News from March 4. The NBA suspended coach Mike Budenholzer (Atl) for 1 game for making contact with a ref during Friday's Atl-Cle game. Atlanta claimed Jose Calderon off the waiver wire. Cleveland signed Derrick Williams for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Milwaukee signed Terrence Jones for the rest of the season and released Axel Toupane (who was on a 10-day contract). Brooklyn activated Justin Hamilton and placed Joe Harris on IL. Cleveland activated Kay Felder. San Antonio activated Joel Anthony and placed Manu Ginobili (rest) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Russell Westbrook (OKC) 31.7 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 29.4 James Harden (Hou) 28.8 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.1 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.9 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.6 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.3 John Wall (Was) 10.8 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.1 Det 136, Phi 106 at Phi Marcus Morris (Det) had 22 points and 3 blocks. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 26 points including 9-11 FG. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Tobias Harris (Det) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 24 points on 10-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Phi, left hip soreness), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, right knee soreness), and Tiago Splitter (Phi, strained right calf) did not play. Det shot 18-21 FT and Phi shot 6-7 FT. Mil 101, Tor 94 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 24 points including 9-14 FG. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Mil) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mia 120, Cle 92 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 15 points on 5-9 3-pointers (and 0-3 2-pointers). Channing Frye (Cle) had 21 points including 9-12 FG. Kyrie Irving (Cle, rest) and LeBron James (Cle, rest) did not play. LAC 101, Chi 91 at Chi Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points including 10-17 FG. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 16 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Cha 112, Den 102 at Den Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 22 points on 5-15 FG and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 31 points including 13-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha, left AC joint sprain) did not play. Hou 123, Mem 108 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points on 9-15 FG, 6-10 3-pointers, and 9-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 18 points on 6-9 3-pointers (his only attempts). JaMychal Green (Mem) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brandan Wright (Mem, personal) did not play. SA 97, Min 90 OT at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 34 points including 11-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points including 8-24 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 24 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 11 points including 4-12 FG, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Adreian Payne (Min, ill) did not play. Por 130, Bro 116 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 31 points including 13-22 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assist. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 23 points on 9-13 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 20 points including 6-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Por shot 57% (49-86) FG and Bro shot 52.3% (45-86) FG. Ed Davis (Por, left shoulder) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, March 5 (All times Central) Indiana @ Atlanta 2:00 pm Golden State @ New York 2:30 pm ABC Boston @ Phoenix 4:00 pm Orlando @ Washington 4:00 pm Utah @ Sacramento 5:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm ESPN New Orleans @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, March 6 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Golden State @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Chicago @ Detroit 6:30 pm Brooklyn @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana @ Charlotte 7:00 pm TNT Houston @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Boston @ LA Clippers 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