News from February 18. Atlanta released Michael Doleac and signed Mamadou N'diaye to a 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Tony Battie and placed J.R. Bremer on IR with right knee patella tendinitis. Portland fined Qyntel Woods for conduct detrimental to the team. Woods was a passenger in a car whose driver was arrested for DWI. Utah elected not to sign Mikki Moore for the rest of the season. Moore finished his 2nd 10-day contract with the team. Del Harris (Dal assistant) was named as coach of the Chinese Men's Olympic team that will compete in this summer's Olympic games. It is the first time that someone not from China will coach the team. Rolando Blackman (Dal assistant) will be one of Harris' assistants. The trade deadline is today at 2:00 pm Central time. After that time, no trades can be made until the end of the season. Dal 114, Cle 98 at Cle Scott Williams (Dal) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Michael Finley (Dal) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 14 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. DeSagana Diop (Cle, sprained right ankle) did not play. NO 120, Was 98 at NO Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 26 points including 11-17 FG. Baron Davis (NO) had 23 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Darrell Armstrong (NO) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Kwame Brown (Was) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Was) had 16 points. NO shot 55.2% (48-87) FG and Was shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Por 101, LAC 86 at Por Darius Miles (Por) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Derek Anderson (Por) had 27 points including 6-13 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Por) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Por shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and LAC shot 37.3% (28-75) FG. Vladimir Stepania (Por, flu) did not play. LAL 100, GS 99 at GS Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 31 points on 15-23 FG and 1-9 FT, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 35 points on 11-16 FG and 13-15 FT, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Clifford Robinson (GS) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jason Richardson (GS) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (GS, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 86, Tor 82 at Tor Tim Duncan (SA) had 26 points including 6-13 FT, 21 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. Bruce Bowen (SA) had 13 points. Malik Rose (SA) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 22 points and 6 assists. Alvin Williams (Tor) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. SA out-rebounded Tor 58-39 including 22-8 offensive. NJ 98, Atl 92 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 24 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 21 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 15 points including 4-18 FG, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Atl) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Stephen Jackson (Atl) had 25 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Terry (Atl) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 4 steals. NJ shot 24-29 FT and Atl shot 10-12 FT. Alan Henderson (Atl, strained lower back) and Travis Hansen (Atl, right foot injury) did not play. Det 102, Mil 98 at Det Ben Wallace (Det) had 11 points, 15 rebounds, 8 blocks, and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 20 points and 7 assists. Desmond Mason (Mil) had 20 points on 5-19 FG and 10-15 FT and 10 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (Mil, personal reasons) did not play. Orl 90, Uta 77 at Orl Juwan Howard (Orl) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 43 points including 14-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gordan Giricek (Orl) had 15 points including 6-9 FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 12 points including 5-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Carlos Arroyo (Uta) had 14 points. Matt Harpring (Uta, right knee surgery) did not play.