot 5-9 FT. Sean Marks (NO, strained right shoulder) did not play. Den 122, Ind 114 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 34 points on 12-20 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 13 points including 5-6 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points and 8 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 32 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 14 points including 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den, left knee patella tendinitis) did not play. OKC 104, LAC 87 at LAC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 12-14 FT and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 steals, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 17 points. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 19 points and 15 rebounds. Craig Smith (LAC) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Schedule for Saturday, March 6 (All times Central) Golden State @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Miami 6:30 pm New Jersey @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV Dallas @ Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Indiana @ Phoenix 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm On the lighter side: Cleveland held a Snuggie night where fans were given Snuggie blankets and asked to wear them early in the game to set a world record. LeBron James: "The Snuggies might have been part of the reason we were so comfortable and so lackadaisical to start the game. You feel like you're getting ready for bed. We might need to have Boot Night one day so we're ready for combat. No more Snuggie Nights." ---- 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