News from February 23. Washington signed Ramon Session to a 10-day contract. Boston activated Marcus Smart and placed Kadeem Allen on IL. Dallas placed Jalen Jones and Johnathan Motley on IL. Denver activated Kenneth Faried and Mason Plumlee. Houston activated Trevor Ariza and placed Markel Brown on IL. Indiana activated Glenn Robinson and T.J. Leaf and placed Ike Anigbogu and Ben Moore on IL. The LA Lakers activated Lonzo Ball and placed Gary Payton on IL. Milwaukee activated John Henson. Minnesota activated Marcus Georges-Hunt. Phoenix placed Tyson Chandler (neck spasms) on IL. San Antonio activated Rudy Gay and LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Darrun Hillard and Derrick White on IL. Utah activated Ricky Rubio and placed Erik McCree on IL. LAL 124, Dal 102 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 18 points on 9-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 17 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. LAL shot 51.6% (48-93) FG and Dal shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. LAL out-rebounded Dal 62-29 including 13-3 offensive. Por 100, Uta 81 at Uta Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 21 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. LAC 128, Pho 117 at Pho Tobias Harris (LAC) had 30 points including 10-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 17 points and 6 assists. Lou Williams (LAC) had 35 points including 12-20 FG and 6 turnovers. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 27 points on 7-20 FG and 11-13 FT. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (LAC, right hand contusion) did not play. Den 122, SA 119 at Den Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 pointers including 4-7 3-pointers and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 28 points including 10-16 FG. Gary Harris (Den) had 23 points including 10-16 FG. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 38 points on 13-23 FG and 12-14 FT. Patty Mills (SA) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Den shot 14-19 FT and SA shot 28-39 FT. Danny Green (SA, ill) did not play. NO 124, Mia 123 OT at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 45 points including 10-11 FT, 17 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 29 points including the game winning floater with 7.3 seconds left, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ian Clark (NO) had 21 points on 9-11 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 30 points including 12-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points including 9-12 FG, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kelly Olynyk (Mia, strained left shoulder) did not play. Cle 112, Mem 89 at Mem LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists. George Hill (Cle) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Larry Nance (Cle) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 15 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Chandler Parson (Mem, ill) did not play. Hou 120, Min 102 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 25 points including 10-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. James Harden (Hou) had 31 points on 8-24 FG, 3-10 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Eric Gordon (Hou, ill) did not play. Mil 122, Tor 119 OT at Tor Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 33 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Cha 122, Was 105 at Was Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 23 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 33 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Ind 116, Atl 93 at Ind Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 20 points and 5 steals. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Isaiah Taylor (Atl) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 6 assists. Bos 110, Det 98 at Det Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Daniel Theis (Bos) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Ish Smith (Det) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 15 points, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. 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 Schedule for Sunday, February 25 (All times Central) Detroit at Charlotte 12:00 pm New Orleans at Milwaukee 2:00 pm San Antonio at Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC Philadelphia at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Houston at Denver 7:00 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