News from February 5. The NBA announced the contestants for the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 13 in Dallas. The contestants are: Chauncey Billups (Den) Channing Frye (Pho) Stephen Curry (GS) Danilo Galinari (NY) Daequan Cook (Mia) Paul Pierce (Bos) Chicago signed Chris Richard to a 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Jason Hart to a 10-day contract. Dallas activated Erick Dampier and placed Matt Carroll on IL. Minnesota activated Nathan Jawai and placed Oleksiy Pecherov on IL. New Orleans placed Chris Paul (left knee surgery) on IL. Houston activated Jermaine Taylor and placed Will Conroy on IL. Memphis activated Sam Young and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Chicago placed Joakim Noah (left foot injury) on IL. New Jersey activated Keyon Dooling and placed Josh Boone on IL. Washington activated Caron Butler and placed Mike James on IL. Detroit activated DaJuan Summers and placed Charlie Villanueva on IL. Indiana activated Travis Diener and placed Earl Watson on IL. Min 117, Dal 108 at Dal Al Jefferson (Min) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 19 points and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 20 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Hou 101, Mem 83 at Mem Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Den 126, LAL 113 at LAL Chauncey Billups (Den) had 39 points including 12-20 FG and 9-13 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 11 points including 5-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points, 17 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 6 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Den shot 57.1% (48-84) FG and LAL shot 44.9% (44-98) FG. Was 92, Orl 91 at Orl Brendan Haywood (Was) had 5 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Randy Foye (Was) had 22 points including 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 31 points including the game winning jumper with .5 seconds left. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points, 18 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Orl) had 21 points on 5-17 FG and 10-10 FT. Mil 114, NY 107 at NY Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 8 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 25 points and 9 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 32 points including 12-18 FG, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Al Harrington (NY) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Phi 101, NO 94 at NO Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 7 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Darren Collison (NO) had 17 points. Marcus Thornton (NO, lower back contusion) did not play. Ind 107, Det 83 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 16 points and 5 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Ind shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Det shot 39.1% (34-87) FG. Luther Head (Ind, viral infection) did not play. Pho 114, Sac 102 at Sac Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 30 points on 10-16 FG and 10-13 FT and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 16 points. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Donte Greene (Sac) had 31 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Atl 91, Chi 81 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 10 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 17 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points and 6 assists. Bos 96, NJ 87 at Bos Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 17 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Glen Davis (Bos) had 13 points. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 17 points and 8 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos, sprained left midfoot) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 6 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Washington 6:00 pm New York @ Cleveland 6:30 pm New Jersey @ Detroit 6:30 pm Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:30 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Denver @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Portland 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 9:30 pm San Antonio @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html