Dallas Mavericks center DJ Mbenga has been suspended one game without pay for committing a Flagrant Foul Penalty Two by striking Cleveland?s LeBron James in the head, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident, in which a Flagrant Foul Penalty One was called and, subsequently, upgraded by the League Office to a Flagrant Foul Penalty Two,
occurred with 7:35 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Mavericks 107-94
loss to the Cavaliers on Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Mbenga
will serve his suspension tonight against the Orlando Magic.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, former Mavericks head coach Don Nelson won?t be part of the newest class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The latest class will be announced Monday from Indianapolis before the NCAA men?s national championship game. According to a source, Nelson didn?t receive the 18 votes needed from the 24-member Honors Committee.

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks appeared to have the game under control against the Golden State Warriors, but missed free throws down the stretched opened the door to some last second heroics by high flyer Jason Richardson.

Richardson's 40 points, including the game-winning three pointer, trumped 51 points from Mavericks' forward Dirk Nowitzki, giving the Warriors an improbable 122-121 win.

Mavericks coach Avery Johnson will coach the 82nd game of his career on Tuesday night, and according to the Associated Press regardless of the result he's guaranteed to have the best record of any coach in NBA history over that span at the start of his career.

At 65-16, Johnson has won three more games than Paul Westphal did when he took over the Phoenix Suns in 1992-93. Bill Russell, Paul Westhead and Al Cervi all went 61-21 over their first 82 games, and Red Auerbach was right behind at 60-22, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau.

"There's no magic formula to what we do as coaches," Johnson said Monday. "Fortunately, we've won our share of games, but I don't think it has as much to do with me as the young men on the court."

The Mavericks are set to be without forward Keith Van Horn after it was revealed he has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, the Dallas Morning News is reporting.

Van Horn suffered the injury on Friday against Charlotte.

Robert Horry of the San Antonio Spurs has been suspended two games without pay for intentionally making physical contact with a game official and for his actions during an altercation with Dallas? Jerry Stackhouse, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 1:02 remaining in the fourth period of the Spurs 98-89 win over the Mavericks at AT&T Center in San Antonio. Horry and Stackhouse were each assessed a personal and technical foul and subsequently Stackhouse?s foul has been upgraded by the League Office to a Flagrant Foul Penalty One.

Stackhouse has also been fined $30,000 for publicly criticizing the officials following the game.