News from March 3. The NBA named Karl Malone (Uta) as Player of the Month for February. Malone averaged 26.6 points and 10.8 rebounds as Utah went 9-2. The NBA named Pat Riley (Mia) as Coach of the Month for February. Miami went 13-2 in February. The LA Clippers placed Lorenzen Wright on IR with a sprained left ankle and activated James Collins. Houston activated Emanual Davis and placed Charles Jones on IR with a lower back strain. Dal 110, Min 99 - at Min Cedric Ceballos (Dal) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 17 points including 5-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Hubert Davis (Dal) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Stephon Marbury (Min) had 17 points and 7 assists. Sea 97, Mia 91 OT - at Mia Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 18 points including 6-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sam Perkins (Sea) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 20 points including 6-12 FT, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Voshon Lenard (Mia) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Keith Askins (Mia, suspended) did not play. Ind 111, Van 103 - at Van Rik Smits (Ind) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 20 points. Antonio Davis (Ind) had 22 points on 6-9 FG and 10-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 27 points including 13-14 FT and 9 rebounds. Bryant Reeves (Van) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Ind shot 38-53 FT and Van shot 28-33 FT. Por 98, Pho 93 - at Por Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 14 rebounds. Isaiah Rider (Por) had 33 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 9-10 FT and 4 steals. Walt Williams (Por) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Danny Manning (Pho) had 15 points including 6-8 FG. Chi 118, Den 90 - at Chi Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 24 points and 9 assists. Dennis Rodman (Chi) had 4 points on 2-8 FG, 17 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 5 assists. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 7 rebounds. LaPhonso Ellis (Den) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Danny Fortson (Den) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Chi shot 51.1% (45-88) FG and Den shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. Randy Brown (Chi, strained left Achilles) and Luc Longley (Chi, sprained left knee) did not play. Uta 108, Tor 93 - at Tor Karl Malone (Uta) had 24 points on 7-20 FG and 10-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Shandon Anderson (Uta) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. John Wallace (Tor) had 21 points. Doug Christie (Tor) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Tor) had 26 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. John Thomas (Tor, strained right Achilles) did not play. Hou 107, LAC 97 - at Hou Kevin Willis (Hou) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 18 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 24 points including 13-13 FT, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Eddie Johnson (Hou) had 16 points on 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Rodney Rogers (LAC) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Isaac Austin (LAC) had 16 points, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 assists. Hou shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and LAC shot 39.4% (37-94) FG. NY 94, NJ 91 - at NY Larry Johnson (NY) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Charles Oakley (NY) had 13 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Allan Houston (NY) had 20 points. Sam Cassell (NJ) had 19 points and 10 assists. Chris Gatling (NJ) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Childs (NY, sprained left ankle) did not play.