News from March 6. Miami suspended Rafer Alston indefinitely. The team says that Alston has made himself unavailable for contact with the team other than text messages. Tony Parker (SA) suffered a broken bone in his right hand during Saturday's SA-Mem game. He is expected to be out 6 weeks. Dallas elected not to sign Von Wafer to a 2nd 10-day contract. Boston assigned Marcus Landry to the NBADL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Skinner and placed Eric Gordon on IL. Utah placed Kyrylo Fesenko on IL. New Jersey activated Courtney Lee and placed Tony Battie on IL. Miami activated James Jones and Yakhouba Diawara and placed Rafer Alston and Dorell Wright (swollen left knee) on IL. Stats Leaders Points LeBron James (Cle) 30.0 Kevin Durant (OKC) 29.7 Carmelo Anthony (Den) 28.7 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 13.2 Zach Randolph (Mem) 11.8 Marcus Camby (Por) 11.6 David Lee (NY) 11.6 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.3 Chris Paul (NO) 11.2 Deron Williams (Uta) 10.1 Dal 122, Chi 116 at Chi Caron Butler (Dal) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brad Miller (Chi) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 34 points including 15-22 FG. Brendan Haywood (Dal, strained lower back) and Erick Dampier (Dal, right middle finger surgery) did not play. SA 102, Mem 92 at Mem Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points and 6 assists. Richard Jefferson (SA) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 23 points. Steven Hunter (Mem, sore left knee) did not play. Mil 92, Cle 85 at Mil Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 30 points including 11-18 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Delonte West (Cle) had 27 points including 11-18 FG, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle, rest) did not play. NJ 113, NY 93 at NY Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 31 points including 13-21 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Courtney Lee (NJ) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers. David Lee (NY) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. NJ shot 14-24 3-pointers and NY shot 0-18 3-pointers, setting the NBA record for most 3-pointers attempted without a make (old: 16). J.R. Giddens (NY, left knee surgery) did not play. Pho 113, Ind 105 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 22 points including 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 30 points including 14-16 FT and 6 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 19 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 22 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Goran Dragic (Pho, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mia 100, Atl 94 at Mia Quentin Richardson (Mia) had 22 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 22 points on 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 38 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 14-18 FT and 10 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points including 8-23 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Uta 107, LAC 85 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 17 points and 17 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 10 points and 10 assists. Drew Gooden (LAC) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 12 points including 5-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Cha 101, GS 90 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 9 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 19 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cha out-rebounded GS 60-36 including 19-12 offensive. Nazr Mohammed (Cha, back spasms), Andris Biedrins (GS, sports hernia), Monta Ellis (GS, lower back strain), and Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles) did not play. Hou 112, Min 98 at Min Luis Scola (Hou) had 25 points, 21 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 25 points and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 30 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Hou shot 9-9 FT and Min shot 21-27 FT. David Andersen (Hou, sore lower back) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 7 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Toronto 11:00 am LA Lakers @ Orlando 1:30 pm ABC Houston @ Detroit 5:00 pm Washington @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Oklahoma City @ Sacramento 8:00 pm Portland @ Denver 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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