News from February 15. The NBA fined Howard Eisley (LAC assistant coach) $15,000 for verbally abusing a ref during Monday's Dal-LAC game. The NBA announced the contestants for the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 25 in Orlando. The contestants are: Ryan Anderson (Orl) James Jones (Mia) Mario Chalmers (Mia) Kevin Love (Min) Joe Johnson (Atl) Anthony Morrow (NJ) New Orleans signed Solomon Jones to a 10-day contract. Boston activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Marquis Daniels on IL. Charlotte activated D.J. Augustin and placed Eduardo Najera on IL. Cleveland activated Kyrie Irving. Dallas activated Dominique Jones and placed Jason Terry (strained right quad) on IL. Minnesota activated Luke Ridnour and placed Anthony Randolph on IL. Portland activated Armon Johnson and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (left ankle injury) on IL. Sacramento activated Hassan Whiteside and placed Tyler Honeycutt on IL. Dal 102, Den 84 at Dal Shawn Marion (Dal) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Lamar Odom (Dal) had 14 points. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 12 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rudy Fernandez (Den) had 14 points. Dal shot 46.3% (37-80) FG and Den shot 35.7% (30-84) FG. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal, death of father), Nene (Den, strained left calf), and Danilo Gallinaro (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 102, Cha 90 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 30 points and 18 rebounds. Nikolas Pekovic (Min) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. J.J. Barea (Min) had 12 points and 8 assists. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 14 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. NY 100, Sac 85 at NY Bill Walker (NY) had 14 points. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Landry Fields (NY) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points and 5 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 14 points. NY shot 50.6% (39-77) FG and Sac shot 37.9% (33-87) FG. Carmelo Anthony (NY, strained right groin) did not play. Hou 96, OKC 95 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Luis Scola (Hou) had 15 points. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 32 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Hasheem Thabeet (Hou, sore back) did not play. NO 92, Mil 89 at Mil Gustova Ayon (NO) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Kaman (NO) had 18 points including 8-23 FG and 10 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points including 7-21 FG. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NO, bruised left knee), Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee), and Jason Smith (NO, concussion) did not play. Mem 105, NJ 100 at NJ Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Mem) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Tony Allen (Mem) had 21 points, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (NJ) had 26 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 11 assists. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 17 points. Sam Young (Mem, sprained right ankle), Jordan Farmar (NJ, strained right groin), and Mehmet Okur (Mem, sore lower back) did not play. Det 98, Bos 88 at Bos Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points on 11-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 25 points including 11-11 FT. Ben Gordon (Det) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Chris Wilcox (Bos) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 35 points including 15-27 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos, sore left hip) did not play. Atl 101, Pho 99 at Pho Josh Smith (Atl) had 30 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points and 5 assists. Willie Green (Atl) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 22 points and 16 assists. Tracy McGrady (Atl, rest) did not play. Orl 103, Phi 87 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 27 points including 7-10 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 12 points and 14 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 21 points and 7 assists. Orl shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Phi shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Spencer Hawes (Phi, strained left Achilles) did not play. SA 113, Tor 106 at Tor Tony Parker (SA) had 34 points including 12-12 FT, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Green (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 16 points and 11 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 29 points including 13-21 FG. Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore left knee) did not play. Cle 98, Ind 87 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 13 points including 6-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Semih Erden (Cle) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points and 5 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 17 points and 8 rebounds including 7 offensive. Darren Collison (Ind) had 18 points. Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back), Danny Granger (Ind, sprained left ankle), and George Hill (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAC 102, Was 84 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 16 points and 9 assists. JaVale McGee (Was) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 18 points on 4-13 FG and 10-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Por 93, GS 91 at GS Nicolas Batum (Por) had 17 points. Gerald Wallace (Por) had 24 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Por) had 12 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. David Lee (GS) had 29 points including 13-20 FG and 11 rebounds. Nate Robinson (GS) had 21 points. 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 Schedule for Friday, February 17 (All times Central) Charlotte at Toronto 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Orlando 6:00 pm Sacramento at Detroit 6:30 pm Miami at Cleveland 6:30 pm Dallas at Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN New Orleans at New York 7:00 pm Denver at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at Houston 7:00 pm Golden State at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Washington at Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix at LA Lakers 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