News from March 28. The NBA fined Jorge Guiterrez (Bro) $15,000 for making excessive contact above the shoulders of Cody Zeller (Cha) during Wednesday's Bro-Cha gem. Sacramento signed Willie Reed for the rest of the season. Oklahoma City signed Reggie Williams to a 10-day contract and released Mustafa Shakur after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Patrick Beverley (Hou) is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Dwight Howard (Hou) is expected to be out 10 days with a sore left ankle. Golden State activated Andre Iguodala and placed Ognjen Kuzmic on IL. Miami activated Justin Hamilton and Dwyane Wade and placed Ray Allen (stomach virus) and Greg Oden (back spasms) on IL. Orl 110, Cha 105 OT at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 24 points and 23 rebounds including 10 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 17 points on 3-9 FG and 9-10 FT. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 24 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 20 points on 10-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 8-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Orl out-rebounded Cha 57-36 including 19-9 offensive. Orl shot 26-35 FT and Cha shot 11-14 FT. Tor 105, Bos 103 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 17 points. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 15 points and 5 assists. Jeff Green (Bos) had 16 points. Jerryd Bayless (Bos) had 20 points. Was 91, Ind 78 at Was John Wall (Was) had 20 points and 8 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 11 points including 2-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 19 points including 6-22 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 13 points including 3-13 FG and 14 rebounds. Bro 108, Cle 97 at Bro Paul Pierce (Bro) had 22 points including 5-6 FG (all 3-pointers). Joe Johnson (Bro) had 14 points including 6-8 FG. Deron Williams (Bro) had 13 points and 5 assists. Luol Deng (Cle) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 asists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 5 assists. Bro shot 54.9% (39-71) FG and Cle shot 42.5% (37-87) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mia 110, Det 78 at Det LeBron James (Mia) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 9 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mia shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Det shot 38% (30-79) FG. Mario Chalmers (Mia, bruised right quad), Dwyane Wade (Mia, strained left hamstring), and Charlie Villanueva (Det, sore back) did not play. Por 91, Chi 74 at Chi Nicolas Batum (Por) had 13 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points. Maurice Williams (Por) had 18 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 15 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Por shot 11-16 FT and Chi shot 5-7 FT. Min 143, LAL 107 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 26 points including 9-10 FG. Kevin Martin (Min) had 17 points. Kent Bazemore (LAL) had 21 points and 3 steals. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 19 points. Min shot 67.1% (51-76) FG and LAL shot 43.1% (44-102) FG. Min shot 33-40 FT and LAL shot 12-15 FT. Min out-scored Min 74-43 in the 1st half. Pau Gasol (LAL, vertigo) and Xavier Henry (LAL, sore right knee) did not play. NO 102, Uta 95 at NO Anthony Morrow (NO) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 21 points and 7 assists. Eric Gordon (NO, left knee tendinitis), Brian Roberts (NO, left knee bone bruise), and Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) did not play. OKC 94, Sac 81 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 18 points including 5-16 FG. Travis Outlaw (Sac) had 17 points including 5-6 3-pointers. OKC shot 47.8% (33-69) FG and Sac shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. SA 133, Den 102 at Den Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Patrick Mills (SA) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Randy Foye (Den) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. SA shot 56.1% (55-98) FG and Den shot 40.2% (35-87) FG. SA shot 10-14 FT and Den shot 26-35 FT. Danny Green (SA, inflammation right foot), Wilson Chandler (Den, strained left groin), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. GS 100, Mem 93 at GS Mareese Speights (GS) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 33 points including 13-22 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 14 points and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 6 assists. David Lee (GS, strained right hamstring) did not play. Pho 112, NY 88 at Pho Goran Dragic (Pho) had 32 points including 11-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, March 29 (All times Central) Detroit @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Washington 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Dallas 7:30 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 30 (All times Central) Utah @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Indiana @ Cleveland 2:00 pm Minnesota @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Toronto @ Orlando 5:00 pm Chicago @ Boston 6:00 pm New York @ Golden State 8:00 pm Memphis @ Portland 8:00 pm NBATV Phoenix @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- 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