News from February 25. Milwaukee signed Axel Toupane to a 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Reggie Williams to a 10-day contract. Correction: Charlotte signed Johnny O'Bryant to a 10-day contract, not New Orleans. Charlotte elected not to sign Ray McCallum and Mike Tobey for the rest of the season after they finished their 2nd 10-day contracts. Golden State elected not to sign Briante Weber for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Houston released Marcelo Huertas. New Orleans released Omri Casspi. Atlanta activated Dennis Schroder and placed Lamar Patterson on IL. Brooklyn activated K.J. McDaniels and placed Caris LeVert on IL. Chicago activated Cameron Payne and placed Michael Carter-Williams (injured knee) on IL. Golden State activated Kevon Looney and placed Kevin Durant (left hand contusion) on IL. New Orleans placed Omer Asik (ill) on IL. New York activated Marshall Plumlee and placed Kristaps Porzinigis (sprained right ankle) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Russell Westbrook (OKC) 30.8 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 29.7 James Harden (Hou) 28.9 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.1 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.8 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.6 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.3 John Wall (Was) 10.7 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.2 Dal 96, NO 83 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Seth Curry (Dal) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 39 points and 14 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 12 points including 3-9 FG, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 18 points including 5-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. E'Twaun Moore (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Chi 117, Cle 99 at Cle Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 34 points including 2-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers. LeBron James (Cle, ill) did not play. Hou 142, Min 130 at Hou Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 4-13 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 24 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 30 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 37 points including 16-24 FG and 22 rebounds including 9 offensive. Hou shot 22-58 3-pointers and Min shot 9-26 3-pointers. Adreian Payne (Min, ill) did not play. GS 112, Bro 95 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 24 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Zaza Pachulia (GS) had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Mia 113, Ind 95 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 22 points including 10-13 FT and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 22 points and 6 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points. Myles Turner (Ind) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 6 assists. NY 110, Phi 109 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 37 points including 15-25 FG and the game winning jumper with .3 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (NY) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Justin Holiday (NY) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 20 points including 2-11 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 19 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) and Tiago Splitter (Phi, strained right calf) did not play. Orl 105, Atl 86 at Orl Terrence Ross (Orl) had 24 points on 10-15 FG and 47 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 15 points including 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 15 points. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points including 5-13 FT and 14 rebounds. Cha 99, Sac 85 at Sac Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 23 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 15 points including 4-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 18 points. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. 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 Schedule for Monday, February 27 (All times Central) Toronto @ New York 6:00 pm TNT Golden State @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Boston 6:30 pm Miami @ Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana @ Houston 8:30 pm TNT Minnesota @ Sacramento 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