News from March 25. The NBA suspended Nene (Den) for 2 game for head butting Louis Amundson (Pho) and making contact with a ref as he was ejected during Monday's Den-Pho game. The LA Clippers activated Alex Acker and placed Mardy Collins on IL. Toronto activated Nathan Jawai and placed Marcus Banks (right foot surgery) and Pops Mensah-Bonsu (sore right knee) on IL. Miami activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Joel Anthony on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Tim Duncan (rest) on IL. Dal 128, GS 106 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 10-15 FG. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 29 points including 10-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Dal shot 58.5% (48-82) FG and GS shot 47.5% (38-80) FG. Josh Howard (Dal, sore left ankle) and Corey Maggette (GS, head contusion) did not play. Den 101, NO 88 at NO Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 29 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 16 points. David West (NO) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Nene (Den, suspended) did not play. Ind 90, Mia 88 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 28 points and 3 steals. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 13 points. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points on 5-24 FG and 10-12 FT, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Troy Murphy (Ind, sprained left knee) did not play. Cle 98, NJ 87 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 5 assists. Jarvis Hayes (NJ) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Was 95, Cha 93 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 23 points including 10-15 FG. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Was shot 11-15 FT and Cha shot 19-30 FT. Caron Butler (Was, sore left hamstring), Juan Dixon (Was, tendinitis right ankle), and Darius Songaila (Was, sprained neck) did not play. LAC 140, NY 135 OT at NY Zach Randolph (LAC) had 33 points including 15-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Thornton (LAC) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Taylor (LAC) had 35 points including 14-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 22 points. Al Harrington (NY) had 38 points including 13-21 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 18 points including 7-7 FG, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Orl 84, Bos 82 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 13 points including 3-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points including 11-18 FG, 21 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Leon Powe (Bos, sprained right knee) did not play. SA 102, Atl 92 at Atl Michael Finley (SA) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 42 points including 18-25 FG and 10 assists. Roger Mason (SA) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points on 3-12 FG and 6-11 FT, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 30 points including 13-23 FG. Tor 115, Mil 106 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points including 8-10 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 19 points and 11 assists. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 22 points. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tor shot 35-40 FT and Mil shot 7-9 FT. Luke Ridnour (Mil, back spasms) did not play. Phi 96, Min 88 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points including 4-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 29 points including 11-14 FT and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Phi) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Rodney Carney (Min) had 21 points on 7-10 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. Craig Smith (Min) had 20 points. Pho 118, Uta 114 at Pho Matt Barnes (Pho) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Grant Hill (Pho) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 25 points and 10 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, left leg bone contusion) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 26 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Detroit 6:30 pm Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Phoenix @ Portland 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