News from February 23. Detroit rescinded their trade with Houston where Detroit sent Joel Anthony and a 1st round draft pick to Houston for Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton. Marc Gasol (Mem) underwent surgery on a broken bone in his right foot and is out for the season. Houston activated Terrence Jones and placed Donatas Motiejunas on IL. Orl 124, Phi 115 at Phi Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 35 points including 13-21 FG and 9 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 22 points and 3 steals. Ish Smith (Phi) had 22 points and 5 assists. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Was 109, NO 89 at Was Jared Dudley (Was) had 18 points on 6-10 3-pointers (and 0-1 2-pointers) and 5 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 21 points including 10-16 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 9 points including 3-9 FG and 20 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 7 assists. Was shot 45.7% (43-94) FG and NO shot 34.9% (29-83) FG. Sac 114, Den 110 at Den DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 39 points on 14-24 FG and 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 17 points including 5-14 FG. Will Barton (Den) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and Den shot 41% (41-100) FG. Uta 117, Hou 114 OT at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 28 points on 6-7 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 13-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 13 points including 7-14 FT, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 42 points on 16-30 FG and 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Uta shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Hou shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Por 112, Bro 104 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 34 points including 13-20 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 34 points including 14-14 FT and 3 steals. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 36 points including 16-24 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. ---- 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