News from March 10. The NBA fined J.R. Smith (NY) $25,000 for posting a picture of a scantily clad woman on his Twitter account. Minnesota activated Malcolm Lee and placed Ricky Rubio (torn left ACL, out for season) on IL. Houston activated Jordan Hill and placed Kyle Lowry (ill) on IL. Utah activated DeMarre Carroll and placed Raja Bell on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 28.9 Kevin Durant (OKC) 27.9 LeBron James (Mia) 27.7 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 15.0 Kevin Love (Min) 13.8 Andrew Bynum (LAL) 12.6 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.0 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 10.0 Jose Calderon (Tor) 8.5 Chris Paul (LAC) 8.5 GS 111, Dal 87 at GS David Lee (GS) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Nate Robinson (GS) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. GS shot 54.1% (40-74) FG and Dal shot 37.3% (28-75) FG. Brendan Haywood (Dal, sprained ankle) and Jason Kidd (Dal, rest) did not play. OKC 122, Cha 95 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 10-14 FG. James Harden (OKC) had 33 points on 11-16 FG, 4-9 3-pointers and 7-10 FT. Corey Maggett (Cha) had 21 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. OKC shot 63% (46-73) FG and Cha shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. Mia 93, Ind 91 OT at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points including 9-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and the game winning jumper with .1 seconds left and 7 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 15 points including 4-18 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) and George Hill (Ind, sprained left shoulder) did not play. Por 110, Was 99 at Was LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 30 points including 12-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Por) had 21 points including 9-10 FT. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 23 points and 5 assists. JaVale McGee (Was) had 15 points including 7-10 FG. John Wall (Was) had 25 points including 7-10 FT and 8 assists. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Det 105, Tor 86 at Det Brandon Knight (Det) had 19 points and 7 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 20 points and 8 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points on 3-10 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 12 points. Det shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Tor shot 39.7% (29-73) FG. Chi 111, Uta 97 at Chi Kyle Korver (Chi) had 26 points on 10-16 FG and 6-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 27 points including 13-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points including 10-11 FT, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 26 points including 11-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Chi, right shoulder injury), Joakim Noah (Chi, ill), Luol Deng (Chi, torn ligament left wrist), and Devin Harris (Uta, stomach flu) did not play. NO 95, Min 89 at Min Chris Kaman (NO) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 17 points and 7 assists. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 12 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points including 9-10 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee) and Jason Smith (NO, concussion) did not play. Pho 98, Mem 91 at Pho Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points, 15 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points including 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points including 7-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 112, NJ 106 at NJ Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 16 points on 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Goran Dragic (Hou) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 17 points. MarShon Brooks (NJ) had 23 points on 11-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gerald Green (NJ) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Deron Williams (NJ, strained right calf) and Brook Lopez (NJ, sprained right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 11 (All times Central) Philadelphia at New York 11:00 am NBATV Boston at LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Milwaukee at Toronto 5:00 pm Indiana at Orlando 5:00 pm Houston at Cleveland 5:00 pm Memphis at Denver 7:00 pm Atlanta at Sacramento 8:00 pm Golden State at LA Clippers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 12 (All times Central) Milwaukee at New Jersey 6:30 pm New York at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte at New Orleans 7:00 pm Washington at San Antonio 7:30 pm Detroit at Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota at Phoenix 9:00 pm Boston at LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html