News from March 20.

The NBA fined Jerome Kersey (Sea) $7,500 and suspended him for 1 game and
fined Lamond Murray (LAC) $7,500 and suspended him for 1 game for their
altercation during Wednesday's Sea-LAC game.

San Antonio retired Jonny Moore's #00.

Toronto released Shawn Respert and activated Chris Garner.

New York signed Ben Davis for the rest of the season.

Philadelphia signed Benoit Benjamin to a 2nd 10-day contract.


Uta 91, Phi 79 - at Phi
Karl Malone (Uta) had 23 points including 5-12 FG and 16 rebounds.
Greg Foster (Uta) had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 11 points and 3 steals.
Theo Ratliff (Phi) had 9 points including 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4
blocks.
Allen Iverson (Phi) had 28 points and 6 turnovers.
Antoine Carr (Uta, strained hamstring) and Joe Smith (Phi, abdominal
strain) did not play.

Chi 98, Van 92 - at Chi
Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 13 points and 3 steals.
Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 16 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds.
Michael Jordan (Chi) had 24 points including 7-10 FT.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
Bryant Reeves (Van) had 30 points and 8 rebounds.
Chi shot 53.2% (33-62) FG and Van shot 39% (32-82) FG.
Blue Edwards (Van, strained right Achilles) did not play.

Orl 102, Por 87 - at Orl
Derek Harper (Orl) had 10 points and 10 assists.
David Benoit (Orl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Derek Strong (Orl) had 11 points and 9 rebounds.
Brian Grant (Por) had 21 points and 16 rebounds.
Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 19 points.

Min 104, Den 88 - at Min
Kevin Garnett (Min) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks.
Tom Hammonds (Min) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 8 rebounds.
Terry Porter (Min) had 16 points and 8 assists.
Danny Fortson (Den) had 21 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive.
Cory Alexander (Den) had 15 points including 4-11 FG.
Min shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and Den shot 36.1% (30-83) FG.
Stanley Roberts (Min, left mid-foot sprain) did not play.

Det 105, Tor 99 - at Det
Grant Hill (Det) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
Brian Williams (Det) had 24 points including 10-11 FT, 18 rebounds, 5
assists, 3 blocks, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers.
Jerome Williams (Det) had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Doug Christie (Tor) had 19 points and 7 rebounds.
Chauncey Billups (Tor) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers.

Ind 99, NJ 92 - at Ind
Chris Mullin (Ind) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Reggie Miller (Ind) had 21 points including 8-10 FT.
Mark Jackson (Ind) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 21 points and 8 rebounds.
Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 16 points and 5 rebounds.

Mia 93, GS 87 - at Mia
Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 25 points including 7-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5
blocks.
Voshon Lenard (Mia) had 21 points.
Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 7 assists.
Jim Jackson (GS) had 19 points including 8-23 FG and 7 rebounds.
Jason Caffey (GS) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.

Cha 92, SA 82 - at SA
Matt Geiger (Cha) had 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Bobby Phills (Cha) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds.
David Wesley (Cha) had 18 points including 10-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 10
assists.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
David Robinson (SA) had 11 points including 5-18 FG and 10 rebounds.
Cha shot 23-28 FT and SA shot 8-13 FT.

NY 109, Atl 108 - at NY
Allan Houston (NY) had 21 points.
Larry Johnson (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
John Starks (NY) had 16 points and 8 assists.
Alan Henderson (Atl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Steve Smith (Atl) had 24 points.
Christian Laettner (Atl) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
NY shot 10-15 FT and Atl shot 32-39 FT.
Mookie Blaylock (Atl, anemia) did not play.

LAL 93, Sea 80 - at LAL
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 24 points on 10-14 FG and 4-15 FT, 16 rebounds,
and 5 turnovers.
Rick Fox (LAL) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 16 points in 18 minutes.
Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Dale Ellis (Sea) had 16 points including 6-9 FG.
LAL shot 22-33 FT and Sea shot 13-17 FT.
Jerome Kersey (Sea, suspended) did not play.