News from March 13. The NBA suspended Kirk Hinrich (Chi) for 1 game for making contact with a ref during Friday's Chi-Mia game. The NBA fined Alvin Gentry (Pho) $25,000 for improper conduct toward a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Friday's Pho-LAL game. Charlotte signed Larry Hughes for the rest of the season. Sacramento elected not to sign Garrett Temple to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio signed Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract. Houston activated David Andersen and placed Jermaine Taylor on IL. Orlando activated Mickael Pietrus and placed Adonal Foyle on IL. Atlanta activated Maurice Evans and placed Randolph Morris on IL. NY 128, Dal 94 at Dal Wilson Chandler (NY) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 15 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Bill Walker (NY) had 23 points on 9-12 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Al Harrington (NY) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Toney Douglas (NY) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. NY shot 56.2% (50-89) FG and Dal shot 42.5% (34-80) FG. Jason Terry (Dal, facial surgery) and J.R. Giddens (NY, left knee surgery) did not play. Den 125, Mem 108 at Mem Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 22 points. J.R. Smith (Den) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 7-10 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 25 points. Kenyon Martin (Den, left knee patella tendinitis) did not play. Atl 112, Det 99 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points, 11 assists, and 5 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 17 points on 7-8 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Will Bynum (Det) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 7 assists. Orl 109, Was 95 at Was Dwight Howard (Orl) had 28 points including 11-13 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 18 points. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 18 points. Andray Blatche (Was) had 32 points including 14-23 FG. Shaun Livingston (Was) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 assists. SA 118, LAC 88 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. George Hill (SA) had 14 points and 11 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 21 points on 8-9 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Travis Outlaw (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Baron Davis (LAC) had 22 points. SA shot 58.6% (51-87) FG and LAC shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Hou 116, NJ 108 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 44 points including 20-25 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 20 points. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 22 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points and 7 assists. Courtney Lee (NJ) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. GS 124, Tor 112 at GS Corey Maggette (GS) had 20 points. Monta Ellis (GS) had 31 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 35 points including 13-21 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 24 points including 7-8 3-pointers and 12 assists. Andris Biedrins (GS, back surgery), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 14 (All times Central) Indiana @ Milwaukee 12:00 pm Boston @ Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC Philadelphia @ Miami 5:00 pm Charlotte @ Orlando 5:00 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 8:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Portland 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 8:00 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