News from February 23. Orlando released Hakim Warrick Indiana activated Danny Granger and placed Ben Hansbrough on IL. [Granger played in his first game of the season on Saturday.] Milwaukee placed Ish Smith on IL. LAC 107, Uta 94 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 23 points on 5-14 FG and 13-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Mia 114, Phi 90 at Phi LeBron James (Mia) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 33 points including 14-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nick Young (Phi) had 19 points. Mia shot 58.4% (45-77) FG and Phi shot 44.9% (35-78) FG. Ind 90, Det 72 at Det Paul George (Ind) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. David West (Ind) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 17 points on 7-10 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 12 points including 4-16 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Will Bynum (Det) had 15 points. Corey Maggette (Det, flu) did not play. Den 113, Cha 99 at Cha Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 13 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. JaVale McGee (Den) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points and 5 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Jeffery Taylor (Cha) had 18 points. Cle 118, Orl 94 at Orl Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 16 points and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Marreese Speights (Cle) had 18 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 16 points. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Omri Casspi (Cle, abdominal pain), Daniel Gibson (Cle, personal reasons), Jameer Nelson (Orl, left knee contusion), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Atl 103, Mil 102 at Mil Al Horford (Atl) had 23 points including the game winning hook shot with 5.9 seconds left and 11 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points and 9 assists. Devin Harris (Atl) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Ersan Ilaysova (Mil) had 19 points on 9-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 12 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Was 105, Hou 103 at Was Emeka Okafor (Was) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 18 points and 6 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Schedule for Sunday, February 24 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Dallas 12:00 pm ABC Memphis @ Brooklyn 2:30 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 2:30 pm Cleveland @ Miami 5:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:00 pm ESPN San Antonio @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Boston @ Portland 8:00 pm Chicago @ Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Monday, February 25 (All times Central) Washington @ Toronto 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Denver 8:00 pm Boston @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV ---- 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