News from February 11. The NBA fined Chris Paul (NO) $15,000 for verbally abusing the ref following Wednesday's NO-NJ game. Dominique Jones (Dal) underwent surgery on his right foot to repair a stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal and is out indefinitely. New Jersey elected not to signed Orien Green to a 2nd 10-day contract. Detroit announced that they will retire Dennis Rodman's #10 on April 1. Milwaukee activated Larry Sanders and placed Chris Douglas-Roberts (ill) on IL. Memphis activated Rudy Gay and placed Zach Randolph (sprained right ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Maurice Williams and placed Alonzo Gee on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Amir Johnson (sprained right ankle) on IL. Philadelphia activated Jason Kapono and placed Tony Battie on IL. New Orleans activated Trevor Ariza and placed Quincy Pondexter on IL. Charlotte activated Kwame Brown and placed Sherron Collins on IL. Cleveland defeated the LA Clippers to end their NBA record losing streak at 26 games. Phi 77, SA 71 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 8 points on 4-11 FG and 17 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Antonio McDyess (SA) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA, strained left hamstring) did not play. NO 99, Orl 93 at Orl David West (NO) had 17 points and 17 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. Willie Green (NO) had 24 points. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points including 4-12 FT, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Brandon Bass (Orl, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mia 106, Det 92 at Det LeBron James (Mia) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Austin Daye (Det) had 18 points. Ben Gordon (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det, sore groin) did not play. Cle 126, LAC 119 OT at Cle Antawn Jamsion (Cle) had 35 points including 9-13 FT and 9 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 27 points including 12-19 FG and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points and 14 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 32 points including 9-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 26 points and 7 assists. Randy Foye (LAC) had 23 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (LAC, sprained right wrist) did not play. LAL 113, NY 96 at NY Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 12-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 14 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Raymond Felton (NY) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. LAL shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and NY shot 41.2% (35-85) FG. Pho 95, Uta 83 at Uta Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points and 10 assists. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Pho) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 14 assists. Raja Bell (Uta, strained left calf) and Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained right big toe) did not play. Por 102, Tor 96 at Tor LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 37 points on 14-25 FG and 9-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 13 points and 8 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 29 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 17 points and 3 steals. Alexis Ajinca (Tor, sore left foot) did not play. Ind 116, Min 105 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Dahntey Jones (Ind) had 19 points including 6-7 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Min, sprained left ankle) and Darko Milicic (Min, strained left hip flexor) did not play. NJ 94, Cha 89 at Cha Brook Lopez (NJ) had 31 points and 11 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points and 8 assists. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 15 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 20 points including 8-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 21 points including 8-11 FT, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Mem 89, Mil 86 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Sam Young (Mem) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. John Salmons (Mil) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 12 (All times Central) Charlotte Atlanta 6:00 pm NBATV New York @ New Jersey 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Washington 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Chicago @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ Houston 7:30 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 13 (All times Central) Miami @ Boston 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ Orlando 2:30 pm ABC Washington @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Portland @ Detroit 5:00 pm LA Clippers @ Toronto 5:00 pm Denver @ Memphis 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 7:00 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html