Marbury suspended, fined by Knicks

The New York Knicks needed Stephon Marbury to play, then suspended him a game and docked him nearly $400,000 in salary Friday after claiming he refused.

The disgruntled guard insists he never told coach Mike D’Antoni “no” and plans to appeal.

Just another chapter in Marbury’s turbulent tenure with his hometown team.

D’Antoni wouldn’t go into specifics of their conversation that took place before Wednesday’s loss in Detroit, though he made it clear he asked the point guard to play because the Knicks were short-handed.

“I don’t want to get into it, guys. I think I already told you, I asked him to play. We just asked. You’re a coach, and we needed him to play,” D’Antoni said after practice Friday. “So I don’t really have a whole lot to say. There’s nothing I can say right now. I’ve already said the piece and what I said from my viewpoint is what happened. So we’ll just leave it at that.”

Marbury will not be paid when he sits out today’s home game against Golden State and will lose an additional game’s pay for Wednesday’s actions. He earns about $21 million in salary this year, drawing about $190,000 a game.

•Bryant leads Lakers: Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 35 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Dallas Mavericks 114-107 in Los Angeles and win their sixth straight, improving the NBA’s best record to 13-1.

Andrew Bynum, playing on a sore right foot, had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Bryant was 14 of 26 from the field

•Wade leads Heat over Suns: Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 43 points and the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 107-92 in Phoenix.

Udonis Haslem had 16 points, Daequan Cook scored 15 and rookie Mario Chalmers added 13 for the Heat.

Suns guard Steve Nash sat out with a bruised right thigh.

•Felton leads Bobcats to OT win: Raymond Felton tied a career high with 31 points and the Charlotte Bobcats beat the Indiana Pacers 115-108 in overtime at Indianapolis.

•Parker returns for Spurs: Tony Parker had 15 points and seven assists in his first game in three weeks, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 109-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in San Antonio.

Blazers rally over Hornets: Brandon Roy had 25 points and 10 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers used a 17-point second-half run to beat the New Orleans Hornets 101-86 in Portland.

Hockey

Rangers take shootout

Markus Naslund and Nikolai Zherdev scored in a shootout to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla.

Henrik Lundqvist allowed Rostislav Olesz’s goal in the tiebreaker, then stopped the final two attempts to improve to 5-1 in shootouts this season.

Lundqvist has allowed only two goals in 17 shootout attempts this season.

Lundqvist made 38 saves in regulation and overtime, and Zherdev, Dan Fritsche and Aaron Voros scored in regulation for New York.

•Hurricanes take out Flyers: Sergei Samsonov scored with 1:07 left in overtime and the visiting Carolina Hurricanes snapped the Philadelphia Flyers’ six-game winning streak 3-2.

Samsonov skated in to the goalmouth and put a forehand shot past goaltender Martin Biron’s glove side as the Hurricanes ended their three-game slide.

•Suter’s OT goal lifts Predators: Ryan Suter beat Johan Hedberg on a breakaway 1:44 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers in Atlanta.

Football

Parker gets back to work

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Willie Parker practiced for the second successive day despite left knee inflammation and could play Sunday at New England. He is listed as questionable.

Parker, a three-time 1,000-yard rusher, recently missed five games in a six-game span with knee and shoulder injuries. He played in the last two games, but was pulled when the knee flared up after he gained 37 yards on 14 carries against Cincinnati on Nov. 20.

Also taking part in a full practice were cornerbacks Bryant McFadden (broken forearm) and Deshea Townsend (hamstring). McFadden missed the last five games and Townsend the last two.

Miscellany

Spain tops leaderboard

Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal settled for a 9-under 63, a remarkable score in the difficult foursomes format of team golf in the World Cup of Golf in Shenzhen, China.

Their two-day total of 17-under 127 was still good for a four-shot lead over Australia (68) and first-round leader Germany (69).

Sweden (67) was five back, and the United States (69) and Ireland (68) were six off the pace of Spain, which opened with a 64 on Thursday playing the easier fourball.

•Asada takes lead after short program: In the short program of the NHK Trophy, world champion figure skater Mao Asada hit all her jumps at Yoyogi Arena in Tokyo to receive 64.64 points and finish ahead of American Ashley Wagner, who was second with 61.52 points.