News from March 22. The NBA suspended Dwight Howard (Cha) for 1 game for collecting his 16th technical foul of the season - an automatic suspension. Dallas signed Aaron Harrison to a 10-day contract. Dallas elected not to sign Jameel Warney to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Marcus Paige and Mangok Mathiang and placed Nicolas Batum (sore left Achilles) on IL. Dallas activated Salah Mejri and placed Johnathan Motley on IL. Memphis activated Kobi Simmons and Tyreke Evans and placed Marc Gasol (rest) and Chandler Parsons (rest) on IL. Orlando activated Jamel Artis and placed Jonathon Simmons (right wrist contusion) on IL. Philadelphia activated Furkan Kurkmaz and placed James Young on IL. Sacramento activated Bogdan Bogdanovic and placed Garrett Temple (sprained left ankle) and Zach Randolph (gastroentritis) on IL. Uta 119, Dal 112 at Dal Joe Ingles (Uta) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 26 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 20 points. Sac 105, Atl 90 at Sac Justin Jackson (Sac) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. Frank Mason (Sac) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Isaiah Taylor (Atl) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Dewayne Dedmon (Atl) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Sac shot 9-9 FT and Atl shot 12-18 FT. John Collins (Atl, sprained left ankle) and Dennis Schroder (Atl, rest) did not play. NO 128, LAL 125 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 33 points on 12-20 FG and 9-10 FT , 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 26 points including 12-16 FG and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 8-11 3-pointers. Hou 100, Det 96 OT at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 21 points on 4-20 FG, 0-8 3-pointers, and 13-18 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 22 points and 5 assists. Clint Capela (Hou) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Blake Griffin (Det) had 21 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points including 5-10 FT and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ish Smith (Det) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (Hou) did not play. Phi 118, Orl 98 at Orl Joel Embiid (Phi) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 6 points on 3-4 FG, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 10 points including 4-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Rodney Purvis (Orl) had 19 points. Jonathan Isaac (Orl, sprained left foot) did not play. Cha 140, Mem 79 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 46 points on 13-18 FG, 10-14 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Wayne Selden (Mem) had 18 points. Cha out-scored Mem 37-14 in the 1st quarter and 37-15 in the 3rd quarter. Cha shot 53.3% (49-92) FG and Mem shot 38.5% (30-78) FG. Dwight Howard (Cha, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Friday, March 23 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Indiana 6:00 pm Denver at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Phoenix at Cleveland 6:30 pm Minnesota at New York 6:30 pm Brooklyn at Toronto 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Chicago 7:00 pm Miami at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Utah at San Antonio 7:30 pm Boston at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Atlanta at Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, March 24 (All times Central) Minnesota at Philadelphia 5:00 pm Chicago at Detroit 6:00 pm Phoenix at Orlando 6:00 pm New Orleans at Houston 7:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers at Memphis 7:00 pm Charlotte at Dallas 7:30 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