News from March 20.

Sacramento fired head coach Garry St. Jean.  St. Jean had been coaching
Sacramento for 5 years.  The team named assistant Eddie Jordan as interim 
coach.

Dallas placed Erick Strickland on IR with a severely sprained right
thumb.


Sea 123, Den 97 - at Sea
Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Larry Stewart (Sea) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds.
Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 23 points on 9-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 5
steals.
LaPhonso Ellis (Den) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 
and 3 blocks.
Kenny Smith (Den) had 16 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 turnovers
in 18 minutes.
Sea committed 11 turnovers and Den committed 33 turnovers.
Bryant Stith (Den, bone spur left foot) did not play.

Orl 100, GS 95 - at Orl
Dennis Scott (Orl) had 21 points including 6-10 3-pointers.
Rony Seikaly (Orl) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 7 rebounds.
Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Joe Smith (GS) had 24 points and 6 rebounds.
Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 22 points and 7 turnovers.

Pho 113, SA 106 - at Pho
Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 23 points and 5 rebounds.
Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 15 assists.
Danny Manning (Pho) had 26 points including 10-15 FG.
Cory Alexander (SA) had 26 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds,
and 6 assists.
Vernon Maxwell (SA) had 26 points.
Pho shot 23-30 FT and SA shot 12-14 FT.
Mark Bryant (Pho, bone bruise), Avery Johnson (SA, throat surgery), and
Monty Williams (SA, personal reasons) did not play.

Por 97, Mil 78 - at Mil
Clifford Robinson (Por) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 20 points on 10-14 FG and 8 rebounds.
Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 13 points including 6-9 FG and 9 rebounds.
Vin Baker (Mil) had 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
Por shot 47.1% (40-85) FG and Mil shot 36.7% (29-79) FG.

LAL 89, Cle 76 - at Cle
Elden Campbell (LAL) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 7 assists,
and 4 steals.
Eddie Jones (LAL) had 25 points.
Bob Sura (Cle) had 19 points, 9 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers.
Bobby Phills (Cle) had 27 points and 7 rebounds.
Terrell Brandon (Cle, bruised tailbone) and Chris Mills (Cle, sinus
infection) did not play.

Hou 96, Was 90 - at Hou
Kevin Willis (Hou) had 18 points including 6-20 FG and 11 rebounds.
Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 8
assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers.
Chris Webber (Was) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, 3
steals, and 5 turnovers.
Rod Strickland (Was) had 21 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals.
Charles Barkley (Hou, laceration on left hip) and Sam Mack (Hou, bruised
left foot) did not play.