News from February 27. Derrick Rose (Chi) underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn medial meniscus and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Chicago placed Pau Gasol (ill) on IL. Orlando activated Maurice Harkless and Devyn Marble and placed Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon on IL. Minnesota activated Robbie Hummel and placed Anthony Bennett (sprained right ankle) on IL. Sacramento placed DeMarcus Cousins (sprained left ankle) on IL. San Antonio activated Reggie Williams and placed Jeff Ayres on IL. Former NBA player Earl Lloyd died at age 86. He was the first black player to play in an NBA game (1950) and played 9 seasons in the NBA. Por 115, OKC 112 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 9-10 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points and 5 assists. Arron Afflalo (Por) had 18 points including 5-6 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 40 points on 14-32 FG and 12-14 FT, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mitch McGary (OKC) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC, right thigh contusion) did not play. LAL 101, Mil 93 at LAL Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 16 points on 7-9 FG and 5 assists. Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ersan Ilaysova (Mil) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. SA 107, Sac 96 at Sac Tony Parker (SA) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 21 points including 10-12 FT. Ray McCallum (Sac) had 20 points on 10-17 FG. Uta 104, Den 82 at Den Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points including 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Trey Burke (Uta) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points. Uta shot 57.4% (39-68) FG and Den shot 33.3% (28-84) FG. Darrell Arthur (Den, sprained right calf) and Jusuf Nurkic (Den, sprained right ankle) did not play. NO 104, Mia 102 at NO Quincy Pondexter (NO) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 19 points on 9-15 FG, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 24 points including 9-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Luol Deng (Mia) had 22 points including 7-11 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 5 assists. NO out-scored Mia 31-20 in the 4th quarter. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL) and Anthony Davis (NO, sprained right shoulder) did not play. LAC 97, Mem 79 at Mem DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points on 4-6 FG and 7-17 FT, 22 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points on 10-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Hou 102, Bro 98 at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 15 points including 4-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Deron Williams (Bro) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro, sprained left ankle) did not play. Chi 96, Min 89 at Chi Mike Dunleavy (Chi) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 15 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Robbie Hummel (Min, broken right hand) did not play. GS 113, Tor 89 at Tor Draymond Green (GS) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points including 4-16 FG. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 18 points. Andre Iguodala (GS, rest) did not play. NY 121, Det 115 2OT at Det Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Louis Amundson (NY) had 17 points, 14 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Greg Monroe (Det) had 28 points on 9-13 FG and 10-15 FT and 13 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 19 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jose Calderon (NY, sore left Achilles) did not play. Bos 106, Cha 98 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 7 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Bos) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Maurice Williams (Cha) had 31 points including 9-23 FG and 6-13 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Bos out-scored Cha 37-23 in the 4th quarter. Atl 95, Orl 88 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points and 7 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 19 points and 6 assists. Phi 89, Was 81 at Phi Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Robert Covington (Phi) had 13 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Phi) had 12 points on 4-7 3-pointers [and 0-2 2-pointers] and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 7-26 FG, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 19 points. Kris Humphries (Was, strained left groin) and Paul Pierce (Was, bruised right knee) did not play. Ind 93, Cle 86 at Ind George Hill (Ind) had 15 points including 4-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points including 6-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Ind shot 19-29 FT and Cle shot 11-14 FT. Kyrie Irving (Cle, left shoulder injury) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 28 (All times Central) Detroit @ Washington 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Miami 6:30 pm Toronto @ New York 6:30 pm Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 8:00 pm NBATV Milwaukee @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, March 1 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Chicago 12:00 pm ABC Oklahoma City @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Portland @ Sacramento 5:00 pm Golden State @ Boston 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 5:00 pm Charlotte @ Orlando 5:00 pm Cleveland @ Houston 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Denver 7:00 pm NBATV ---- 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