News from March 1. Charlotte activated Bismack Biyombo and placed P.J. Hairston on IL. Chicago activated Pau Gasol and placed Taj Gibson (sore left ankle) on IL. Portland activated Joel Freeland and placed Allen Crabbe on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 27.1 Stephen Curry (GS) 23.9 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 23.3 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14.4 Andre Drummond (LAC) 12.9 Pau Gasol (Chi) 12.1 Assists John Wall (Was) 10.1 Chris Paul (LAC) 10.0 Ty Lawson (Den) 9.8 LAC 96, Chi 86 at Chi Spencer Hawes (LAC) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points on 2-3 FG and 5-12 FT and 26 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 28 points including 12-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points on 2-8 FG and 9-14 FT, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. LAC shot 43.7% (38-87) FG and Chi shot 31% (27-87) FG. Hou 105, Cle 103 OT at Hou Terrence Jones (Hou) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 15-18 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points on 15-35 FG, 4-12 3-pointers, and 3-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Kevin Love (Cle) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle, strained left shoulder) did not play. Por 110, Sac 99 at Sac LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points including 9-25 FG and 15 rebounds. Wesley Mathews (Por) had 17 points including 6-8 FG. Damian Lillard (Por) had 31 points and 7 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Sac) had 18 points. GS 106, Bos 101 at Bos Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points on 9-23 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 37 points including 14-22 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 9 points on 4-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Festus Ezeli (GS, suspended) did not play. Ind 94, Phi 74 at Ind George Hill (Ind) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Luis Scola (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 10 points including 2-8 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Robert Covington (Phi) had 12 points. Cha 98, Orl 83 at Orl Maurice Williams (Cha) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11 assists. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 21 points and 5 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Cha shot 50% (40-80) FG and Orl shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. OKC 108, LAL 101 at LAL Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. D.J. Augustin (OKC) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC, right zygomatic arch fracture), Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery), Ronnie Price (LAL, right elbow surgery), and Nick Young (LAL, sore left knee) did not play. NO 99, Den 92 at Den Tyreke Evans (NO) had 22 points including 8-11 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (NO) had 18 points. Dante Cunningham (NO) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points. Randy Foye (Den) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Ryan Anderson (NO, sprained right MCL), Anthony Davis (NO, sprained right shoulder), Darrell Arthur (Den, strained right calf), and Jusuf Nurkic (Den, sprained right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Monday, March 2 (All times Central) Toronto @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Golden State @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, March 3 (All times Central) Sacramento @ New York 6:00 pm [rescheduled from 1/26] LA Lakers @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Boston @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Houston @ Atlanta 6:30 pm NBATV Washington @ Chicago 7:00 pm Utah @ Memphis 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Denver 8:00 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