News from February 22. TRADE: In a 3-team deal, Denver first signed Carmelo Anthony to a 3 year, $65 million contract extension and then Denver traded away Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams, and a 2015 2nd round draft pick and received Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, Kosta Koufos, a 2014 1st round draft pick, the right to exchange 2016 1st round picks, 2012 and 2013 2nd round draft picks via New York and originally from Golden State, and $3 million; New York traded away Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, Eddy Curry, Anthony Randolph, a 2014 1st round draft pick, the right to exchange 2016 1st round picks, 2012 and 2013 2nd round draft picks originally from Golden State, and $6 million and received Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman, Shelden Williams, and Corey Brewer; and Minnesota traded away Corey Brewer, Kosta Koufos, and a 2nd round draft pick and received Eddy Curry, Anthony Randolph, a 2015 2nd round draft pick, and $3 million. [None of the traded players played in Tuesday's games.] TRADE: Chicago traded James Johnson to Toronto for Miami's 2011 1st round draft pick that Toronto obtained in the Chris Bosh sign-and-trade. San Antonio signed Steve Novak to a 2nd 10-day contract. Memphis signed Rodney Carney to a 10-day contract. Washington elected not to signed Mustafa Shakur for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Toronto elected not to signed Trey Johnson for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Milwaukee assigned Larry Sanders to the NBADL. Boston activated Delonte West and placed Shaquille O'Neal (sore right leg) on IL. Golden State activated Acie Law and placed Jeremy Lin on IL. Memphis activated DeMarre Carroll and placed Rudy Gay (partially dislocated left shoulder) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Willie Warren and placed Eric Gordon on IL. Oklahoma City activated Cole Aldrich and placed DJ White on IL. Minnesota activated Michael Beasley. Sacramento activated Francisco Garcia and placed Tyreke Evans on IL. Evans is expected to be out 3 weeks with an injured left foot. Houston activated Courtney Lee and placed Terrence Williams on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Foster and placed Solomon Jones on IL. Washington activated Nick Young and Rashard Lewis and placed Kirk Hinrich (right calf injury) on IL. Charlotte activated Matt Carroll and placed Sherron Collins on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi. LAL 104, Atl 80 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 5 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 14 points. LAL shot 48.5% (32-66) FG and Atl shot 36.6% (30-82) FG. LAL out-rebounded Atl 54-32 including 12-8 offensive. Bos 115, GS 93 at GS Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points including 11-16 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 19 points on 9-12 FG, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dorell Wright (GS) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 5 turnovers. Bos out-scored GS 55-33 in the 2nd half. Bos shot 55.6% (50-90) FG and GS shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Bos shot 8-11 FT and GS shot 22-28 FT. Den 120, Mem 107 at Den J.R. Smith (Den) had 26 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 steals. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 26 points including 10-14 FT and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 21 points. OKC 111, LAC 88 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 22 points. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 10-17 FT, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 13 points and 5 turnovers. Cha 114, Tor 101 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 20 points including 14-15 FT and 6 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 16 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 23 points and 8 assists. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 19 points on 9-13 FG. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Cha shot 34-42 FT and Tor shot 21-26 FT. Hou 108, Det 100 at Det Kevin Martin (Hou) had 16 points including 4-12 FG. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points. Will Bynum (Den) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Ind 113, Was 96 at Was Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 15 points including 5-15 FG, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ind shot 34-45 FT and Was shot 20-26 FT. Mia 117, Sac 97 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 31 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Francisco Garcia (Sac, left calf injury) did not play. Mil 94, Min 88 at Mil Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 27 points including 11-12 FT, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Min) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min) had 20 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists. Schedule for Wednesday, February 23 (All times Central) Houston @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Orlando 6:00 pm Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ San Antonio 7:00 pm ESPN Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Atlanta @ Phoenix 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, February 24 (All times Central) Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Boston @ Denver 9:30 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