News from March 19. The NBA suspended Matt Barnes (Mem) for 1 game for trying to enter Milwaukee's locker room and verbally challenging John Henson (Mil) after Barnes and Henson were ejected from Thusday's Mem-Mil game. The NBA fined Greivis Vasquez (Mil) $15,000, Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) $10,000, and Greg Monroe (Mil) $10,000 for the roles in the incident. Brooklyn signed Sean Kilpatrick for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Indiana activated Ian Mahinmi and placed Shayne Whittington on IL. Oklahoma City activated Serge Ibaka and placed Mitch McGary on IL. Washington activated Alan Anderson and Bradley Beal and placed Jarell Eddie and Drew Gooden on IL. Stats Leaders Points Stephen Curry (GS) 30.3 James Harden (Hou) 28.6 Kevin Durant (OKC) 28.0 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 14.9 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14.0 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 11.7 Assists Rajon Rondo (Sac) 11.9 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.4 John Wall (Was) 10.0 SA 87, GS 79 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Boris Diaw (SA) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 15 points on 7-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 14 points including 4-18 FG and 1-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrew Bogut (GS, injured left foot) did not play. Mem 113, LAC 102 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 22 points including 7-10 FG. Ray McCallum (Mem) had 14 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points and 6 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points on 6-6 FG and 4-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Chris Andersen (Mem, left shoulder subluxation), Matt Barnes (Mem, suspended), and Mike Conley (Mem, sore left foot) did not play. Chi 92, Uta 85 at Chi Taj Gibson (Chi) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 22 points on 10-15 FG. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Cameron Bairstow (Chi, back injury) and E'Twaun Moore (Chi, left hamstring) did not play. Mia 122, Cle 101 at Mia Joe Johnson (Mia) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Wade scored his 20,000th point. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points on 13-20 FG. Richard Jefferson (Cle) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Atl 109, Hou 97 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Michael Beasley (Hou) had 30 points including 12-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Atl shot 50% (44-88) FG and Hou shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Was 99, NY 89 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 17 points and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 24 points and 10 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points including 7-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Lance Thomas (NY, sprained left MCL) did not play. OKC 115, Ind 111 at Ind Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points including 4-17 FG, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, and 7 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 20 points and 9 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 45 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 13-15 FT and 7 rebounds. Det 115, Bro 103 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Aron Baynes (Det) had 21 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 24 points on 12-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro, virus) did not play. Den 101, Cha 93 at Cha Nikola Jokic (Den) had 11 points on 5-16 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Den) had 24 points including 8-11 FG. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 15 points including 6-18 FG and 1-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den, lower back soreness) did not play. ---- 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