News from March 3. The NBA fined Larry Brown (Det) $7,500 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Sunday's Det-LAC game. Cleveland signed Lee Nailon to a 10-day contract, placed Kedrick Brown on IR with left knee tendinitis, and released J.R. Bremer. Washington claimed Lonny Baxter from the waiver wire. Orlando activated Andrew DeClercq. New York activated Cezary Trybanski and placed Dikembe Mutombo on IR with an abdominal surgical procedure. Portland activated Eddie Gill and placed Vladimir Stepania on IR with chronic soreness in his left knee. Phoenix activated Maciej Lampe. Utah placed Matt Harpring on IR with right knee surgery. Harpring is out for the season. Min 121, Dal 97 at Min Latrell Sprweell (Min) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 28 points including 11-15 FG and 19 rebounds. Troy Hudson (Min) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Michael Finley (Dal) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marquis Daniels (Dal) had 16 points including 7-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Min shot 55.2% (48-87) FG and Dal shot 36.1% (39-108) FG. Steve Nash (Dal, stomach virus) did not play. Mem 97, Por 88 at Por Pau Gasol (Mem) had 25 points including 11-18 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bonzi Wells (Mem) had 28 points on 12-19 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mem) had 10 points and 10 assists. Zach Randolph (Por) had 13 points including 6-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mem shot 50% (39-78) FG and Por shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. LAL 96, Hou 93 at Hou Stanislav Medvedenko (LAL) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 28 points on 13-18 FG and 2-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 33 points including 13-21 FG and 8 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Pho 87, NJ 74 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 32 points including 14-20 FG and 11 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 26 points including 13-14 FT. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 11 points including 5-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Kidd (NJ, bruised left knee) did not play. NY 88, Phi 77 at NY Tim Thomas (NY) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nazr Mohammed (NY) had 12 points and 15 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 36 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kenny Thomas (Phi) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 14 rebounds. SA 88, Sea 84 at SA Radoslav Nesterovic (SA) had 12 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 6 steals. Hedo Turkoglu (SA) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Ray Allen (Sea) had 21 points and 5 turnovers. Ronald Murray (Sea) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 7 assists. Antonio Daniels (Sea, bruised ribs) did not play. NO 100, Chi 97 OT at NO Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 27 points on 9-26 FG, 6-10 FT, and the game winning turnaround 3-pointer at the buzzer and 7 rebounds. P.J. Brown (NO) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 11 rebounds. David Wesley (NO) had 18 points including 6-9 FG. Antonio Davis (Chi) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Chi) had 34 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kendall Gill (Chi, right Achilles tendinitis) did not play. Was 84, Tor 70 at Was Jarvis Hayes (Was) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 27 points. Etan Thomas (Was) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 16 points and 5 assists. Was shot 25-32 FT and Tor shot 7-11 FT. Was out-rebounded Tor 61-38. Jerry Stackhouse (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Cle 112, Atl 80 at Cle Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 12 points and 15 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilguaskas (Cle) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Atl) had 20 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Atl) had 15 points on 6-17 FG and 3 steals. Cle out-rebounded Atl 62-36 including 19-8 offensive. Zeljko Rebraca (Atl, lower back injury) and Travis Hansen (Atl, right foot injury) did not play. Mil 105, Orl 97 at Orl Desmond Mason (Mil) had 22 points on 7-10 FG and 8-12 FT. Keith Van Horn (Mil) had 25 points on 11-19 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Damon Jones (Mil) had 9 points, 7 rebounds, and 17 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 31 points including 5-15 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tyronn Lue (Orl) had 11 points and 10 assists. Joe Smith (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Ind 101, LAC 94 OT at LAC Ron Artest (Ind) had 25 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 19 points, 17 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Elton Brand (LAC) had 24 points, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ind shot 22-28 FT and LAC shot 13-15 FT.