News from March 25. The NBA suspended Joakim Noah (NY) for 20 days for violation the NBA's anti-drug policy (steroids). Noah, who is injured, will start serving the suspension once he is physically healthy enough to play. Brooklyn signed Archie Goodwin to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Larry Sanders and placed Iman Shumpert on IL. Dallas activated A.J. Hammons and placed Jarrod Uthoff on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Carmelo Anthony (sore left knee) on IL. San Antonio activated Joel Anthony and placed Danny Green on IL. Washington activated Sheldon McClellan and placed Bojan Bogdanovic on IL. Stats Leaders Points Russell Westbrook (OKC) 31.2 James Harden (Hou) 29.5 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 29.1 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.2 Andre Drummond (Det) 14.0 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.6 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.3 John Wall (Was) 10.8 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.4 Tor 94, Dal 86 at Dal Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points and 6 assists. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 14 points on 5-6 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Seth Curry (Dal) had 11 points. Tor shot 48.1% (39-81) FG and Dal shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. LAC 108, Uta 95 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 14 points including 5-18 FG and 0-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 28 points including 8-12 FG. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 26 points on 10-13 FG and 6-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 17 points. Was 127, Cle 115 at Cle Bradley Beal (Was) had 27 points and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 37 points including 14-21 FG and 11 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points including 8-23 FG and 1-7 3-pointers. Was out-scored Cle 40-26 in the 1st quarter. Was shot 59.8% (49-82) FG and Cle shot 49.4% (41-83) FG. SA 106, NY 98 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Willy Hernangomez (NY) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Derrick Rose (NY) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mindaugas Kuzminskas (NY) had 19 points. SA shot 6-8 FT and NY shot 13-15 FT. Por 112, Min 100 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 32 points including 11-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points. Kris Dunn (Min) had 17 points. Por shot 62.5% (45-72) FG and Min shot 49.3% (37-75) FG. Nemanja Bjelica (Min, left foot injury) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 26 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Charlotte 12:00 pm Brooklyn @ Atlanta 12:00 pm Sacramento @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 2:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Houston 2:30 pm ABC Philadelphia @ Indiana 5:00 pm Miami @ Boston 5:00 pm Memphis @ Golden State 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Denver 7:00 pm Portland @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 27 (All times Central) Orlando @ Toronto 6:30 pm Detroit @ New York 6:30 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 9:30 pm New Orleans @ Utah 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