News from March 3. Denver suspended Carmelo Anthony for 1 game for failing to leave the game during Sunday's Den-Ind game. Brian Scalabrine (Bos) is expected to be out a month with post concussion syndrome. Chris Mihm (Mem) underwent surgery on his right ankle. Michael Redd (Mil) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn ACL. He is expected to be out 6 months. Cleveland signed Joe Smith for the rest of the season. Denver signed Jason Hart for the rest of the season. Houston signed James White to a 10-day contract. Milwaukee elected not to sign Eddie Gill for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Lakers activated Sun Yue and placed Adam Morrison on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Jackson and placed Marcus Williams on IL. Milwaukee activated Keyon Dooling and placed Maurice Ager on IL. Det 100, Den 95 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 23 points including 9-15 FG. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points. Nene (Den) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 34 points including 11-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (Den, suspended) did not play. Orl 111, Pho 99 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 29 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 19 points including 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Orl shot 30-38 FT and Pho shot 12-17 FT. Hou 107, Tor 97 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Carl Landry (Hou) had 22 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Hou shot 14-15 FT and Tor shot 8-9 FT. LAL 99, Mem 89 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 2 points on 1-8 FG, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 blocks. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 17 points. NJ 99, Mil 95 at Mil Brook Lopez (NJ) had 24 points including 9-12 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (NJ) had 14 points including 3-14 FG, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Vince Carter (NJ) had 15 points including 5-20 FG and 6 assists. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 20 points on 4-18 FG and 12-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 24 points and 15 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Cha 96, Chi 80 at Cha Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 18 points and 9 assists. Raja Bell (Cha) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brad Miller (Chi) had 13 points and 8 rebounds including 7 offensive. Luol Deng (Chi, leg injury) and Tim Thomas (Chi, hyperextended left knee) did not play. GS 118, Min 94 at Min Stephen Jackson (GS) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 16 points including 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min) had 19 points including 5-19 FG. Ronny Turiaf (GS, ill) did not play. Ind 117, Sac 109 at Sac Troy Murphy (Ind) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Travis Diener (Ind) had 18 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 21 points on 3-12 FG and 14-14 FT. Rashad McCants (Sac) had 20 points including 6-6 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Schedule for Wednesday, March 4 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Miami 6:30 pm Boston @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Atlanta @ New York 6:30 pm Washington @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Golden State @ Chicago 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Dallas 8:00 pm ESPN Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm Indiana @ Portland 9:00 pm Memphis @ 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