News from February 23. Chicago placed Taj Gibson (ill) on IL. Minnesota placed Shabazz Muhammad on IL. Muhammad underwent surgery on the middle finger on his left hand to repair a ruptured ligament. He is out for the rest of the season. Phoenix activated Marcus Thornton. San Antonio activated Jeff Ayers and placed Matt Bonner on IL. Toronto activated Louis Williams and placed Patrick Patterson on IL. Mem 90, LAC 87 at LAC Jeff Green (Mem) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points and 7 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 30 points including 13-22 FG and 10 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points including 4-4 FG and 17 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC, right elbow surgery) did not play. Uta 90, SA 81 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points on 4-15 FG and 10-11 FT. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Trey Burke (Uta) had 23 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Boris Diaw (SA) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Bos 115, Pho 110 at Pho Avery Bradley (Bos) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 steals. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 20 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Bro 110, Den 82 at Den Deron Williams (Bro) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 22 points. Will Barton (Den) had 15 points. Bro shot 46.7% (43-92) FG and Den shot 33% (31-94) FG. Wilson Chandler (Den, left abductors soreness) did not play. NO 100, Tor 97 at NO Tyreke Evans (NO) had 13 points and 12 assists. Omer Asik (NO) had 14 points including 6-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Luke Babbitt (NO) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. NO shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Tor shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Anthony Davis (NO, right shoulder injury) and Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained MCL) did not play. Hou 113, Min 102 at Hou Terrence Jones (Hou) had 15 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points on 7-20 FG, 5-11 3-pointers, and 12-15 FT, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 blocks. Josh Smith (Hou) had 17 points and 3 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (Min) had 21 points including 5-18 FG and 6 turnovers. Patrick Beverley (Hou, flu), Kostas Papanikolaou (Hou, sprained right ankle), Anthony Bennett (Min, sprained right ankle), and Gary Neal (Min, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 87, Mil 71 at Chi Pau Gasol (Chi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 14 rebounds. Tony Snell (Chi) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chi shot 25-32 FT and Mil shot 7-13 FT. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil, sprained right foot) did not play. Mia 119, Phi 108 at Mia Luol Deng (Mia) had 29 points including 11-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points and 6 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 10 assists. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 18 points including 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Hollis Thompson (Phi) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Jerami Grant (Phi, lower back contusion) and Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee contusion) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, February 24 (All times Central) Golden State @ Washington 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Indiana @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, February 25 (All times Central) Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm Dallas @ Atlanta 6:30 pm New York @ Boston 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Washington @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Utah 8:00 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio @ 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