News from February 23. Seattle recalled Mouhamed Sene from the NBADL. Indiana activated Keith McLeod and placed Orien Greene on IL. Toronto activated Uros Slokar and placed Juan Dixon on IL. Atlanta placed Anthony Johnson on IL. New York activated David Lee and placed Steve Francis on IL with the flu. Minnesota activated Bracey Wright and placed Mark Madsen on IL with an injured left ankle. Washington activated Donell Taylor and placed Calvin Booth on IL. Chicago activated Viktor Khryapa and placed Andres Nocioni on IL with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Utah activated Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams and placed Louis Amundson, Alan Henderson, and Mehmet Okur (back spasms) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Luke Walton and placed Vladimir Radmanovic on IL with a separated shoulder. Pho 116, Min 104 at Min Shawn Marion (Pho) had 27 points on 12-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 24 points on 9-16 FG and 6-12 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 28 points including 11-16 FG, 19 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Randy Foye (Min) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chi 105, Was 90 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 32 points including 13-22 FG and 11 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 20 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 36 points including 12-14 FT and 7 rebounds. NY 95, Mil 93 at NY Quentin Richardson (NY) had 14 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 22 points on 5-15 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 assists. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 22 points and 8 assists. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 28 points including 10-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Earl Boykins (Mil, sprained right thumb) did not play. NO 98, Sea 97 at NO David West (NO) had 23 points including 9-11 FT and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 19 rebounds including 10 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. NO shot 37.1% (36-97) FG and Sea shot 52.1% (38-73) FG. NO out-rebounded Sea 56-42 including 26-5 offensive. NJ 109, Sac 96 at NJ Vince Carter (NJ) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Marcus Williams (NJ) had 19 points including 7-10 FG. Eddie House (NJ) had 20 points. Ron Artest (Sac) had 33 points including 15-21 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. NJ shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Sac shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. Tor 110, Ind 88 at Tor Jose Garbajosa (Tor) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rasho Nesterovic (Tor) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Tor shot 56.2% (41-73) FG and Ind shot 38.6% (34-88) FG. Mem 103, Por 102 at Por Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points and 7 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points including 11-12 FT and 3 blocks. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Por) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mem shot 31-33 FT and Por shot 13-16 FT. Joel Pryzbilla (Por, sore left knee) and Fred Jones (Por, trade) did not play. Atl 105, Hou 99 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 20 points including 8-10 FT. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 31 points including 12-22 FG and 7 assists. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 19 points including 9-14 FG. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 37 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 9-11 FT. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Det 94, Orl 89 at Orl Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 14 points including 3-9 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 28 points including 12-13 FT and 3 steals. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Uta 114, Den 104 at Den Deron Williams (Uta) had 26 points and 14 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 14 points on 2-8 FG and 10-13 FT, 10 rebounds 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 22 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 36 points on 12-18 FG and 11-13 FT, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Den) had 33 points on 11-18 FG and 10-15 FT and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (Den, arthroscopic surgery left knee) did not play. LAL 122, Bos 96 at LAL Maurice Evans (LAL) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 16 points including 6-7 FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 38 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Al Jefferson (Bos) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Gerald Green (Bos) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. LAL shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Bos shot 42.1% (32-76) FG. Luke Walton (LAL, sprained right ankle) and Wally Szczerbiak (Bos, sprained left ankle) did not play. Cha 102, Phi 87 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Matt Carroll (Cha) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Adam Morrison (Cha) had 19 points. Andre Miller (Phi) had 15 points including 7-8 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Korver (Phi) had 21 points and 3 steals.