News from February 24. Atlanta suspended Dennis Schroder for 1 game for for missing the first practice after the All-Star break. Atlanta signed Lamar Patterson for the rest of the season with a 2nd year at the team's option after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta signed Ryan Kelly for the rest of the season with a 2nd year at the team's option. New Orleans signed Johnny O'Bryant and Jarrett Jack to 10-day contracts. Phoenix signed Ronnie Price for the rest of the season. Miami elected not to sign Marcus Georges-Hunt to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day. Minnesota elected not to sign Lance Stephenson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he finished his 1st 10-day. Phoenix released Mike Scott and Jared Sullinger. Philadelphia announced that injured Ben Simmons will not play this season. Simmons suffered a broken right foot on September 30. Atlanta activated Thabo Sefolosha and placed Dennis Schroder (suspended) and Ryan Kelly on IL. Boston activated Jalen Brown and placed Gerald Green on IL. Brooklyn activated Jeremy Lin and placed K.J. McDaniels on IL. Chicago activated Dwyane Wade and placed Cameron Payne and Paul Zipser on IL. Dallas activated A.J. Hammons. Denver placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Indiana activated Thaddeus Young and Lavoy Allen and placed Al Jefferson and Georges Niang on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chris Paul and placed Wesley Johnson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Thomas Robinson and placed Tyler Ennis on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and Enes Kanter and placed Victor Oladipo on IL. Philadelphia placed Andrew Bogut on IL. San Antonio activated Pau Gasol and placed Joel Anthony on IL. Toronto activated Kyle Lowry (right wrist injury) on IL. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Raul Neto on IL. Washington activated Daniel Ochefu and placed Chris McCullough on IL. Min 97, Dal 84 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 26 points including 12-18 FG, 18 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Seth Curry (Dal) had 31 points including 13-17 FG. Min shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Dal shot 42.2% (35-83) FG. Adreian Payne (Min, ill) did not play. SA 105, LAC 97 at LAC Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 6 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points. Pau Gasol (SA) had 17 points including 5-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 29 points including 11-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 23 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Den 129, Bro 109 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 24 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Trevor Booker (Bro) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Mia 108, Atl 90 at Atl Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 14 points including 6-19 FG and 10 assists. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points including 9-14 FT. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 11 points. Mia shot 11-13 FT and Atl shot 24-36 FT. OKC 110, LAL 93 at OKC Andre Robinson (OKC) had 19 points on 8-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Alex Abrines (OKC) had 19 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points including 4-18 3-pointers, 18 rebounds, 17 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 29 points including 3-12 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Julius Randle (LAL) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Uta 109, Mil 95 at Mil Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 29 points on 11-17 FG. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. George Hill (Uta) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 33 points on 10-16 FG and 11-15 FT, 12 rebounds, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Chi 128, Pho 121 OT at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 23 points. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 27 points. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 17 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assist, and 5 turnovers. Tor 107, Bos 97 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 43 points on 15-28 FG and 12-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 11 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 3-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ind 102, Mem 92 at Ind C.J. Miles (Ind) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 10 points including 2-8 FG and 10 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points including 5-15 FG. Tony Allen (Mem) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Ind shot 11-11 FT and Mem shot 13-23 FT. Brandan Wright (Mem, personal reasons) did not play. Phi 120, Was 112 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Phi) had 20 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 40 points on 15-25 FG and 8-10 FT. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 13-14 FT, 8 rebounds, 14 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tiago Splitter (Phi, strained right calf) and Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) did not play. 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 Schedule for Sunday, February 26 (All times Central) San Antonio @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm Phoenix @ Milwaukee 2:30 pm NBATV Memphis @ Denver 4:00 pm Utah @ Washington 4:00 pm Portland @ Toronto 5:00 pm Boston @ Detroit 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ LA Clippers 8:30 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