News from February 25. Dallas suspended Rajon Rondo for 1 game for conduct detrimental to the team. Rondo got into a verbal confrontation with head coach Rick Carlisle during Tuesday's Dal-Tor game. Detroit signed John Lucas for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Detroit claimed Shawne Williams off waivers. Ronnie Price (LAL) underwent surgery on his right elbow to remove bone spurs and bone chips. He is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson and placed Derrick Rose (torn right medial meniscus) on IL. Dallas activated Dwight Powell and placed Rajon Rondo (suspended) on IL. Houston activated Nick Johnson and placed Clint Capela and Kostas Papanikolaou on IL. The LA Clippers placed Blake Griffin (right elbow surgery) on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Garnett. Portland activated Alonzo Gee. Sacramento activated Reggie Evans. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and placed Reggie Williams on IL. Utah activated Grant Jerrett and placed Ian Clark on IL. Atl 104, Dal 87 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 16 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 19 points on 9-14 FG. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Atl out-scored Dal 57-34 in the 2nd half. Mia 93, Orl 90 OT at Orl Luol Deng (Mia) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points including 6-19 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 13 rebounds. Bos 115, NY 94 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 19 points on 3-10 FG and 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Jonas Jerebko (Bos) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jason Smith (NY) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Lance Thomas (NY, strained left groin) did not play. Cha 98, Chi 86 at Chi Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cha) had 17 points and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 25 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 110, LAC 105 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points on 4-13 FG and 10-12 FT and 10 assists. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 19 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 22 points and 14 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 24 points including 0-17 FG. Patrick Beverley (Hou, flu) did not play. Mil 104, Phi 88 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 19 points on 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Mil) had 13 points. John Henson (Mil) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Robert Covington (Phi) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mil shot 53.7% (44-82) FG and Phi shot 41.3% (31-75) FG. O.J. Mayo (Mil, sore right hamstring) did not play. Min 97, Was 77 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 15 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Martin (Min) had 28 points including 10-15 FG. Otto Porter (Was) had 13 points. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 9 points and 15 rebounds. Min out-scored Was 55-35 in the 2nd half. Min shot 23-28 FT and Was shot 7-8 FT. Anthony Bennett (Min, sprained right ankle) and Paul Pierce (Was, bruised right knee) did not play. NO 102, Bro 96 at NO Quincy Pondexter (NO) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Omer Asik (NO) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 13 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 15 points and 11 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) and Anthony Davis (NO, sprained right shoulder) did not play. Pho 110, Den 96 at Den Brandon Knight (Pho) had 19 points and 6 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 12 points including 3-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Pho out-rebounded Den 65-40 including 23-10 offensive. Wilson Chandler (Den, left abductors soreness) and Kenneth Faried (Den, left thumb contusion) did not play. LAL 100, Uta 97 at Uta Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 22 points including 10-16 FG. Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 20 points and 6 turnovers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 16 points, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. LAL out-scored Uta 31-19 in the 4th quarter. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. Sac 102, Mem 90 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 28 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 10 points including 3-9 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por 111, SA 95 at Por Nicolas Batum (Por) had 15 points on 6-8 FG, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 31 points including 11-18 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Danny Green (SA) had 17 points. Schedule for Thursday, February 26 (All times Central) Golden State @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 27 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Orlando @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ Detroit 6:30 pm Golden State @ Toronto 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Chicago 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Houston 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Memphis 7:00 pm Miami @ New Orleans 7:00 pm ESPN Utah @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Oklahoma City @ 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