News from March 9. The NBA fined Jared Dudley (Pho) $35,000 for escalating an altercation during Tuesday's Pho-Was game. The NBA fined Brandon Jennings (Was) $35,000 for making menacing gestures during the same incident. The NBA fined DeMarcus Cousins (NO) $50,000 for using inappropriated language towards the fans in two separate incidents, one during the March 5 NO-LAL game and the other during the March 6 NO-Uta game. Charlotte signed Briante Weber to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas elected not to sign Quinn Cook and Ben Bentil to 2nd 10-day contracts after they completed their 1st 10-day contracts. The Portland at Minnesota game from March 6 that was postponed has been rescheduled for April 3. Cleveland activated J.R. Smith and placed Andrew Bogut (broken leg) on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Kyle Anderson and Manu Ginobili on IL. Det 106, Cle 101 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tobias Harris (Det) had 15 points including 5-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points and 5 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 27 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Det out-scored Cle 33-21 in the 4th quarter. Kyle Korver (Cle, sore left foot) did not play. LAC 114, Mem 98 at Mem Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points including 4-13 FG, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 7 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chandler Parsons (Mem, rest) did not play. OKC 102, SA 92 at OKC Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 7-21 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points. Pau Gasol (SA) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA, sore back) did not play. Por 114, Phi 108 OT at Por Jusuf Nukic (Por) had 28 points including 10-13 FT, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, 8 assists, and 6 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 23 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points on 6-21 FG, 0-6 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT. Robert Covington (Phi) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ed Davis (Por, left shoulder) and Tiago Splitter (Phi, strained right calf) did not play. LAL 122, Pho 110 at Pho D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 28 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Julius Randle (LAL) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Friday, March 10 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Houston @ Chicago 7:00 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Boston @ Denver 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Dallas 8:00 pm Washington @ Sacramento 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, March 11 (All times Central) Utah @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm New York @ Detroit 4:00 pm New Orleans @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Orlando 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Toronto @ Miami 7:00 pm Golden State @ San Antonio 7:30 pm ABC Atlanta @ Memphis 8:00 pm Phoenix @ Dallas 8:00 pm Washington @ Portland 9:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 9:30 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