News from March 1. The NBA named Anthony Davis (NO) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Month for February. Davis averaged 35 points and 13 rebounds as New Orleans went 8-3. James averaged 27 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 10.5 assists and Cleveland went 6-4. The NBA named Donovan Mitchell (Uta) and Ben Simmons (Phi) as Rookies of the Month for February. Mitchell averaged 21.4 points and Utah and 9-2. Simmons averaged 16 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 7.7 assists as Philadelphia went 8-3. The NBA named Mike D'Antoni (Hou) and Scott Brooks (Was) as Coaches of the Month for February. Houston went 12-0 and Washington went 8-4. Cleveland suspended J.R. Smith for 1 game for conduct detrimental to the team. Chicago signed Eddie Jarell to a 10-day contract. Milwaukee released Sean Kilpatrick Minnesota released Shabazz Muhammad. Cleveland activated Jeff Green and placed J.R. Smith (suspended) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Gary Payton and Thomas Bryant and placed Channing Frye (appendectomy) and Josh Hart (fractured left hand) on IL. Miami activated Jordan Mickey and placed Wayne Ellington (left quad contusion) and Tyler Johnson (left quad contusion) on IL. LAL 131, Mia 113 at Mia Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (LAL) had 29 points including 11-20 FG and 6-11 3-pointers and 6 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 19 points and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 11-18 FG. LAL shot 59.5% (47-79) FG and Mia shot 48.4% (46-95) FG. Phi 106, Cle 97 at Cle Joel Embiid (Phi) had 17 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Larry Nance (Cle) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Sac 116, Bro 111 OT at Sac Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 21 points on 10-17 FG, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 20 points including 6-13 3-pointers DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Por 108, Min 99 at Por Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 19 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 35 points including 4-12 3-pointers and 13-16 FT and 7 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 34 points on 11-19 FG and 11-12 FT, 17 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, March 2 (All times Central) Detroit at Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Golden State at Atlanta 6:30 pm Toronto at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Dallas at Chicago 7:00 pm Denver at Memphis 7:00 pm Indiana at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Phoenix 8:00 pm Minnesota at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN New York at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, March 3 (All times Central) Memphis at Orlando 6:00 pm Denver at Cleveland 6:30 pm Detroit at Miami 6:30 pm Boston at Houston 7:30 pm ABC LA Lakers at San Antonio 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at Portland 9:00 pm Utah 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