News from February 27. The NBA suspended Roy Hibbert (Ind) and David Lee (GS) for 1 game for their altercation during Tuesday's Ind-GS game. Stephen Curry (GS), Klay Thompson (GS), and Lance Stephenson (Ind) were fined $35,000 each for escalating the fight. Rasheed Wallace (NY) has a broked left foot that will require surgery and he is expected to be out 8 weeks. Boston signed D.J. White to a 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Zaza Pachulia and placed Jeremy Tyler on IL. Houston placed Tyler Honeycutt on IL. Milwaukee activated Samuel Dalembert and placed Joel Przybilla on IL. Oklahoma City activated Ronnie Brewer and placed Jeremy Lamb and Daniel Orton on IL. Portland activated Eric Maynor and placed Nolan Smith on IL. Washington activated Cartier Martin and placed Leandro Barbosa and Nene (injured right shoulder) on IL. Mem 90, Dal 84 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points including 9-11 FT, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists, Quincy Pondexter (Mem) had 12 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Elton Brand (Dal) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Mem out-scored Dal 24-5 in the 3rd quarter. Pho 105, SA 101 OT at SA Luis Scola (Pho) had 15 points including 7-10 FG. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 13 points and 13 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Pho) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points and 8 assists. Pho "out-scored" SA 5-1 in overtime. Atl 102, Uta 91 at Uta Josh Smith (Atl) had 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 34 points including 14-22 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points and 7 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 26 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 119, NO 74 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 18 points on 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points including 12-12 FT. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 14 points. Austin Rivers (NO) had 9 points. OKC shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and NO shot 35.1% (27-77) FG. Anthony Davis (NO, sprained left shoulder) and Eric Gordon (NO, sore knee) did not play. NY 109, GS 105 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 35 points on 10-26 FG and 13-15 FT and 8 assists. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 16 points and 28 rebounds including 10 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 26 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 54 points including 18-28 FG and 11-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Carl Landry (GS) had 15 points on 3-4 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 turnovers. David Lee (GS, suspended) did not play. Mil 110, Hou 107 at Hou Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 27 points on 9-24 FG and 7-11 FT and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Omer Asik (Hou) had 16 points and 22 rebounds including 6 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 7-10 FT, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Cle 103, Tor 92 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Shaun Livingston (Cle) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 23 points and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points including 14-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Omri Casspi (Cle, appendectomy) and Kyrie Irving (Cle, hyperextended right knee) did not play. Sac 125, Orl 101 at Orl John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Sac shot 54.8% (46-84) FG and Orl shot 44.6% (37-83) FG. Jameer Nelson (Orl, left patella contusion) and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Det 96, Was 95 at Was Greg Monroe (Det) had 26 points including 12-17 FG, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Det) had 6 points and 18 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 32 points including 11-18 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Den 111, Por 109 at Por Ty Lawson (Den) had 30 points and 6 assists. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 29 points including 5-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 18 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Thursday, February 28 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Minnesota @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, March 1 (All times Central) Indiana @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Washington 6:00 pm Houston @ Orlando 6:00 pm Golden State @ Boston 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Memphis @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Dallas @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm Detroit @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Utah 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Denver 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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