News from March 23. The NBA suspended Jason Smith (NO) for 2 games for his flagrant foul on Blake Griffin (LAC) during Thursday's LAC-NO game. Boston signed Ryan Hollins and released Chris Wilcox. Dallas signed Kelenna Azubuike and assigned him to the NBADL and activated Brendan Haywood. Indiana signed Kyrylo Fesenko and placed him on IL. San Antonio signed Boris Diaw. Toronto released Rasual Butler. Boston placed Ray Allen (sore left ankle) on IL. Charlotte activated Corey Maggette and placed Eduardo Najera on IL. Miami placed Terrel Harris on IL. Minnesota activated Darko Milicic and placed Nikola Pekovic (sore left ankle) on IL. New York activated Jerome Jordan and placed Jared Jeffries on IL. Jeffries is expected to be out 2 weeks with an inflamed right knee. Orlando activated Daniel Orton and placed Justin Harper on IL. San Antonio placed Cory Joseph and Patrick Mills on IL. SA 104, Dal 87 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 12 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers. SA shot 48.9% (43-88) FG and Dal shot 38.3% (31-81) FG. Tony Parker (SA, sore left hamstring), Tiago Splitter (SA, back spasms), and Brendan Haywood (Dal, sprained right knee). OKC 149, Min 140 2OT at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 40 points including 15-26 FG, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals in 52 minutes. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 45 points and 6 assists in 50 minutes. James Harden (OKC) had 25 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 51 points on 16-27 FG, 7-11 3-pointers, and 12-16 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.J. Barea (Min) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. Anthony Toliver (Min) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. OKC out-scored Min 20-11 in the 2nd overtime. Michael Beasley (Min, sprained left big toe) did not play. Mia 88, Det 73 at Det LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 18 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Rodney Stuckey (Det, sore left big toe) did not play. Orl 93, Cle 80 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 17 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 13 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tor 96, NY 79 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points including 11-17 FG. Gary Forbes (Tor) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 17 points including 5-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Steve Novak (NY) had 15 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Phi 99, Bos 86 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mil 112, Cha 92 at Cha Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 29 points including 13-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 7 assists. Mil shot 53.3% (48-90) FG and Cha shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. DeSagana Diop (Cha, strained right hamstring) did not play. Atl 93, NJ 84 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 30 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points and 6 assists. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (NJ) had 20 points and 8 assists. Vladimir Radmanovic (Atl, sore back) did not play. Pho 113, Ind 111 at Ind Grant Hill (Pho) had 22 points. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points and 17 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 28 points including 9-13 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. LAL 103, Por 96 at LAL Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points including 5-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 12-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. LAL out-rebounded Por 53-29 including 17-6 offensive. Uta 121, Den 102 at Uta Al Jefferson (Uta) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (Uta) had 13 points and 9 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Uta shot 59.3% (48-81) FG and Den shot 46.2% (36-78) FG. Schedule for Saturday, March 24 (All times Central) Memphis at LA Clippers 2:00 pm Atlanta at Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte at New Jersey 6:30 pm Detroit at New York 6:30 pm Toronto at Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio at New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas at Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Indiana at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, March 25 (All times Central) Phoenix at Cleveland 2:00 pm NBATV Denver at Minnesota 2:30 pm Washington at Boston 5:00 pm Utah at Atlanta 5:00 pm Philadelphia at San Antonio 6:00 pm Miami at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Golden State at Portland 8:00 pm Memphis at LA Lakers 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