News from February 25. Golden State signed Jeff Adrien to a 10-day contract. Houston released Jared Jeffries. A player protest occurred in Detroit where Austin Daye, Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey, Chris Wilcox, Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince, and Ben Wallace missed or were late for the morning shoot around. The team responded with none of those players playing in Saturday's game (though reportly Prince had an upset stomach, McGrady had a headache, and Wallace was attending to a family matter). Denver placed Keyon Martin on IL. The LA Clippers placed Jamario Moon and Maurice Williams on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Lin and Louis Amundson and placed Jeff Adrien and Troy Murphy on IL. New Jersey activated Damion James and placed Brandan Wright and Stephen Graham on IL. New Orleans activated Emeka Okafor and placed David West (death in family) on IL. Minnesota activated Jonny Flynn and placed Wayne Ellington (personal reasons) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Kendrick Perkins, Nate Robinson, and Nazr Mohammed on IL. Washington placed Andray Blatche and Al Thornton on IL. New York activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Corey Brewer on IL. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and Daniel Gibson and placed Baron Davis, Semih Erden and Luke Harangody on IL. Phoenix activated Garret Siler and placed Aaron Brooks on IL. Utah placed Ronnie Price on IL. Charlotte activated DeSagana Diop, Tyrus Thomas, and Sherron Collins and placed Dante Cunningham, Sean Marks, Morris Peterson, and Joel Przybilla on IL. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Marquis Daniels (bruised spinal cord) and Tyreke Evans (injured left foot) on IL. SA 106, NJ 96 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 26 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. George Hill (SA) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 14 points and 12 assists. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 25 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA, mild concussive symptoms) did not play. LAL 108, LAC 95 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points including 8-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 5 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers. LAL shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and LAC shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. Pho 110, Tor 92 at Tor Channing Frye (Pho) had 16 points. Vince Carter (Pho) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 26 points including 12-15 FG. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 15 points. Mia 121, Was 113 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points including 15-19 FT, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 41 points including 18-27 FG and 5 rebounds. JaVale McGee (Was) had 18 points and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 24 points including 9-12 FT and 12 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 38 points including 12-19 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Mia shot 34-45 FT and Was shot 17-23 FT. Uta 95, Ind 84 at Ind Paul Millsap (Uta) had 23 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 30 points and 9 rebounds. Devin Harris (Uta) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. NO 95, Min 81 at Min Trevor Ariza (NO) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Wesley Johnson (Min) had 22 points. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 22 points. Orl 111, OKC 88 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 40 points on 16-20 FG and 8-12 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, 6 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points on 7-22 FG and 7-10 FT and 16 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points. Orl shot 50% (41-82) FG and OKC shot 33.3% (29-87) FG. Cle 115, NY 109 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 28 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 24 points including 6-10 FT, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 22 points including 9-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 point and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 31 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. Chauncey Billups (NY) had 26 points including 12-14 FT and 8 assists. Atl 95, GS 79 at GS Josh Smith (Atl) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points including 10-14 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. David Lee (GS) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points including 7-21 FG, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Atl shot 47.6% (40-84) FG and GS shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. Cha 110, Sac 98 at Cha Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 30 points on 11-19 FG and 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 23 points including 9-11 FG. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 21 points. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 11 points and 13 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeSagana Diop (Cha, ruptured right Achilles), Tyrus Thomas (Cha, torn meniscus right knee), DJ White (Cha, pending trade), and Francisco Garcia (Sac, strained left calf) did not play. Phi 110, Det 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points including 9-13 FG, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 20 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 24 points on 12-15 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrew Bynum (Det) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por 107, Den 106 OT at Por Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andre Miller (Por) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 30 points including 15-17 FT and 9 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Por) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 26 (All times Central) Utah @ Detroit 6:30 pm Dallas @ Washington 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Jersey @ Houston 7:30 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm NBATV Boston @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 27 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Indiana 11:00 am LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 1:30 pm ABC Philadelphia @ Cleveland 4:00 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 4:00 pm Charlotte @ Orlando 5:00 pm Dallas @ Toronto 5:00 pm Houston @ New Orleans 6:00 pm Memphis @ San Antonio 6:00 pm New York @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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