News from March 23. The NBA fined Drew Gooden (Was) $15,000 for attempting to throw Nick Young (Was) to the floor during Friday's Was-LAL game. Xavier Henry (LAL) suffered a torn ligament in his left wrist during Friday's LAL-Was game. J.J. Hickson (Den) is expected to undergo surgery on a torn right ACL. He is out for the rest of the season. Bro 107, Dal 104 OT at Dal Joe Johnson (Bro) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 15 points on 3-10 FG and 9-12 FT. Marcus Thornton (Bro) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Dal) had 12 points including 4-5 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 32 points including 8-11 FT. Tor 96, Atl 86 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 13 points including 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 17 points and 5 steals. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Tor out-scored Atl 36-15 in the 4th quarter. Kyle Korver (Atl, back spasms) did not play. Pho 127, Min 120 at Min P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points and 6 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 25 points including 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 36 points including 11-12 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 9 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 25 points including 11-12 FT. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 19 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Pho shot 57.5% (46-80) FG and Min shot 44% (40-91) FG. Nikola Pekovic (Min, sore right ankle) did not play. Den 105, Was 102 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Randy Foye (Den) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den, strained left hip), J.J. Hickson (Den, torn right ACL), and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. Sac 124, Mil 107 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 32 points including 14-19 FG and 12 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 30 points on 9-13 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT and 8 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 21 points including 9-14 FG. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 13 points including 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nate Wolters (Mil, fractured left hand) did not play. Cle 106, NY 100 at NY Jarrett Jack (Cle) had 31 points including 13-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Luol Deng (Cle) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 32 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 12-12 FT and 8 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 18 points. Cle out-scored NY 29-16 in the 4th quarter. Anthony Bennett (Cle, strained left patellar tendon), Sergey Karasev (Cle, right knee patellar tendinitis), C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle), and Iman Shumpert (NY, ill) did not play. LAL 103, Orl 94 at LAL Nick Young (LAL) had 26 points. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 10-13 FT and 13 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 6 steals. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 18 points and 5 assists. Xavier Henry (LAL, torn ligament left wrist) and Steve Nash (LAL, nerve root irritation) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 24 (All times Central) Houston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Portland @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Detroit @ Utah 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, March 25 (All times Central) Toronto @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Portland @ Orlando 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:00 pm TNT New York @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html