News from March 8. The NBA suspended O.J. Mayo (Mil) for 1 game for hitting Greg Stiemsma (NO) in the throat during Friday's Mil-NO games. Cleveland retired Zydrunas Ilgauskas' #11. Miami signed DeAndre Liggins to a 2nd 10-day contract. Sacramento signed Orlando Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Washington signed Drew Gooden to a 2nd 10-day contract. Carl Landry (Sac) is out for the rest of the season with a torn medial meniscus in his right knee. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed Victor Oladipo on IL. San Antonio activated Jeff Ayres and placed Austin Daye on IL. Utah activated Ian Clark and placed Malcolm Thomas on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 31.8 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 28.1 LeBron James (Mia) 27.2 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.9 Kevin Love (Min) 13.2 Andre Drummond (Det) 12.9 Assists John Wall (Was) 8.8 Stephen Curry (GS) 8.7 Ricky Rubio (Min) 8.5 NY 107, Cle 97 at Cle Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 17 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Spencer Hawes (Cle) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. C.J. Miles (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Uta 104, Phi 92 at Phi Derrick Favors (Uta) had 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 7-10 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Alec Burks (Uta) had 19 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 30 points including 12-15 FG and 4 steals. Mem 111, Cha 89 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Cha) had 15 points. Mem shot 50.6% (44-87) FG and Cha shot 39.8% (37-93) FG. Gerald Henderson (Cha, strained right calf) did not play. SA 121, Orl 112 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 5 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 17 points including 5-6 FG and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 5 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 8 rebounds. SA shot 26-35 FT and Orl shot 13-17 FT. Was 114, Mil 107 at Mil Trevor Ariza (Was) had 28 points including 9-12 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Martell Webster (Was) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 25 points and 3 steals. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points. O.J. Mayo (Mil, suspended) did not play. LAC 109, Atl 108 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 10 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 19 points. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jared Dudley (LAC, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 9 (All times Central) Miami @ Chicago 12:00 pm ABC Oklahoma City @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Denver @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Detroit @ Boston 5:00 pm NBATV Sacramento @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Portland @ Houston 6:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Indiana @ Dallas 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Golden State 8:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Monday, March 10 (All times Central) Denver @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:30 pm Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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