News from February 9. NBA commissioner David Stern named Josh Howard (Dal) and Carmelo Anthony (Den) as injury replacements for the All-Star game to replace the injured Yao Ming (Hou) and Carlos Boozer (Uta). Washington suspended Etan Thomas for 2 games for his fight in practice with Brendan Haywood. Seattle will retired Spencer Haywood's #24 during the February 26 game. Memphis signed Junior Harrington to a 10-day contract. Memphis elected not to signed Will Conroy to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Erick Dampier and placed Pops Mensah-Bonsu on IL. Indiana activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Maceo Baston on IL. Charlotte activated Brevin Knight and placed Derek Anderson on IL with a sprained right ankle. Boston activated Paul Pierce and placed Wally Szczerbiak on IL with a sprained left ankle. Cleveland activated Scot Pollard and placed Shannon Brown on IL. Memphis activated Tarence Kinsey and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. Atlanta activated Shelden Williams and Salim Stoudamire and placed Tyronn Lue (injured left hamstring) and Stanislav Medvedenko on IL. Dal 95, Hou 74 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 20 points. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 14 points. Dal shot 45% (36-80) FG and Hou shot 33.3% (26-78) FG. Atl 120, Pho 111 at Pho Marvin Williams (Atl) had 16 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 32 points including 10-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Childress (Atl) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 29 points including 13-16 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 19 points and 5 assists. Raja Bell (Pho) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Marcus Banks (Pho) had 20 points on 7-9 FG and 6-10 FT. NJ 92, Bos 78 at Bos Vince Carter (NJ) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Jason Kidd (NJ) 13 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Marcus Williams (NJ) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Bos) had 13 points and 17 rebounds. Delonte West (Bos) had 21 points, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. NJ shot 45.1% (32-71) FG and Bos shot 34.6% (27-78) FG. Michael Olowokandi (Bos, flu) did not play. Tor 96, LAL 92 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 29 points on 12-16 FG and 5-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Lamar Odom )LAL) had 17 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Maurice Evans (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Tor shot 15-26 FT and LAL shot 13-14 FT. Orl 106, SA 104 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 30 points on 11-14 FG and 8-12 FT and the game winning dunk with .2 seconds left, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 31 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 31 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points including 8-10 FG, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Brent Barry (SA) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Den 102, Ind 95 at Ind Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 34 points including 12-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eduardo Najera (Den) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 14 points including 8-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Den shot 32-43 FT and Ind shot 11-13 FT. Allen Iverson (Den, sprained right ankle) and Marcus Camby (Den, strained left groin) did not play. LAC 90, Phi 89 at Phi Chris Kaman (LAC) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 17 points. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 22 points and 6 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 22 points and 7 assists. Cle 103, Mia 79 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Sasha Pavlovic (Cle) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points including 10-17 FG, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. GS 123, Chi 121 OT at GS Al Harrington (GS) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 16 points and 7 assists. Matt Barnes (GS) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points and 7 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 11-18 FG and 9 rebounds. P.J. Brown (Chi) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Baron Davis (GS, bruised left knee) did not play. Mem 105, Min 97 OT at Mem Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mark Blount (Min) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Mike Miller (Mem) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists in 50 minutes. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 10 points including 2-13 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mem shot 19-26 FT and Min shot 6-6 FT. Por 108, Cha 100 OT at Cha Zach Randolph (Por) had 40 points including 13-15 FT and 9 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 20 points on 3-10 FG and 13-16 FT, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 15 rebounds, and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Raef LaFrentz (Por, right calf injury) did not play.