News from February 9. The NBA fined head coach J.B. Bickerstaff (Mem) $25,000 for making inappropriate comments towards a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner after his ejection from Wednesday's Uta-Mem game. Atlanta reached a buyout agreement with Marco Belinelli and released him. Atlanta released Sheldon Mac. Chicago released Tony Allen. Cleveland activated John Holland and London Perrantes. Denver activated Monte Morris. Indiana activated Victor Oladipo and placed Ike Anigobogu on IL. The LA Clippers activated Austin Rivers. Utah activated Georges Niang and Ekpe Udoh. Por 118, Sac 100 at Sac Maurice Harkless (Por) had 15 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 50 points on 16-26 FG, 8-13 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 13 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Chi 114, Min 113 at Chi Zach LaVine (Chi) had 35 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10-11 FT and the game winning 3 free throws with 18.4 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 19 points including 8-11 FG. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 38 points including 13-15 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Uta 106, Cha 94 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 25 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points and 5 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 14 points. Hou 130, Den 104 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-11 FT and 25 rebounds including 7 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Green (Hou) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Mia 91, Mil 85 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 12 points and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Bam Adebayo (Mia) had 15 points including 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Mia out-scored Mia 30-8 in the 3rd quarter. Kelly Olynyk (Mia, strained left shoulder) did not play. Ind 97, Bos 91 at Bos Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Myles Turner (Ind) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 35 points including 15-29 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 15 points. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 21 points and 5 assists. T.J. Leaf (Ind, sore left calf) did not play. Cle 123, Atl 107 at Atl Cedi Osman (Cle) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 19 assists. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 30 points including 7-13 3-pointers. Jeff Green (Cle) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 15 points including 5-16 FG and 0-9 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 53.3% (46-86) FG and Atl shot 43.5% (37-85) FG. DeAndre Bembry (Atl, strained left adductor) did not play. Phi 100, NO 82 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 24 points on 11-18 FG and 16 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 10 points including 3-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 14 points including 6-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Ian Clark (NO) had 15 points. LAC 108, Det 95 at Det DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 4 points on 2-7 FG and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Lou Williams (LAC) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 18 points. Blake Griffin (Det) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points including 5-15 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Reggie Bullock (Det) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, February 10 (All times Central) New Orleans at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Milwaukee at Orlando 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Washington at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Golden State 7:30 pm ABC Denver at Phoenix 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 11 (All times Central) Toronto at Charlotte 12:00 pm Detroit at Atlanta 2:30 pm Cleveland at Boston 2:30 pm ABC New York at Indiana 4:00 pm Dallas at Houston 6:00 pm NBATV Sacramento at Minnesota 6:00 pm Memphis at Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Utah at Portland 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