News from February 17. New York signed J.R. Smith and released Renaldo Balkman. New Orleans signed Lance Thomas to a 2nd 10-day contract. Delonte West (Dal) underwent surgery on his broken right ring finger to have pins inserted to stabilize the finger. He is out indefinitely (and will have to have the pins surgically removed before he can return). Denver activated Timofey Mozgov and placed Nene (strained left calf) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Darius Morris and placed Devin Ebanks on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Randolph and placed J.J. Barea (birth of child) on IL. Orlando activated Daniel Orton and placed Glen Davis (death of father) on IL. Toronto activated Jerryd Bayless and placed Linas Kleiza on IL. Dal 82, Phi 75 at Phi Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points and 12 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Dominique Jones (Dal) had 12 points and 5 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Phi) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Dal out-scored Phi 45-24 in the 2nd half. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal, death of father), Delonte West (Dal, broken right finger), and Spencer Hawes (Phi, strained left Achilles) did not play. LAL 111, Pho 99 at LAL Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 36 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Matt Barnes (LAL) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 21 points and 16 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 17 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mia 111, Cle 87 at Cle LeBron James (Mia) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 16 points on 8-21 FG and 12 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points including 5-15 FG. Ramon Sessions (Cle) had 15 points and 5 assists. Mia shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Cle shot 39.5% (30-76) FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. OKC 110, GS 87 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points and 3 steals. James Harden (OKC) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Dorell Wright (GS) had 11 points on 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. David Lee (GS) had 23 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. OKC shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and GS shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. Kendrick Perkins (OKC, right knee contusion) did not play. Min 111, Hou 98 at Hou Kevin Love (Min) had 33 points on 11-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 17 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 30 points including 13-20 FG, 12 rebounds including 9 offensive, 3 blocks, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chandler Parson (Hou) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 17 points and 6 assists. Min shot 20-23 FT and Hou shot 8-10 FG. NO 89, NY 85 at NY Trevor Ariza (NO) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gustova Ayon (NO) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 15 points and 11 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 26 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 26 points including 8-10 FT, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 9 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (NO, sore left knee), Jason Smith (NO, concussion), and Carmelo Anthony (NY, strained right groin) did not play. Uta 114, Was 100 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 34 points including 16-23 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Devin Harris (Uta) had 12 points and 9 assists. John Wall (Was) had 24 points and 5 assists. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Mem 103, Den 102 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Corey Brewer (Den) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kenneth Faired (Den) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Danilo Gallinaro (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Det 114, Sac 108 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 36 points on 12-20 FG and 11-12 FT. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 24 points and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Orl 94, Mil 85 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 14 points and 7 assists. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 26 points including 10-14 FT, 20 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 16 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil, sprained right wrist) did not play. Cha 98, Tor 91 at Tor Corey Maggette (Cha) had 16 points. Reggie Williams (Cha) had 22 points on 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 8 assists. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 14 points and 8 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points including 9-12 FT. Schedule for Saturday, February 18 (All times Central) San Antonio at LA Clippers 2:30 pm New Jersey at Chicago 3:00 pm Golden State at Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta at Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, February 19 (All times Central) Dallas at New York 12:00 pm ABC Orlando at Miami 2:30 pm ABC Boston at Detroit 5:00 pm Sacramento at Cleveland 5:00 pm Charlotte at Indiana 5:00 pm Milwaukee at New Jersey 6:00 pm Utah at Houston 6:00 pm Philadelphia at Minnesota 6:00 pm Denver at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN LA Lakers at Phoenix 7:00 pm ---- 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