News from March 2. The NBA named Russell Westbrook (OKC) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Month for February. Westbrook averaged 33.4 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as Oklahoma City went 7-4. James averaged 25.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 10.6 assists as Cleveland went 9-1. The NBA named Yogi Ferrell (Dal) and Dario Saric (Phi) as Rookies of the Month for February. Ferrell averaged 12 points and 4.7 assists as Dallas went 6-5. Saric averaged 17 points and 7.9 rebounds as Philadelphia went 4-8. Cleveland signed Andrew Bogut. Golden State signed Matt Barnes. Golden State placed Kevin Durant (sprained left MCL) on IL. Chicago activated Paul Zipser and placed Anthony Morrow on IL. Oklahoma City placed Victor Oladipo on IL. Chi 94, GS 87 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 12 points including 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 10-27 FG and 2-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Draymond Green (GS) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Pho 120, Cha 103 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Alan Williams (Pho) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 8 assists. Pho shot 58.7% (46-77) FG and Cha shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Por 114, OKC 109 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points and 5 assissts. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 45 points on 12-36 FG, 6-16 3-pointers, and 15-15 FT and 8 rebounds. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Ed Davis (Por, left shoulder) did not play. Schedule for Friday, March 3 (All times Central) New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm ESPN LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Memphis @ Dallas 7:30 pm Brooklyn @ Utah 8:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Phoenix 8:00 pm San Antonio @ New Orleans 8:30 pm ESPN Boston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, March 4 (All times Central) Detroit @ Philadelphia 5:00 pm Toronto @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Miami 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Chicago 7:30 pm ABC Charlotte @ Denver 8:00 pm Memphis @ Houston 8:00 pm Minnesota @ San Antonio 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Portland 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