News from February 16. Charlotte signed head coach Paul Silas to a 1 year extension, making him signed through 11-12. Rudy Gay (Mem) is expected to be out at least 4 weeks with a partially dislocated left shoulder injury. Milwaukee elected not to sign Garrett Temple for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Dominique Jones (stress fracture right foot) on IL. Milwaukee activated Corey Maggette. Houston activated Terrence Williams and placed Courtney Lee on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chris Kaman and placed Willie Warren on IL. Minnesota activated Lazar Hayward and placed Jonny Flynn (hip injury) on IL. New York activated Amare Stoudemire and placed Andy Rautins on IL. Indiana activated Solomon Jones and placed Jeff Foster (ankle injury) on IL. Cleveland activated Joey Graham and Alonzo Gee and placed Manny Harris and Leon Powe on IL. Miami activated Jamaal Magloire and placed Mike Miller (right eye injury) on IL. Washington activated Al Thornton and placed Nick Young (sore left knee) on IL. Dal 116, Sac 100 at Dal Jason Kidd (Dal) had 20 points on 7-9 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brendan Haywood (Dal) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points including 6-19 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jermaine Taylor (Sac) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Dal shot 3-6 FT and Sac shot 26-34 FT. Tyreke Evans (Sac, plantar fasciitis) did not play. Cle 104, LAL 99 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 18 points and 9 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 32 points on 9-16 FG and 13-14 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 30 points including 14-14 FT and 20 rebounds including 10 offensive. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mia 103, Tor 95 at Tor LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 7-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 38 points including 15-26 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points. Orl 101, Was 76 at Orl Brendan Bass (Orl) had 15 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 32 points on 12-15 FG and 8-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 9 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 27 points on 10-17 FG and 6-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 45.2% (38-84) FG and Was shot 34.9% (29-83) FG. Det 115, Ind 109 OT at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points and 6 assists. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 29 points and 9 rebounds. LAC 98, Min 90 at Min Ryan Gomes (LAC) had 18 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Randy Foye (LAC) had 21 points and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 18 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Min) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. LAC shot 45.6% (36-79) FG and Min shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Eric Gordon (LAC, sprained right wrist) did not play. NY 102, Atl 90 at NY Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 20 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Atl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. NY shot 17-21 FT and Atl shot 5-9 FT. Bos 94, NJ 80 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 12 points. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points and 5 assists. Bos shot 30-39 FT and NJ shot 12-15 FT. Shaquille O'Neal (Bos, sore right leg) and Semih Erden (Bos, personal reasons) did not play. Den 94, Mil 87 at Mil Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 38 points including 16-30 FG and 12 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 11 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 blocks. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 20 points. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 3 points including 1-7 FG, 20 rebounds, and 5 blocks. John Salmons (Mil) had 33 points. Keyon Dooling (Mil, sore left knee) and Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, right eye contusion) did not play. GS 107, Uta 100 at Uta Dorell Wright (GS) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. David Lee (GS) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 35 points including 16-25 FG, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 23 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Raja Bell (Uta, strained left calf), Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, sprained ankle), and Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained right big toe) did not play. Phi 114, Hou 105 at Hou Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 13 points including 3-15 FG, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 8 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 19 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 19 points including 9-14 FG. Luis Scola (Hou) had 26 points including 12-21 FG and 13 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 36 points on 15-18 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Por 103, NO 96 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 34 points including 13-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 18 points and 7 assists. David West (NO) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Willie Green (NO) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, February 17 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Phoenix 9:30 pm TNT All-Star weekend - at Los Angeles Schedule for Friday, February 18 (All times Central) Rookie and Sophomore Practices 11:30 am NBATV All-Star Interviews 2:00 pm NBATV Rookie-Sophomore Game 8:00 pm TNT Schedule for Saturday, February 19 (All times Central) East and West Practices 12:30 pm NBATV NBADL All-Star Game 4:00 pm NBATV David Stern Press Conference 6:00 pm NBATV All-Star Saturday Night 7:30 pm TNT Skills Challenge Shooting Stars Contest 3-Point Shootout Slam Dunk Contest Schedule for Sunday, February 20 (All times Central) NBA Legends Brunch 2:00 pm NBATV All-Star Game 7:30 pm TNT ---- 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