News from March 19. The NBA suspended Ron Artest (Ind) for 1 game for elbowing Derek Anderson (Por) during Wednesday's Ind-Por game. New Jersey activated Tamar Slay and placed Jason Kidd on IR with soreness in his left knee. Chicago signed Linton Johnson for the rest of the season. The LA Lakers placed Horace Grant on IR with a tear in his right hip. Cleveland activated Kedrick Brown and placed Jason Kapano on IR with right knee tendinitis. Dal 120, Bos 104 at Dal Antoine Walker (Dal) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Dal) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Mark Blount (Bos) had 29 points including 11-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Chucky Atkins (Bos) had 19 points. Dal out-rebounded Bos 46-27 including 16-6 offensive. Min 93, Pho 80 at Pho Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 16 points and 4 steals. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 17 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jake Voskuhl (Pho, plantar fasciaitis) did not play. Sac 94, Ind 92 at Ind Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Webber (Sac) had 24 points including 8-12 FT, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 25 points including 9-16 FG and the game winning long jumper with 1.2 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Sac, sprained left foot) and Ron Artest (Ind, suspended) did not play. Sea 91, NO 80 at NO Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 31 points including 11-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Vitaly Potapenko (Sea) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jamaal Magloire (NO) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 25 points including 9-24 FG and 3-13 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Sea shot 20-28 FT and NO shot 10-14 FT. NY 79, NJ 65 at NY Tim Thomas (NY) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed (NY) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 21 points and 9 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Rodney Rogers (NJ) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY, left quad contusion) and Kenyon Martin (NJ, left knee tendinitis) did not play. LAL 106, LAC 100 at LAL Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 18 points including 8-16 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Gary Payton (LAL) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 31 points on 7-21 FG and 17-20 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Quentin Richardson (LAC, back spasms) and Chris Wilcox (LAC, strained left Achilles) did not play. Det 94, Den 75 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points including 9-11 FG. Mehmet Okur (Det) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 20 points. Nene (Den) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Det shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Den shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Uta 97, Cle 88 at Cle Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points including 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carlos Arroyo (Uta) had 15 points and 7 assists. Raja Bell (Uta) had 23 points including 10-16 FG. Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 24 points and 3 blocks. Jeff McInnis (Cle, bruised right shoulder) did not play. Chi 96, Tor 91 at Tor Antonio Davis (Chi) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 14 rebounds. Eddy Curry (Chi) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Vince Carter (Tor) had 30 points. Jalen Rose (Tor) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Was 94, Atl 84 at Was Kwame Brown (Was) had 27 points on 10-14 FG and 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 13 points including 4-15 FG, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Etan Thomas (Was) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Atl) had 17 points including 7-21 FG. Bob Sura (Atl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Christian Laettner (Was, back spasms), Chris Crawford (Atl, left thumb injury), and Zeljko Rebraca (Atl, lower back) did not play. GS 90, Hou 84 at GS Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Troy Murphy (GS) had 16 points. Erick Dampier (GS) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 25 points including 10-14 FG. Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers.