News from March 26. New York activated Charles Oakley and placed Ronnie Grandison on IR with bruised ribs. The LA Lakers stripped Cedric Ceballos of his role of team captain as a result of his unexcused absence from the team. Denver signed Matt Fish for the rest of the season. The NBA named Chris Gatling (Mia) had Player of the Week. Gatling averaged 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists as Miami went 3-0. LAL 113, Orl 91 - at Orl Magic Johnson (LAL) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Elden Campbell (LAL) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) had 23 points including 1-6 FT and 10 rebounds. Nick Anderson (Orl) had 16 points including 6-9 FG. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 21 points and 9 assists. This was the first home loss for Orlando (33-1) and ends the Magic's 40 game home winning streak. Chicago is now the only team undefeated (34-0) at home. Horace Grant (Orl, sore lower back) did not play. Was 96, Cle 89 - at Cle Calbert Cheaney (Was) had 17 points. Juwan Howard (Was) had 21 points and 7 turnovers. Gheorghe Muresan (Was) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Chris Mills (Cle) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 5 assists. Terrell Brandon (Cle) had 20 points and 10 assists. Dan Majerle (Cle) had 15 points. Det 86, Van 75 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 17 rebounds. Allan Houston (Det) had 16 points on 6-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 assist, and 6 turnovers. Joe Dumars (Det) had 15 points and 5 assists. Ashraf Amaya (Van) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Bryant Reeves (Van) had 22 points including 2-7 FT and 9 rebounds. Greg Anthony (Van) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 7 assists. Gerald Wilkins (Van) did not play. Atl 114, Tor 111 - at Tor Stacey Augmon (Atl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Christian Laettner (Atl) had 22 points including 8-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 23 points. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tracy Murray (Tor) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Oliver Miller (Tor) had 20 points including 9-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 30 points and 12 assists. Atl shot 23-30 FT and Tor shot 6-6 FT. NY 83, Hou 74 - at Hou Anthony Mason (NY) had 13 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 17 points including 7-20 FG, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. John Starks (NY) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Derek Harper (NY) had 18 points. Chucky Brown (Hou) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tracy Moore (Hou) had 13 points including 4-14 FG. Kenny Smith (Hou) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. NY shot 45.9% (34-74) FG and Hou shot 31% (26-84) FG. Hubert Davis (NY, hyperextended left knee), Robert Horry (Hou, tendinitis), and Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou, tendinitis both knees) did not play. Pho 102, Sac 98 - at Pho Charles Barkley (Pho) had 29 points on 8-12 FG and 13-19 FT and 12 rebounds. Michael Finley (Pho) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 5 assist. Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 14 points and 7 assists. Olden Polynice (Sac) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 27 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Tyus Edney (Sac) had 11 points including 3-11 FG and 9 assists. Pho shot 34-51 FT and Sac shot 18-26 FT. Brian Grant (Sac), Billy Owens (Sac), and Lionel Simmons (Sac) did not play. LAC 103, Mil 97 - at LAC Brian Williams (LAC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Pooh Richardson (LAC) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Malik Sealy (LAC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 20 points and 3 steals. Vin Baker (Mil) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Johnny Newman (Mil) had 25 points including 9-13 FG. Ind 103, Bos 96 - at Ind Dale Davis (Ind) had 14 points and 13 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 18 points. Antonio Davis (Ind) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds. David Wesley (Bos) had 27 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Todd Day (Bos) had 22 points. Dana Barros (Bos) had 16 points. Cha 119, Den 112 2OT - at Den Larry Johnson (Cha) had 20 points and 13 rebounds in 55 minutes. Robert Parish (Cha) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 17 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Glen Rice (Cha) had 28 points on 7-20 FG and 11-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Dell Curry (Cha) had 20 points. Antonio McDyess (Den) had 23 points and 78 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Den) had 16 points, 31 rebounds, and 6 blocks in 51 minutes. Jalen Rose (Den) had 19 points and 9 assists. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Den, bruised left foot) did not play. Sea 114, GS 102 - at GS Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 8-8 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gary Payton (Sea) had 23 points and 11 assist. Sam Perkins (Sea) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Smith (GS) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kevin Willis (GS) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 30 points including 10-10 FT, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers.