News from February 24. Utah signed Nazareth Mitrou-Long to a 2nd 10-day contract. Boston activated Shane Larkin and placed Aron Baynes (sprained left elbow) and Guerschon Yabusele on IL. Golden State activated Quinn Cook. The LA Lakers activated Channing Frye and Alex Caruso and place Thomas Bryant and Lonzo Ball (sore left knee) on IL. Memphis activated Brice Johnson and Kobi Simmons and placed Tyreke Evans (right rib) on IL. Minnesota activated Justin Patton and placed Jimmy Butler on IL. Butler has an injured meniscal in his right knee. How long he will be out is not yet known - the team has stated that it is not an ACL and indicated that the meniscal is not torn. Orlando activated Nikola Vucevic. Sacramento activated De'Aaron Fox and Kosta Koufos and placed JaKarr Sampson on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 31.3 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 27.8 Anthony Davis (NO) 27.7 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 15.7 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 15.0 DeMarcus Cousins (NO) 12.9 Assists Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.4 James Harden (Hou) 9.0 LeBron James (Cle) 8.9 Uta 97, Dal 90 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Ingles (Uta) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 8 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 17 points and 12 assist. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Raul Neto (Uta, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 106, Pho 104 at Pho Damian Lillard (Por) had 40 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 11-15 FT and the game winning layup with .9 seconds left, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 21 points including 8-24 FG. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points. Devin Booker (Pho) had 30 points including 11-28 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. LAL 113, Sac 108 at Sac Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 34 points including 12-20 FG and 8-14 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 12 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 17 points including 4-11 FG. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 18 points including 6-11 FT and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Channing Frye (LAL, appendectomy) and Iman Shumpert (Sac, left foot plantar fasciitis) did not play. Min 122, Chi 104 at Min Taj Gibson (Min) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points. Jeff Teague (Min) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. David Nwaba (Chi) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. GS 112, OKC 80 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Nick Young (GS) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 15 points including 4-15 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. GS out-scored OKC 60-35 in the 2nd half. GS shot 47.2% (42-89) FG and OKC shot 33% (29-88) FG. Bos 121, NY 112 at NY Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 31 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Beasley (NY) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Trey Burke (NY) had 26 points and 8 assists. Mia 115, Mem 89 at Mia Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 23 points. Justise Winslow (Mia) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 15 points on 5-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 17 points and 6 assists. Deyonta Davis (Mem) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Mia, strained left shoulder) and Chandler Parsons (Mem, ill) and Marc Gasol (Mem) did not play. Phi 116, Orl 105 at Phi Joel Embiid (Phi) had 28 points on 10-17 FG and 7-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 assists. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Orl, personal reasons) did not play. 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 Schedule for Monday, February 26 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Atlanta 6:30 pm Memphis at Boston 6:30 pm Chicago at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Golden State at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Detroit at Toronto 6:30 pm Phoenix at New Orleans 7:00 pm Orlando at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Indiana at Dallas 7:30 pm Houston at Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota at Sacramento 9:00 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