News from March 13. The NBA suspended Marreese Speights (GS) for 1 game for his no contest plea on a reckless driving charge. The NBA fined Kevin Seraphin (Was) $15,000 for making excessive contact with Jon Leuer (Mem) during Thursday's Was-Mem game. Miami signed Henry Walker for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix signed Earl Barron for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Jarell Eddie and placed Mike Scott (broken left big toe) on IL. Charlotte activated P.J. Hairston and placed Al Jefferson (injured right calf) on IL. Dallas activated Greg Smith and placed Al-Farouq Aminu (sprained left shoulder) on IL. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Andrew Bogut on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steve Novak and placed Serge Ibaka on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Jonas Valanciunas (birth of child) on IL. Dal 129, LAC 99 at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 22 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Charlie Villanueva (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 17 points. Dal shot 60.7% (51-84) FG [including 16-28 3-pointers] and LAC shot 50% (41-82) FG. Por 118, Det 99 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 28 points including 9-12 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Meyers Leonard (Por) had 15 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points and 3 steals. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Por shot 57.5% (46-80) FG and Det shot 45.1% (41-91) FG. Alonzo Gee (Por, oral surgery) did not play. Atl 96, Pho 87 at Pho Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Atl out-scored Pho 31-14 in the 4th quarter. Den 114, GS 103 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 24 points including 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 24 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Randy Foye (Den) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Justin Holiday (GS) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Leandro Barbosa (GS) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Den out-scored GS 32-20 in the 4th quarter. Ty Lawson (Den, ill), Stephen Curry (GS, rest), Klay Thompson (GS, rest), Andre Iguodala (GS, rest), and Marreese Speights (GS, suspended) did not play. OKC 113, Min 99 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 8 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 23 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Anthony Morrow (OKC) had 13 points. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points on 4-13 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. OKC shot 14-14 FT and Min shot 28-31 FT. Tor 102, Mia 92 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points on 3-12 FG and 12-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 steals. Louis Williams (Tor) had 14 points including 4-12 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 5 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 18 points and 5 assists. Bos 95, Orl 88 at Bos Evan Turner (Bos) had 30 points including 12-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Phil Pressey (Bos) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 10 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 20 points including 4-15 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Willie Green (Orl, lower back spasms) did not play. Phi 114, Sac 107 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 24 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 10 points including 3-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points including 9-10 FT. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 39 points including 15-20 FT and 24 rebounds including 9 offensive. Jason Richardson (Phi, rest) did not play. Cha 101, Chi 91 at Cha Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cha) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 13 points including 5-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 24 points. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, March 14 (All times Central) Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Detroit @ Utah 8:00 pm New York @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 15 (All times Central) Chicago @ Oklahoma City 12:00 pm ABC Houston @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm ABC Denver @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Cleveland @ Orlando 5:00 pm NBATV Minnesota @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Portland @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Atlanta @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- 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