News from February 20. DJ Mbenga (Dal) underwent successful surgery on his right knee to repair a torn ACL. He is out for the season. Golden State recalled Patrick O'Bryant from the NBADL. Milwaukee signed Jared Reiner to a 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta elected not to sign Jeremy Richardson for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Utah signed Louis Amundson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Memphis signed Junior Harrington to a 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Clippers placed Doug Christie on IL after Christie said he did not want to play for the Clippers any more. Christie's 2nd 10-day contract ended on Tuesday (the 20th) and obviously the Clippers will not be signing him for the rest of the season. Boston assigned Allan Ray to the NBADL. Washington activated Etan Thomas and placed Roger Mason on IL. Charlotte activated Derek Anderson and placed Brevin Knight on IL with a groin injury. Atlanta activated Stanislav Medvedenko. Orlando activated Grant Hill and placed James Augustine on IL. Milwaukee activated Michael Redd. Utah activated Louis Amundson and placed Deron Williams on IL with a strained left groin. Portland activated Sergio Rodriguez and placed Raef LaFrentz on IL with a right calf injury. San Antonio activated Matt Bonner and placed Jackie Butler on IL. Memphis activated Stromile Swift and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. Sacramento activated Brad Miller and placed Jason Hart on IL. Phoenix activated Steve Nash and Kurt Thomas and placed Sean Marks and Boris Diaw (back spasms) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Elton Brand and Yaroslav Korolev and placed Cuttino Mobley on IL with a strained left groin. Pho 115, LAC 90 at LAC Shawn Marion (Pho) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Steve Nash (Pho) had 13 points and 12 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 19 points including 9-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 17 points and 5 rebounds including 5 offensive. Pho shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and LAC shot 43% (37-86) FG. Chris Kaman (LAC, flu like symptoms) did not play. SA 95, Den 80 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 14 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 13 points. Was 112, Min 100 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 15 points. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 38 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 13-15 FT and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Mike James (Min) had 20 points including 10-12 FT. Det 84, Mil 83 at Mil Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Ruben Patterson (Mil) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Charlie Villanueva (Mil, sprained right ankle) did not play. NY 100, Orl 94 at NY Eddy Curry (NY) had 20 points including 8-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 20 points. David Lee (NY) had 14 points, 16 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 14 points including 5-17 FG and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 27 points on 9-13 FG and 9-13 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Chi 106, Atl 81 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 16 points. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 17 points and 7 assists. Shelden Williams (Atl) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Childress (Atl) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 47.7% (41-86) FG and Atl shot 35.6% (26-73) FG. Chi out-scored Atl 28-8 in the 3rd quarter. Por 103, Uta 100 at Por Ime Udoka (Por) had 15 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 7 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Derek Fisher (Uta) had 20 points including 5-14 FG and 10 assists. Cha 104, NO 100 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 15 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 21 points and 11 assists. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 16 points and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points and 7 assists. Jeff McInnis (Cha, sprained right ankle) did not play. Sac 104, Bos 101 at Sac Ron Artest (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 12 points including 2-6 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 22 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points including 8-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Delonte West (Bos) had 23 points on 9-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Sea 121, Mem 105 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 34 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 13 points on 3-10 FG and 7-11 FT and 15 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 15 points, 12 assists, and 5 steals. Mike Miller (Mem) had 20 points including 9-16 FG. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points and 6 rebounds.