News from February 22. The NBA fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $600,000 for his comments stating that Dallas' best course was to tank. Atlanta signed Antonius Cleveland to a 10-day contract. Cleveland signed Marcus Thornton to a 10-day contract. The LA Clippers placed Avery Bradley (athletic pubalgia) on IL. Chicago activated Omer Asik and Cameron Payne and placed Ryan Arcidiacono, Justin Holiday, and Robin Lopez on IL. Orlando activated Nikola Vucevic. Sacramento activated Bruno Caboclo, Skal Labissiere, and Frank Mason and placed Jack Cooley, De'Aaron Fox (conjunctivitis), and Kosta Koufos (ill) on IL. Washington activated Tim Frazier. GS 134, LAC 127 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 8 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 44 points including 14-19 FG and 8-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tobias Harris (LAC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Lou Williams (LAC) had 21 points and 12 assists. GS shot 62.7% (47-75) FG and LAC shot 50% (44-88) FG. OKC 110, Sac 107 at Sac Paul George (OKC) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 23 points including 7-12 3-pointers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points on 4-14 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, 8-10 FT, and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, 15 rebounds, 11 assists, and 8 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Phi 116, Chi 115 at Chi Dario Saric (Phi) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 30 points including 11-17 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 32 points on 13-18 FG, 6-11 FT, and the game winning free throws with 5.6 seconds left, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. David Nwaba (Chi) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 38 points including 15-26 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Was 110, Cle 103 at Cle Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points and 9 assists. Tomas Satoransky (Was) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 8 assists. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 13-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points on 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Was shot 10-10 FT and Cle shot 11-19 FT. NY 120, Orl 113 at Orl Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Enes Kanter (NY) had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Trey Burke (NY) had 26 points and 6 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cha 111, Bro 96 at Cha Dwight Howard (Cha) had 15 points and 24 rebounds including 8 offensive. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 19 points and 5 assists. Dante Cunningham (Bro) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, February 23 (All times Central) Boston at Detroit 6:00 pm Atlanta at Indiana 6:00 pm Charlotte at Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Toronto 6:30 pm Minnesota at Houston 7:00 pm ESPN Cleveland at Memphis 7:00 pm Miami at New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio at Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Phoenix 8:00 pm Portland at Utah 8:00 pm Dallas at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, February 24 (All times Central) Orlando at Philadelphia 4:00 pm Memphis at Miami 6:30 pm Boston at New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at Golden State 7:30 pm ABC Chicago at Minnesota 8:00 pm Portland at Phoenix 8:00 pm Dallas at Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers at Sacramento 9:00 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