News from February 22. The NBA fined Reggie Miller (Ind) $5,000 for making an obscene gesture towards the fans during Sunday's Ind-LAL game. TRADE: Dallas traded Christian Laettner, Hubert Davis, Loy Vaught, Courtney Alexander, Etan Thomas, and $3 million to Washington for Juwan Howard, Obinna Ekezie, and Calvin Booth. TRADE: Atlanta traded Dikembe Mutombo and Roshown McLeod to Philadelphia for Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed, and Pepe Sanchez. TRADE: New York traded Chris Childs and a 1st round draft pick to Toronto for Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues. The draft pick comes from Seattle via the Patrick Ewing trade and is lottery protected for 2001. TRADE: Toronto traded Corliss Williamson, Tyrone Corbin, Kornel Davis, and a 1st round draft pick to Detroit for Jerome Williams and Eric Montross. The conditional draft pick comes from Orlando via the Tracy McGrady trade. Dallas activated Eduardo Najera and Donnell Harvey. Cleveland signed Chucky Brown for the rest of the season. New York placed Travis Knight on IR with a sprained left ankle. Philadelphia released Larry Robinson and Ira Bowman. Portland activated Scottie Pippen and placed Will Perdue on IR with a sore left hamstring. Washington activated Laron Profit and placed Rod Strickland on IR with sore hamstrings. Washington released Gerard King, Felipe Lopez, and Mike Smith. The NBA trading deadline has passed. No more trades can be made for the rest of the season. Dal 98, Bos 91 - at Dal Greg Buckner (Dal) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Michael Finley (Dal) had 19 points and 7 assists. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Uta 90, Por 84 - at Por Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals. Karl Malone (Uta) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Stockton (Uta) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 32 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 16 points. Cha 93, GS 91 - at Cha Jamal Mashburn (Cha) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. P.J. Brown (Cha) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Baron Davis (Cha) had 14 points including 6-9 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. David Wesley (Cha) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 17 seconds left and 8 assists. Larry Hughes (GS) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mookie Blaylock (GS) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Cha shot 4-7 FT and GS shot 14-16 FT. Marc Jackson (GS, right groin strain), Chris Mullin (GS, strained lower back), and Chris Porter (GS, sprained ankle) did not play. Sac 115, Was 110 - at Was Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 22 points. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 27 points including 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Doug Christie (Sac) had 32 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 11-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Williams (Sac) had 13 points and 9 assists. Mitch Richmond (Was) had 24 points and 5 assists. Jahidi White (Was) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 29 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Whitney (Was) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Webber (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAC 93, Chi 80 - at Chi Lamar Odom (LAC) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jeff McInnis (LAC) had 17 points and 6 assists. Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Fred Hoiberg (Chi) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Elton Brand (Chi) had 17 points including 7-21 FG and 16 rebounds including 10 offensive. Ron Mercer (Chi, sprained left ankle) and Ron Artest (Chi, suspended) did not play.