News from March 18. New Jersey suspended Sean Williams for 2 games for conduct detrimental to the team. Williams was arrested on Monday in a Denver mall after getting in an argument in a cell phone store and throwing a computer monitor. Cleveland assigned Darnell Jackson to the NBADL. Oklahoma City assigned D.J. White to the NBADL. Memphis recalled Hamed Haddadi from the NBADL and activated him. Houston activated Yao Ming and placed Carl Landry (leg injury) on IL. New Orleans activated Melvin Ely and placed Tyson Chandler on IL. Portland activated Greg Oden and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL. Indiana activated Josh McRoberts and placed Troy Murphy on IL. Miami activated Daequan Cook and placed Dwyane Wade (hip flexor) on IL. Bos 112, Mia 108 OT at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 36 points including 14-23 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 27 points and 10 assists. Mario Chalmers (Bos) had 19 points and 9 assists. Michael Beasley (Bos) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos, strained right elbow) and Leon Powe (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. NJ 115, NY 89 at NY Brook Lopez (NJ) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Keyon Dooling (NJ) had 17 points and 8 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 29 points including 11-16 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 21 points on 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. NJ shot 58.8% (50-85) FG and NY shot 44.2% (38-86) FG. Devin Harris (NJ, sprained left shoulder) did not play. Hou 106, Det 101 2OT at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 31 points including 13-22 FG, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Ron Artest (Hou) had 26 points. Luis Scola (Hou) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 14 points, 20 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks in 51 minutes. Arron Afflalo (Det) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points including 8-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det, strained left groin) and Rasheed Wallace (Det, strained left calf) did not play. Hou shot 50% (43-86) FG and Det shot 38.4% (38-99) FG. Pho 126, Phi 116 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 21 points on 10-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 26 points including 12-18 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 23 points and 8 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 21 points including 8-11 FG. NO 94, Min 93 at NO David West (NO) had 14 points on 3-13 FG and 8-10 FT and the game winning dunk with 12.6 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points, 10 assists, and 5 steals. Rasual Butler (NO) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 23 points including 11-13 FT and 11 rebounds. Orl 106, Mil 80 at Mil Kedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 13 points including 4-11 FG. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 28 points including 12-21 FT, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 13 points. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 48% (36-75) FG and Mil shot 37.7% (29-77) FG. Den 111, Mem 109 at Mem Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 35 points and 5 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Den) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 30 points including 13-21 FG. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Mem, strained lower back) did not play. Chi 103, OKC 96 at OKC John Salmons (Chi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points including 12-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 18 points. Por 95, Ind 85 at Ind Steve Blake (Por) had 14 points and 8 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 15 points. Danny Granger (Ind) had 35 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cha 104, Sac 88 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points including 11-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 17 points including 7-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Sac) had 30 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Cha shot 29-36 FT and Sac shot 11-13 FT. Cha out-rebounded Sac 52-28 including 15-10 offensive. Kevin Martin (Sac, virus), Andres Nocioni (Sac, right quad tendinitis), Cedric Simmons (Sac, sprained right ankle) did not play. LAC 123, Was 108 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 22 points including 9-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 20 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 24 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Marcus Camby (LAC, sore right hamstring) and Caron Butler (Was, sore left hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 19 (All times Central) Dallas @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Portland @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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