News from February 10. With Oklahoma City's win over Utah, Oklahoma City clinched the best record in the Western Conference through February 15 and, thus, Scott Brooks (OKC) will coach the Western Conference All-Star team in the All-Star game on February 26. The guaranteed contract deadline has past. All (non-10-day) contracts are now guaranteed for the rest of the season. Cleveland signed Ben Uzoh to a 10-day contract. Jarrett Jack (NO) is expected to be out at least a week with a sore left ankle. Atlanta placed Jason Collins on IL. Charlotte activated Corey Maggette and placed Gerald Henderson on IL. Cleveland activated Tristan Thompson and placed Kyrie Irving (concussion) on IL. Dallas activated Jason Kidd and placed Dominique Jones on IL. Boston activated Marquis Daniels and placed Sasha Pavlovic on IL. Miami activated Mario Chalmers and placed Terrel Harris on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Jerryd Bayless (sore left ankle) on IL. Utah placed DeMarre Carroll on IL. Dal 104, Min 97 at Min Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 33 points on 11-19 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Dal) had 12 points and 5 steals. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points including 7-21 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 32 points including 14-14 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Min) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. NY 92, LAL 85 at NY Jared Jeffries (NY) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 38 points including 10-13 FT, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Steve Novak (NY) had 12 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 34 points including 11-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY, strained right groin) and Amare Stoudemire (NY, death of brother) did not play. Mem 98, Ind 92 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers. David West (Ind) had 22 points including 6-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Chi 95, Cha 64 at Cha Luol Deng (Chi) had 12 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 14 rebounds. Bismack Biyombo (Cha) had 8 points and 10 rebounds. Derrick Brown (Cha) had 10 points. Chi shot 43.3% (39-90) FG and Cha shot 32.9% (25-76) FG. Derrick Rose (Chi, lower back strain) did not play. Mia 106, Was 89 at Was LeBron James (Mia) had 18 points and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 5 assists. JaVale McGee (Was) had 24 points and 13 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 22 points. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. LAC 78, Phi 77 at Phi Blake Griffin (LAC) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points including the game winning jumper with 3.2 seconds left. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 14 points. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. OKC 101, Uta 87 at Uta Kevin Durant (OKC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 13 points. OKC shot 27-32 FT and Uta shot 8-13 FT. Tor 86, Bos 74 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 12 points including 4-4 FG and 12 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 17 points and 14 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Bos, sore left shoulder) did not play. Atl 89, Orl 87 OT at Orl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 14 points and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 21 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Det 109, NJ 92 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points including 8-9 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 5 assists. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 20 points. Deron Williams (NJ) had 14 points. Jonas Petro (NJ) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Det shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and NJ shot 41.9% (31-74) FG. Keith Bogans (NJ, left ankle injury) and DeShawn Stevenson (NJ, sore right knee) did not play. Mil 113, Cle 112 OT at Cle Drew Gooden (Mil) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 24 points including 8-23 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 34 points including 14-21 FG and 11 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 16 assists, and 5 turnovers. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil, ill) did not play. Por 94, NO 86 at NO LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ryamond Felton (Por) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 31 points on 10-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 assists. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NO, sore left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 11 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Charlotte 6:00 pm Denver at Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Philadelphia at Cleveland 6:30 pm San Antonio at New Jersey 7:00 pm New York at Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland at Dallas 7:30 pm Orlando at Milwaukee 8:00 pm Phoenix at Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, February 12 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Toronto 12:00 pm Chicago at Boston 2:30 pm ABC Washington at Detroit 5:00 pm Miami at Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN Houston at Golden State 8:00 pm Utah at Memphis 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