News from March 10. The NBA suspended Hassan Whiteside (Mia) for elbowing Kelly Olynyk (Bos) in the neck during Monday's Bos-Mia game. The LA Lakers signed Jabari Brown to a 10-day contract. Dallas activated Devin Harris and placed Greg Smith on IL. Detroit placed Joel Anthony on IL. Indiana activated Shayne Whittington and placed C.J. Miles on IL. San Antonio activated Reggie Williams and placed Manu Ginobili on IL. Cle 127, Dal 94 at Dal LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 21 points and 14 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 17 points. Cle shot 50.6% (44-87) FG and Dal shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Ind 118, Orl 86 at Ind Damjan Rudez (Ind) had 17 points on 6-8 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 34 points including 13-19 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Luis Scola (Ind) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 22 points and 6 assists. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 14 points and 6 assists. Ind shot 52.9% (45-85) FG and Orl shot 37% (34-92) FG. NO 111, Bro 91 at Bro Quincy Pondexter (NO) had 17 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Omer Asik (NO) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 15 rebounds. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 15 points, 9 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 15 points. NO shot 9-11 FT and Bro shot 15-23 FT. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) did not play. SA 117, Tor 107 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Danny Green (SA) had 19 points including 5-7 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points and 9 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 32 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Uta 87, NY 82 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 29 points including 11-17 FG and 12 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 10 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 17 points. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 20 points. Alexey Shved (NY) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Cole Aldrich (NY) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta, lower back strain), Quincy Acy (NY, sore left knee), and Tim Hardaway (NY, lower back spasms) did not play. LAL 93, Det 85 at LAL Jordan Hill (LAL) had 16 points. Wesley Johnson (LAL) had 13 points. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 12 points on 1-4 FG and 9-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 21 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, March 11 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Chicago @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Memphis @ Boston 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Miami 6:30 pm Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Detroit @ Golden State 9:30 pm Houston @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, March 12 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Memphis @ Washington 6:00 pm TNT Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ San Antonio 8:30 pm TNT New York @ LA Lakers 9:30 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