News from February 26. The NBA fined Andrew Bynum (LAL) $25,000 for publically criticizing the refs following Wednesday's Dal-LAL game in saying that it felt like the Lakers were playing 5-on-8. Washington signed Shaun Livingston to a 10-day contract and placed Josh Howard (torn ACL) on IL. Atlanta activated Jason Collins and placed Randolph Morris on IL. Sacramento activated Spencer Hawes and placed Jason Thompson (fractures in lower back) on IL. Detroit activated Chucky Atkins and placed Kwame Brown on IL. San Antonio activated Ian Mahinmi and placed Tony Parker (stomach ailment) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Serge Ibaka and placed Antonio Anderson on IL. Memphis activated Steven Hunter and Lester Hudson and placed Jamaal Tinsley (sore left hamstring) and Hasheem Thabeet on IL. Thabeet was assigned to the NBADL. Cleveland activated Darnell Jackson and placed Shaquille O'Neal (sprained right thumb) on IL. Jackson was recalled from the NBADL. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Patrick O'Bryant on IL. Dal 111, Atl 103 OT at Atl Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 37 points including 15-26 FG and 9 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Dal) had 11 points including 5-6 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 19 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 16 rebounds, and 17 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 8 assists, and 7 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dal shot 52.2% (48-92) FG and Atl shot 40% (38-95) FG. Caron Butler (Dal, reaction to medication) did not play. LAL 99, Phi 90 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 23 points including 10-17 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 13 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 19 points and 8 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 24 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Luke Walton (LAL, pinched nerve back), Jason Smith (Phi, sprained right ankle), and Willie Green (Phi, left shoulder contusion) did not play. Hou 109, SA 104 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 30 points including 14-14 FT and 13 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 31 points including 13-23 FG. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 33 points on 9-24 FG and 14-14 FT and 5 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. George Hill (SA) had 26 points. Den 107, Det 102 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points on 8-25 FG and 8-13 FT and 3 steals. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 25 points including 11-11 FT. J.R. Smith (Den) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points on 5-17 FG and 9-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den, left knee contusion) did not play. NO 100, Orl 93 at NO David West (NO) had 40 points including 16-24 FG and 10 rebounds. Darren Collison (NO) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 7 assists. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Darius Songaila (NO, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cle 126, Tor 118 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 36 points on 10-17 FG and 15-16 FT, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 24 points. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 24 points. Chi 115, Por 111 OT at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 33 points including 15-25 FG. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 32 points including 15-23 FG and 7 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points and 6 assists. Pho 125, LAC 112 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 30 points including 13-16 FG and 12 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Travis Outlaw (LAC) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Sac 103, Uta 99 at Sac Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 25 points including 11-16 FG. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 24 points including 6-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 26 points on 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Sac shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Uta shot 40.9% (36-88) FG. Cha 93, Mem 89 at Mem Boris Diaw (Cha) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 32 points and 11 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Cha) had 13 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Cha, left ankle and foot soreness) and Nazr Mohammed (Cha, bask spasms) did not play. OKC 109, Min 92 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 15 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 19 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. OKC shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Min shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. NY 118, Was 116 OT at Was David Lee (NY) had 25 points including the game winning layup with 1.6 seconds left, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (NY) had 23 points. Al Harrington (NY) had 37 points including 12-21 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 8-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 26 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists, and 8 turnovers. JaVale McGee (Was) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jonathan Bender (NY, personal reasons) and J.R. Giddens (NY, left knee surgery) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 27 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Boston 12:00 pm Milwaukee @ Miami 2:30 pm Chicago @ Indiana 6:00 pm Memphis @ New York 6:30 pm Portland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ Golden State 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html