News from February 5. The NBA fined J.R. Smith (Den) $25,000 for his flagrant foul on Raja Bell (Uta) during Friday's Den-Uta game. Anderson Varejao (Cle) is scheduled to undergo surgery on February 12 to repair a torn tendon in his right ankle. He is out for the season. Milwaukee signed Garrett Temple to a 2nd 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Eduardo Najera and placed Dominic McGuire on IL. Atlanta activated Jordan Crawford and placed Al Horford (back contusion) on IL. New Orleans placed Jason Smith (ill) on IL. Memphis activated DeMarre Carroll and placed O.J. Mayo (suspended) on IL. Houston activated Brad Miller and placed Jordan Hill (sprained left ankle) on IL. Milwaukee activated Andrew Bogut and placed Jon Brockman on IL. Minnesota activated Luke Ridnour and placed Martell Webster (back spasms) on IL. Denver activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Ty Lawson (sprained left knee) on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Lin and placed Louis Amundson on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 29.1 LeBron James (Mia) 26.4 Amare Stoudemire (NY) 26.0 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 15.5 Dwight Howard (Orl) 13.7 Zach Randolph (Mem) 13.2 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 12.5 Steve Nash (Pho) 11.0 Chris Paul (NO) 9.6 Dal 101, Cha 92 at Cha Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points and 4 blocks. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 15 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 21 points. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 17 points including 5-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. OKC 121, Uta 105 at Uta Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 20 points including 8-9 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 33 points on 10-15 FG, 4-4 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT and 10 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 34 points including 15-20 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAL 101, NO 95 at NO Pau Gasol (LAL) had 34 points including 13-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (NO) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 15 assists. LAL shot 23-27 FT and NO shot 4-4 FT. Trevor Ariza (NO, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 95, Mem 93 OT at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Chuck Hayes (Hou) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 31 points on 7-21 FG and 15-15 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points. Den 113, Min 100 at Min Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 19 rebounds including 6 offensive. Corey Brewer (Min) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Den shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Min shot 38.9% (37-95) FG. Luke Ridnour (Min, personal reasons) did not play. GS 101, Chi 90 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 33 points including 10-10 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Det 89, Mil 78 at Mil Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 20 points. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 15 points. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 15 points. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. Det shot 51.5% (35-68) FG and Mil shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. Jason Maxiell (Det, sore back) did not play. Por 111, Cle 105 at Cle Nicolas Batum (Por) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 17 points including 11-17 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 17 points. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. It was Cle's 24th straight loss, tying the NBA record for consecutive losses. Atl 99, Was 92 at Was Marvin Williams (Atl) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 29 points including 11-19 FG and 16 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points. John Wall (Was) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 21 points. Atl shot 26-35 FT and Was shot 8-18 FT. Schedule for Sunday, February 6 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Miami 11:00 am Indiana @ New Jersey 11:00 am Philadelphia @ New York 11:00 am Orlando @ Boston 1:30 pm ABC Schedule for Monday, February 7 (All times Central) Boston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Dallas 7:30 pm Houston @ Denver 8:00 pm Chicago @ Portland 9:00 pm Utah @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Phoenix @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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