News from February 14. With Chicago's win over Sacramento, Chicago clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference for February 15, thus Tom Thibodeau (Chi) will coach the Eastern Conference All-Star team in the All-Star game on February 26. Chicago signed Mike James to a 10-day contract. New Jersey signed Andre Emmett to a 10-day contract and released Keith Bogans. Chauncey Billups (LAC) underwent surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon. Billups is out for the season. Minnesota recalled Malcolm Lee from the NBADL. Phoenix activated Hakim Warrick. NY 90, Tor 87 at Tor Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 9 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 13 points including 5-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 27 points including 7-11 FT and the game winning 3-pointer with .5 seconds left, 11 assists, and 8 turnovers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 25 points on 11-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. NY out-scored Tor 24-12 in the 4th quarter. Carmelo Anthony (NY, strained right groin) did not play. OKC 111, Uta 85 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points including 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks. James Harden (OKC) had 22 points and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 13 points. OKC shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Uta shot 35.6% (32-90) FG. Mia 105, Ind 90 at Ind LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Norris Cole (Mia) had 20 points. David West (Ind) had 14 points. Paul George (Ind) had 12 points and 6 turnovers. George Hill (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 99, Det 95 at Det Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points and 7 assists. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 8 assists. Chi 121, Sac 115 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 11 assist. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 22 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kyle Korver (Chi) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Tyereke Evans (Sac) had 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 23 points. Derrick Rose (Chi, lower back strain) did not play. LAL 86, Atl 78 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points, 13 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 4 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 15 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 10 points on 5-18 FG and 5 turnovers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 18 points. Mem 93, Hou 83 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 24 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Courtney Lee (Hou) had 13 points. Den 109, Pho 92 at Den Ty Lawson (Den) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 5 assists. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Chris Andersen (Den) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Michael Redd (Pho) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 21 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Den shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Pho shot 33.3% (33-99) FG. Nene (Den, strained left calf), Danilo Gallinaro (Den, sprained left ankle), Steve Nash (Pho, rest), and Grant Hill (Pho, rest) did not play. Was 124, Por 109 at Por JaVale McGee (Was) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Nick Young (Was) had 35 points including 12-17 FG and 7-8 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 29 points including 10-14 FG, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 21 points and 3 steals. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 8 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 33 points. Was shot 60% (48-80) FG and Por shot 47.1% (40-85) FG. Schedule for Wednesday, February 15 (All times Central) San Antonio at Toronto 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Orlando 6:00 pm Detroit at Boston 6:30 pm Memphis at New Jersey 6:30 pm NBATV Sacramento at New York 6:30 pm Indiana at Cleveland 6:30 pm New Orleans at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Houston 7:00 pm Charlotte at Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver at Dallas 7:30 pm Atlanta at Phoenix 8:00 pm Portland at Golden State 9:00 pm ESPN Washington at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Thursday, February 16 (All times Central) New Jersey at Indiana 6:00 pm Boston at Chicago 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers at Portland 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