News from February 26. Indiana activated Rodney Stuckey. The LA Lakers activated Robert Sacre and placed Kobe Bryant on IL. Dal 122, Den 116 OT at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 16 points and 6 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 20 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Den) had 20 points. Will Barton (Den) had 22 points including 9-24 FG and 9 rebounds. Mem 112, LAL 95 at LAL P.J. Hairston (Mem) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Mem) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 22 points including 8-12 FT. Julius Randle (LAL) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Mem shot 13-15 FT and LAL shot 26-39 FT. LAC 117, Sac 107 at Sac Jeff Green (LAC) had 22 points on 9-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) 40 points on 13-20 FG, 4-9 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 26 points on 7-20 FG and 10-14 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Seth Curry (Sac) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Paul Pierce (LAC, personal reasons) and Rajon Rondo (Sac, right thumb tendinitis) did not play. Atl 103, Chi 88 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points on 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 16 points including 6-22 FG and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi, strained left knee) and Derrick Rose (Chi, right hamstring tendinitis) did not play. Tor 99, Cle 97 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 43 points on 15-20 FG and 11-15 FT and the game winning jumper with 3.9 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Terrence Rose (Tor) had 15 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 20 points on 5-15 FG and 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Maurice Williams (Tor, left knee injury) did not play. NY 108, Orl 95 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points including 7-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (NY) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. NY shot 30-36 FT and Orl shot 11-16 FT. Was 103, Phi 94 at Phi John Wall (Was) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 12 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jared Dudley (Was) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Cha 96, Ind 95 at Ind Marvin Williams (Cha) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points including 8-21 FG and the game winning layup with 2.4 seconds left and 10 assists. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 14 points including 5-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 6 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind, strained left calf) did not play. ---- 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