News from March 2. The LA Lakers signed Travis Wear to a 10-day contract. Orlando signed Rashad Vaughn to a 2nd 10-day contract. Josh Hart (LAL) underwent surgery on a broken bone in his left hand and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Golden State activated Kevon Loney and placed Shaun Livingston (rest) on IL. Memphis activated Kobi Simmons and Wayne Seldon and placed Chandler Parsons (ill) on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Brown and Anile Jefferson and placed Aaron Brooks (Personal reasons) on IL. Orlando activated Jonathan Isaac and placed Arron Afflalo on IL. Phoenix activated T.J. Warren and placed Tyson Chandler (neck spasms) on IL. Toronto placed OG Anunoby (sprained right ankle) on IL. Washington activated Jason Smith and placed Devin Robinson on IL. Chi 108, Dal 100 at Chi Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Chris Dunn (Chi) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 25 points. Den 108, Mem 102 at Mem Paul Millsap (Den) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Gary Harris (Den) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 4 steals. Will Barton (Den) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Ben McLemore (Mem) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Den shot 54.8% (40-73) FG and Mem shot 44% (40-91) FG. JaMychal Green (Mem, ill) and Andrew Harrison (Mem, right wrist) did not play. OKC 124, Pho 116 at Pho Paul George (OKC) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 43 points on 16-25 FG and 9-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 14 points including 6-18 FG and 8 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points. Devin Booker (Pho) had 39 points including 16-28 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Elfrid Payton (Pho) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Uta 116, Min 108 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 26 points on 7-9 FG and 12-14 FT, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 26 points including 10-18 FG. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 15 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Min) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. LAC 128, NY 105 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 21 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 9-10 FT and 8 assists. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 19 points including 8-9 FG. Enes Kanter (NY) had 18 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 17 points. LAC shot 56.2% (50-89) FG and NY shot 46.1% (41-89) FG. Danilo Gallinari (LAC, sprained right hand) did not play. Tor 102, Was 95 at Was DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. Miles (Tor) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Otto Porter (Was) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Phi 110, Cha 99 at Phi Joel Embiid (Phi) had 23 points including 6-11 FT, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 18 points. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 31 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 19 points. GS 114, Atl 109 at Atl Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 12-19 FG and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Nick Young (GS) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. DeAndre Bembry (Atl, abdominal strain) did not play. Orl 115, Det 106 OT at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. James Ennis (Det) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (Det) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Reggie Bullock (Det) had 21 points including 7-21 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Orl out-scored Det 11-2 in overtime. Ind 103, Mil 96 at Mil Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Myles Turner (Ind) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 16 points. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 24 points on 6-18 FG and 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 15 points including 3-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. 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 Schedule for Sunday, March 4 (All times Central) Phoenix at Atlanta 2:30 pm Charlotte at Toronto 5:00 pm Indiana at Washington 5:00 pm New Orleans at Dallas 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Milwaukee 7:00 pm ESPN Brooklyn at LA Clippers 8:00 pm New York at Sacramento 8:00 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