News from February 4. Denver released DeMarre Carroll. Jason Collins (Atl) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained left elbow. Chicago activated Luol Deng and placed Richard Hamilton (injured right thigh) on IL. Denver activated Jordan Hamilton and placed Timofey Mozgov (left leg injury) on IL. The LA Clippers placed Kenyon Martin on IL. Minnesota activated Anthony Randolph and placed Darko Milicic (bruised left quad) on IL. Philadelphia activated Spencer Hawes and placed Elton Brand (sprained right thumb) on IL. Portland activated Nicolas Batum and placed Amir Johnson on IL. Cle 91, Dal 88 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 19 points including 6-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 17 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points and 7 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Uta 96, LAL 87 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 11-12 FT. Min 100, Hou 91 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 25 points, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 13 points, 11 assists and 3 steals. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Luis Scola (Hou) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 24 points and 11 assists. Phi 98, Atl 87 at Atl Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Phi) had 15 points on 7-10 FG. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 21 points and 6 assists. Ivan Johnson (Atl) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Phi shot 6-9 FT and Atl shot 18-27 FT. Jason Collins (Atl, sprained left elbow) did not play. SA 107, OKC 96 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 15 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 42 points including 10-12 FT and 9 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Thabo Sefolosha (OKC, sore right foot) did not play. Chi 113, Mil 90 at Mil Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Kyle Korver (Chi) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 24 points including 10-10 FT. Tobias Harris (Mil) had 19 points. Por 117, Den 97 at Por Gerald Wallace (Por) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 13-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marcus Camby (Por) had 4 points on 2-6 FG and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 33 points including 11-19 FG and 9-15 3-pointers. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Den) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Por shot 10-12 FT and Den shot 22-24 FT. Pho 95, Cha 89 at Pho Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 12 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points and 10 assists. Michael Redd (Pho) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Reggie Williams (Cha) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho, thigh bruise), DeSagana Diop (Cha, right knee inflammation), and Gerald Henderson (Cha, strained right hamstring) did not play. Orl 85, Ind 81 at Ind Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 27 points on 10-16 FG and 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points including 4-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) and George Hill (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 99, NJ 92 at NY Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 20 points including 10-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Deron Williams (NJ) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals. Jordan Farmar (NJ) had 19 points. MarShon Brooks (NJ, broken little toe right foot) and DeShawn Stevenson (NJ, sore right knee) did not play. LAC 107, Was 81 at Was Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points on 10-14 FG and 1-7 FT, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. DeMarre Jordan (LAC) had 18 points on 9-11 FG, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers John Wall (Was) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 14 points including 5-16 FG. LAC hot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Was shot 37.5% (30-80) FG. LAC out-rebounded Was 53-32 including 17-13 offensive. Det 89, NO 87 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 11 points on 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 26 points including 9-12 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Will Bynum (Det, strained right foot), Ben Gordon (Det, sore left shoulder), and Jarrett Jack (NO, sore left knee) did not play. Sac 114, GS 106 OT at Sac Jason Thompson (Sac) had 15 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 28 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 26 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Dorell Wright (GS) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 18 points and 5 turnovers. Nate Robinson (GS) had 20 points. Schedule for Sunday, February 5 (All times Central) Memphis at Boston 11:00 am NBATV Toronto at Miami 12:00 pm Schedule for Monday, February 6 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto at Washington 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Orlando 6:00 pm Chicago at New Jersey 6:30 pm Utah at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Phoenix at Atlanta 6:30 pm San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento at New Orleans 7:00 pm Houston at Denver 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at Portland 9:00 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