News from March 7. The NBA fined Jason Kidd (Dal) $25,000 for criticizing the refs following Monday's Dal-OKC game. Charlotte activated Reggie Williams and placed Boris Diaw on IL. Denver activated Kosta Koufos and placed Rudy Fernandez (lower back strain) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Ebanks and placed Darius Morris on IL. Morris was assigned to the NBADL. Was 106, LAL 101 at Was Trevor Booker (Was) had 18 points and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. JaVale McGee (Was) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 19 points and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FT, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 6-8 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 9-31 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Was shot 13-19 FT and LAL shot 29-37 FT. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Phi 103, Bos 71 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Phi) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 16 points. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 12 points including 5-15 FG. Phi shot 48.3% (43-89) FG and Bos shot 35% (28-80) FG. Thaddeus Young (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. SA 118, NY 105 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 32 points including 12-19 FG and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 6 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 20 points and 3 steals. OKC 115, Pho 104 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points on 10-27 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points on 9-15 FG, 20 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 31 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. James Harden (OKC) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10-11 FT. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 28 points including 10-13 FT, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. OKC out-scored Pho 31-16 in the 4th quarter. Cle 100, Den 99 at Den Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 33 points and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 18 points including the game winning layup with 4 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Ty Lawson (Den) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Min 106, Por 94 at Min Wesley Johnson (Min) had 19 points on 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 29 points including 8-11 FT and 16 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 22 points and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Por) had 23 points on 11-18 FG and 9 assists. Min shot 19-26 FT and Por shot 3-4 FT. Uta 99, Cha 93 at Cha Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 31 points on 11-19 FG and 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 25 points including 13-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Chi 106, Mil 104 at Mil Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 20 points on 10-14 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30 points on 8-22 FG and 14-14 FT and the game winning long jumper at the buzzer, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 32 points including 14-18 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 27 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Richard Hamilton (Chi, sore right shoulder), C.J. Watson (Chi, sprained left ankle), Stephen Jackson (Mil, sore right hamstring), and Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil, sore right knee) did not play. Mia 89, Atl 86 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 31 points on 12-20 FG and 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 9 points including 3-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. Mia shot 19-25 FT and Atl shot 8-9 FT. Tracy McGrady (Atl, rest) did not play. NJ 101, LAC 100 at NJ Shelden Williams (NJ) had 15 points on 3-4 FG and 9-11 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (NJ) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. MarShon Brooks (NJ) had 19 points. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 16 points including the game winning 3-pointer with .2 seconds left. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 10-17 FT and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Randy Foye (LAC) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Brook Lopez (NJ, sprained right ankle) did not play. Tor 116, Hou 98 at Tor Jose Calderon (Tor) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 12 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 19 points. Chandler Parson (Hou) had 19 points and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 16 points. Tor shot 59.2% (45-76) FG and Hou shot 41.4% (29-70) FG. Sac 99, NO 98 at Sac Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 25 points. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 13 points. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Kaman (NO) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 25 points including 11-17 FG and 5 turnovers. Sac shot 15-23 FT and NO shot 11-12 FT. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, food poisoning), Gustavo Ayon (NO, sore left foot), Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee), and Jason Smith (NO, concussion) did not play. Mem 110, GS 92 at GS Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, March 8 (All times Central) Orlando at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Dallas at Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 9 (All times Central) Utah at Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV New Jersey at Charlotte 6:00 pm Portland at Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta at Detroit 6:30 pm Cleveland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Minnesota 7:00 pm New York at Milwaukee 7:30 pm LA Clippers at San Antonio 7:30 pm New Orleans at Denver 8:00 pm Dallas at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV ---- 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