News from February 23. TRADE: Philadelphia traded Nerlens Noel to Dallas for Andrew Bogut, Justin Anderson, and a protected 2017 1st round draft pick. The pick is top 18 protected - if it is top 18, then Philadelphia gets a 2nd round draft pick in 2017 and a 2nd round draft pick in 2020. TRADE: Chicago traded Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 2nd round draft pick to Oklahoma City for Cameron Payne, Anthony Morrow, and Joffrey Lauvergue. TRADE: Milwaukee traded Roy Hibbert to Denver for a protected 2019 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Phoenix traded P.J. Tucker to Toronto for Jared Sullinger, a 2017 2nd round draft pick, and a 2018 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Atlanta traded Mike Scott, the rights to 2005 draft pick (#59) Cenk Akyol, and cash to Phoenix for a 2017 top 55 protected 2nd round draft pick and cash. TRADE: Houston traded K.J. McDaniels to Brooklyn for a future 2nd round draft pick and cash. TRADE: Houston traded Tyler Ennis, the rights to 2007 draft pick (#54) Brad Newley to the LA Lakers for Marcelo Huertas. The NBA trade deadline has past. None of the traded players played in Thursday's games. Memphis signed Toney Douglas to a 2 year contract with the 2nd year at the team's option after he completeded his 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Hollis Thompson to a 10-day contract. Brooklyn released Marcus Thornton. Dallas released Deron Williams. New Orleans released Terrence Jones. Philadelphia released Chasson Randle. Denver elected not to sign Johnny O'Bryant for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix elected not to sign Ronnie Price for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Omri Casspi (NO) suffered a broken right thumb and is expected to be out 4 weeks. Denver activated Kenneth Faried and Danilo Gallinari and placed Malik Beasley on IL. Golden State activated David West and Zaza Pachulia and placed Kevon Looney and Damian Jones on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brice Johnson and placed Diamond Stone on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Marshall Plumlee on IL. Orlando activated Chris Wilcox and placed C.J. Watson on IL. Por 112, Orl 103 at Orl Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jusfa Nurkic (Por) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Por out-scored Orl 35-18 in the 4th quarter. Por shot 50.6% (41-81) FG and Orl shot 39.5% (34-86) FG. Al-Farouq Amini (Por, sprained left knee) did not play. Det 114, Cha 108 OT at Det Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 33 points including 7-15 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 34 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Det shot 11-12 FT and Cha shot 25-26 FT. Miles Plumlee (Cha, strained right calf) did not play. Hou 129, NO 99 at NO Clint Capala (Hou) had 15 points including 7-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 4-14 3-pointers. Louis Williams (Hou) had 27 points including 7-11 3-pointers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 29 points including 13-16 FT and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 4 blocks. Cle 119, NY 104 at Cle Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points and 6 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points on 9-25 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Courtney Lee (NY) had 25 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cle shot 52.9% (46-87) FG and NY shot 42% (42-100) FG. GS 123, LAC 113 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 35 points on 10-16 FG, 6-10 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points. GS out-scored LAC 50-26 in the 3rd quarter. GS shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and LAC shot 40.9% (38-93) FG. Sac 116, Den 100 at Sac Darren Collison (Sac) had 15 points and 10 assists. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 29 points including 14-22 FG and 10 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 23 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, February 24 (All times Central) Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Memphis @ Indiana 6:00 pm Boston @ Toronto 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Chicago 7:00 pm Utah @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Dallas @ Minnesota 7:00 pm ESPN Miami @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, February 25 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Sacramento 4:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:30 pm Indiana @ Miami 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Dallas 7:30 pm Chicago @ Cleveland 7:30 pm ABC Minnesota @ Houston 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Golden State 9:30 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