News from February 25. Washington reached a buyout agreement with Zydrunas Ilgauskas and released him. Jason Thompson (Sac) is expected to be out 2 weeks after x-rays showed that he has 2 fractures in his lower back. Memphis assigned Hasheem Thabeet to the NBADL. Boston activated Marcus Landry. Indiana activated Mike Dunleavy and placed Travis Diener on IL. Cle 108, Bos 88 at Bos LeBron James (Cle) had 36 points including 11-15 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 19 points and 11 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Mil 112, Ind 110 at Ind Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 7 assists. John Salmons (Mil) had 20 points including 9-10 FT. Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 17 points on 3-10 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 assists. Den 127, GS 112 at GS Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 27 points including 12-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 37 points including 13-19 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 25 points including 7-13 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points including 6-22 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Corey Maggette (GS, strained left hamstring), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles) and C.J. Watson (GS, flu like symptoms) did not play. Schedule for Friday, February 26 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Washington 6:00 pm Dallas @ Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN Portland @ Chicago 7:00 pm Charlotte @ Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Houston 7:30 pm Detroit @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Orlando @ New Orleans 8:30 pm ESPN Utah @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html