News from February 28. The NBA suspended DeMarcus Cousins (NO) for 1 game for collecting his 18th tech of the season, an automatic suspension. The NBA fined Markieff Morris (Was) $25,000 for throwing the basketball at a ref and into the stands during Sunday's Was-Uta game. The LA Lakers signed David Nwaba to a 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Cody Zeller and placed Miles Plumlee on IL. Detroit activated Michael Gbinije and placed Darrun Hillard. The LA Lakers placed Thomas Robinson on IL. Utah activated Victor Oladipo and placed Josh Huestis on IL. Was 112, GS 108 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 12 points on 6-20 FG, 6 rebounds, 19 assists, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 14 assists. Det 120, Por 113 OT at Det Marcus Morris (Det) had 37 points including 13-23 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 19 points and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 16 points and 3 steals. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 34 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Det out-scored Por 11-4 in overtime. Den 125, Chi 107 at Chi Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 19 points and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo (Chi) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Mem 130, Pho 112 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 5-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 29 points and 8 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. OKC 109, Uta 106 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 43 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 11-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Doug McDermott (OKC) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Cha 109, LAL 104 at LAL Kemba Walker (Cha) had 30 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 23 points including 10-14 FG, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Schedule for Wednesday, March 1 (All times Central) New York @ Orlando 6:00 pm Washington @ Toronto 6:30 pm Dallas @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Miami 6:30 pm Denver @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Detroit @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Indiana @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Utah 8:00 pm Houston @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Brooklyn @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, March 2 (All times Central) Golden State @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Charlotte @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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