News from February 21. Atlanta signed Brandon Williams to a 10-day contract. Atlanta signed Jermaine Jackson for the rest of the season. Phoenix activated Tom Gugliotta. Larry Hughes (Was) is expected to be out 3 weeks with a sprained right ankle. Boston released Ruben Wolkowyski. New York activated Frank Williams and placed Charlie Ward on IR with an abdominal strain. Chicago activated Roger Mason Jr. and placed Rick Brunson on IR with right knee tendinitis. Houston activated Tito Maddox and placed Bostjan Nachbar on IR with a left groin strain. Seattle placed Calvin Booth (left knee tendinitis) and Ansu Sesay (lower back strain) on IR. Dal 100, Hou 85 at Hou Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 34 points including 10-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 14 points including 6-6 FG and 5 assists. Nick Van Exel (Dal) had 13 points and 7 assists. Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 12 points including 5-6 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Yao Ming (Hou) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dal shot 49.4% (38-77) FG and Hou shot 35.3% (30-85) FG. Was 89, NJ 86 at Was Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 11 points including 4-12 FG. Michael Jordan (Was) had 43 points including 18-30 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tyronn Lue (Was) had 13 points. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 25 points. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Was, sprained right ankle) did not play. NO 125, Mem 123 OT at NO Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 50 points on 17-33 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, 12-12 FT, and the game winning jumper with 1 seconds left, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. P.J. Brown (NO) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Jamaal Magloire (NO) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-10 FT and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. David Wesley (NO) had 35 points including 14-24 FG and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 18 points. Wesley Person (Mem) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 3 steals. Mike Miller (Mem) had 23 points on 11-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Courtney Alexander (NO, strained left groin) and Kenny Anderson (NO, traded player) did not play. Phi 119, Cle 99 at Cle Keith Van Horn (Phi) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Snow (Phi) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 41 points including 16-18 FG, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Phi shot 39-44 FT and Cle shot 23-26 FT. Min 103, Det 96 at Min Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 34 points on 13-23 FG and 7-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Radoslav Nesterovic (Min) had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 23 points on 6-17 FG and 11-11 FT and 7 assists. Joe Smith (Min, sprained right ankle) did not play. Tor 92, Pho 89 at Tor Morris Peterson (Tor) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jerome Williams (Tor) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Antonio Davis (Tor) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 22 points including 7-23 FG and 6 assists. Jake Voskuhl (Pho) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Lindsey Hunter (Tor, sore lower back) and Mamadou N'diaye (Tor, stress fracture) did not play. Orl 110, Chi 96 at Orl Gordan Giricek (Orl) had 15 points. Drew Gooden (Orl) had 22 points on 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 52 points including 6-13 3-pointers and 16-20 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyson Chandler (Chi) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Jay Williams (Chi) had 20 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeryl Sasser (Orl, neck spasms) did not play. GS 111, NY 107 at GS Troy Murphy (GS) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 31 points including 14-23 FG and 6 rebounds. Bob Sura (GS) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 32 points including 15-27 FG and 8 rebounds. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. GS shot 23-28 FT and NY shot 9-11 FT. GS out-rebounded NY 62-39 including 32-12 offensive. LAL 92, Por 84 at LAL Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 24 points including 8-15 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 25 points including 9-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 23 points including 10-27 FG. Samaki Walker (LAL, sprained right ankle) did not play. Sea 88, Mil 58 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Brent Barry (Sea) had 16 points including 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 16 assists. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 12 points including 5-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Tim Thomas (Mil) had 17 points. Toni Kukoc (Mil) had 14 points. Sea shot 44.9% (35-78) FG and Mil shot 32.9% (24-73) FG. Elden Campbell (Sea, traded player), Ray Allen (Sea, traded player), Kevin Ollie (Sea, traded player), Ronald Murray (Sea, traded player), Gary Payton (Mil, traded player), and Desmond Mason (Mil, traded player) did not play.