News from February 27. The NBA fined Rasheed Wallace (Det) $25,000 for throwing a towel into the stands following his ejection from Wednesday's Det-NO game. Boston suspended Gabe Pruitt for 2 games for his recent arrest for DUI and placed him on IL. Boston signed Stephon Marbury. The LA Clippers released Jason Hart. Johnny Red Kerr died at age 76. He played 12 seasons in the NBA from 54-55 - 65-65, all but 1 season with Syracuse/Philadelphia, and coached Chicago for 2 years (66-67, 67-68) and coached Phoenix for 2 years (68-69, 69-70). He had been a broadcaster for Chicago for 35 years, with the Bulls having dedicated a statue at the United Center to honor him this season. Golden State activated Marcus Williams and placed Jamal Crawford (rest) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Skinner and Al Thornton and placed Eric Gordon (injured shoulder) on IL. Sacramento activated Calvin Booth and Cedric Simmons and placed Drew Gooden (groin injury) and Beno Udrih (sprained ankle) on IL. San Antonio placed Tim Duncan (sore right knee) on IL. Cleveland activated Trey Johnson and placed Ben Wallace (fractured right tibula) on IL. Atlanta activated Josh Smith and Mike Bibby and placed Thomas Gardner and Othella Hunter on IL. Detroit activated Walter Sharpe and placed Allen Iverson (sore back) on IL. Dal 110, OKC 108 OT at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 41 points on 16-30 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 10 points (all in overtime) including 2-8 FG, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 4 steals. James Singleton (Dal) had 12 points including 5-6 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Green (OKC) had 28 points and 12 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points on 11-32 FG and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Cle 97, SA 86 at SA LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points and 14 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 17 points including 6-9 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Michael Finley (SA) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 11 points including 3-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Det 93, Orl 85 at Orl Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 31 points on 11-18 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points including 9-15 FG. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 7-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Orl) had 14 points and 6 assists. Bos 104, Ind 99 at Bos Glen Davis (Bos) had 18 points. Ray Allen (Bos) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 3 points on 1-7 FG and 17 assists. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 23 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Garnett (Bos, strained right knee) did not play. Den 90, LAL 79 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 12 points including 4-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 22 points including 9-10 FT. Chris Andersen (Den) had 11 points on 3-4 FG and 5-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 12 points including 5-17 FG and 19 rebounds including 7 offensive. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points on 10-31 FG and 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Atl 91, Mia 83 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 21 points and 22 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points and 10 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 5 assists. Atl shot 20-26 FT and Mia shot 8-10 FT. NO 95, Mil 94 at NO David West (NO) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and the game winning putback with 3.3 seconds left and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 9 points including 4-12 FG, 7 rebounds, and 20 assists. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 22 points. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Pho 133, Tor 113 at Pho Matt Barnes (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 45 points on 20-25 FG and 5-8 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Louis Amundson (Pho) had 20 points including 9-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Shawn Marion (Tor) had 27 points, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points. Steve Nash (Pho, sprained right ankle) did not play. Phi 108, NY 103 at NY Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 23 points. Andre Miller (Phi) had 25 points and 6 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Larry Hughes (NY) had 25 points and 4 steals. Phi shot 39-52 FT and NY shot 21-24 FT. Por 102, Min 82 at Min LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 19 points and 5 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 18 points. Mike Miller (Min) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Craig Smith (Min) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Was 113, Chi 90 at Was Dominic McGuire (Was) had 10 points on 5-6 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Caron Butler (Was) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 11 points including 3-14 FG and 5 rebounds. John Salmons (Chi) had 25 points. Was shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and Chi shot 39.5% (30-76) FG. DeShawn Stevenson (Was, sore lower back) did not play. Cha 112, GS 109 at GS Boris Diaw (Cha) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 33 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds. Corey Maggette (GS) had 20 points including 9-11 FT. Sac 98, LAC 86 at Sac Kevin Martin (Sac) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Bobby Jackson (Sac) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 15 points and 6 assists. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 11 points including 5-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Saturday, February 28 (All times Central) Orlando @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm NBATV New York @ Miami 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Houston @ Chicago 7:30 pm Washington @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 pm Charlotte @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html