News from February 29. Atlanta activated Joe Johnson. Charlotte activated Byron Mullens and Gerald Henderson and placed Eduardo Najera and Cory Higgins on IL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Ebanks and placed Darius Morris on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Randolph and placed Kevin Love (rib injury) on IL. New York activated Iman Shumpert and Josh Harrellson and placed Jerome Jordan and Bill Walker on IL. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed Quentin Richardson on IL. Portland placed Joel Przybilla on IL. San Antonio activated T.J. Ford and Tiago Splitter and placed Kawhi Leonard on IL. Mem 96, Dal 85 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points and 5 assists. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 16 points. Lamar Odom (Dal, personal reasons) did not play. NY 120, Cle 103 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 13 points including 5-10 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points and 7 assists. LAL 104, Min 85 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points including 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Min) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Martell Webster (Min) had 14 points. Chi 96, SA 89 at SA Luol Deng (Chi) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA) had 21 points including 9-15 FG. Den 104, Por 95 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 13 points including 6-6 FG and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Timofey Mozgov (Den) had 14 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ty Lawson (Den) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Den, lower back strain) and Danilo Gallinari (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Orl 102, Was 95 at Was Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 23 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 33 points including 7-10 FT. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 18 points and 5 assists. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Det 109, Cha 94 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 19 points and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. Brandon Knight (Det) had 20 points and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 29 points including 9-11 FT. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 17 points including 6-10 FT and 5 rebounds. D.J. White (Cha) had 15 points. Uta 104, Hou 83 at Uta Al Jefferson (Uta) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Devin Harris (Uta) had 19 points. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 27 points including 10-16 FG. Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Jamaal Tinsley (Uta, stomach flu) and Paul Millsap (Uta, bruised left heel) did not play. GS 85, Atl 82 at Atl David Lee (GS) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 24 points including 10-27 FG and 8 assists. Ben Udoh (GS) had 12 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Jason Collins (Atl, sprained left elbow) and Vladimir Radmanovic (Atl, ill) did not play. Bos 102, Mil 96 at Bos Brandon Bass (Bos) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Mil, sore right hamstring) and Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil, left shoulder pain) did not play. OKC 92, Phi 88 at Phi Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points including 7-20 FG, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 18 points and 3 steals. Lazar Hayward (OKC, orbital floor fracture) and Spencer Hawes (Phi, strained left Achilles) did not ply. Tor 95, NO 84 at NO DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 15 points. Chris Kaman (NO) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee) and Jason Smith (NO, concussion) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, March 1 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Orlando 7:00 pm TNT Minnesota at Phoenix 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Sacramento 9:00 pm Miami at Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 2 (All times Central) Memphis at Toronto 6:00 pm New Jersey at Boston 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago at Cleveland 6:30 pm Golden State at Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN Dallas at New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver at Houston 7:00 pm Charlotte at San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami at Utah 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Sacramento at 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