News from February 23. TRADE: Utah traded Deron Williams to New Jersey for Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, New Jersey's 2011 1st round draft pick, and Golden State's 2012 1st round draft pick (which New Jersey owned). TRADE: Washington traded Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong to Atlanta for Mike Bibby, Jordan Crawford, Maurice Evans, and a 2011 1st round draft pick. TRADE: Sacramento traded Carl Landry to New Orleans for Marcus Thornton and cash. TRADE: New Jersey traded Troy Murphy and a 2012 2nd round draft pick to Golden State for Brandan Wright and Dan Gadzuric. [None of the traded players were available for Wednesday's games.] Portland activated Brandon Roy. The LA Clippers activated Craig Smith and placed Baron Davis (sore left knee) on IL. Memphis placed Xavier Henry on IL. Minnesota placed Eddy Curry on IL. New York placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. San Antonio activated James Anderson and placed Tiago Splitter on IL. Anderson was recalled from the NBADL. Toronto placed Joey Dorsey on IL. Philadelphia activated Tony Battie and placed Jason Kapono on IL. Indiana activated Lance Stephenson and placed Mike Dunleavy (broken right thumb) on IL. Cleveland activated Leon Powe and Manny Harris and placed Daniel Gibson (personal reasons) and Maurice Williams (sore ankle) on IL. Chicago activated Joakim Noah. Dal 118, Uta 99 at Dal Peja Stojakovic (Dal) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 30 points on 11-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Dal shot 57.9% (44-76) FG and Uta shot 57.9% (35-77) FG. Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained right big toe) did not play. SA 109, OKC 105 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 11-13 FT and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points including 9-24 FG and 7 assists. LAL 106, Por 101 OT at Por Ron Artest (LAL) had 24 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 37 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 12-18 FG, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 22 points. Pho 105, Atl 97 at Pho Channing Frye (Pho) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Sac 111, Orl 105 at Orl Beno Udrih (Sac) had 18 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Jermaine Taylor (Sac) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 31 points on 10-17 FG and 11-12 FT and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac, plantar fasciitis left foot) did not play. NO 98, LAC 87 at NO David West (NO) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Willie Green (NO) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. NY 114, Mil 108 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (NY) had 21 points on 4-12 FG and 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Toney Douglas (NY) had 23 points on 10-12 FG. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. John Salmons (Mil) had 27 points including 11-13 FT and 7 assists. Hou 124, Cle 119 at Cle Jarvis Hayes (Hou) had 12 points and 17 rebounds including 13 offensive. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 30 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 26 points. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 20 points and 12 assists. Anthony Parker (Cle) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Manny Harris (Cle) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Tor 118, Chi 113 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 6 points, 17 assists, and 3 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 32 points on 8-22 FG and 14-16 FT and 10 assists. Tor shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Chi shot 43.7% (28-87) FG. Mem 104, Min 95 at Min Sam Young (Mem) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points on 5-15 FG and 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Ind 102, Det 101 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 21 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Phi 117, Was 94 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 20 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points including 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Trevor Booker (Was) had 21 points including 9-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, February 24 (All times Central) Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Boston @ Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 25 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah @ Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Phoenix @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New Jersey @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Atlanta @ Golden State 9:30 pm LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Denver @ Portland 9:30 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