News from February 6. The NBA named Tony Parker (SA) and Paul Pierce (Bos) as Players of the Week. Parker averaged 22.3 points and 8 assists as San Antonio went 4-0. Pierce averaged 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Boston went 4-0. The NBA suspended Kevin Love (Min) for 2 games for stomping on the upper body of Luis Scola (Hou) while Scola was on the floor during Saturday's Min-Hou game. The NBA fined LA Lakers coach Mike Brown $25,000 and suspended him for 1 game for making contact with a ref and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection during Saturday's LAL-Uta game. Cleveland released Mychel Thompson. During Monday's LAL-Phi game, Kobe Bryant (LAL) surpassed Shaquille O'Neal (28,596) for 5th place on the NBA All-Time scoring list. New Orleans activated Chris Kaman and placed Carl Landry (sprained left knee) on IL. Portland activated Armon Johnson and placed Raymond Felton on IL. Oklahoma City activated Ryan Reid and placed Thabo Sefolosha (sore right foot) on IL. Reid was recalled from the NBADL. Orlando activated Glen Davis and Jameer Nelson and placed DeAndre Liggins and Justin Harper on IL. OKC 111, Por 107 at Por Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 12 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 39 points including 11-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 5 assists. Phi 95, LAL 90 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 12 points and 5 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 13 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Phi) had 24 points. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 20 points, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL out-rebounded Phi 55-30 including 21-8 offensive. LAC 107 Orl 102 OT at Orl Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chauncey Billups (LAC) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 33 points including 15-21 FG and 14 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 20 points. Hou 99, Den 90 at Den Luis Scola (Hou) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 14 points. Al Harrington (Den) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 15 rebounds. Nene (Den, strained left heel), Corey Brewer (Den), and Arron Afflalo (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Chi 108, NJ 87 at NJ Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points. C.J. Watson (Chi) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Deron Williams (NJ) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Sundiata Gaines (NJ) had 12 points including 4-11 FG. Chi shot 55.6% (40-72) FG and NJ shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. MarShon Brooks (NJ, broken toe right foot), Anthony Morrow (NJ, personal reasons), and DeShawn Stevenson (NJ, sore right knee) did not play. SA 89, Mem 84 at Mem Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points including 9-26 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tony Allen (Mem, sore left hip) did not play. NY 99, Uta 88 at NY Jared Jeffries (NY) had 13 points on 3-9 FG and 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (NY) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 8 assists. Steve Novak (NY) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 22 points. Raja Bell (Uta) had 15 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY, death in family) did not play. Sac 100, NO 92 at NO DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 11-20 FG, 19 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 20 points and 9 assists. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 18 points. Jarrett Jack (NO, sore left knee), Jason Smith (NO, concussion), and DaJuan Summers (NO, right knee injury) did not play. Pho 99, Atl 90 at Atl Channing Frye (Pho) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 11 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 10 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points. Pho shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Atl shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Pho shot 6-7 FT and Atl shot 18-21 FT. Jason Collins (Atl, sprained left elbow) did not play. Was 111, Tor 108 OT at Was Trevor Booker (Was) had 19 points including 7-10 FG, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. John Wall (Was) had 31 points including 11-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 29 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 30 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 30 points including 11-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Was, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, February 7 (All times Central) Utah at Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at Boston 6:30 pm Cleveland at Miami 6:30 pm Phoenix at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Sacramento at Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, February 8 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Toronto 6:00 pm San Antonio at Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Miami at Orlando 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit at New Jersey 6:30 pm Indiana at Atlanta 6:30 pm Minnesota at Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago at New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas at Denver 8:00 pm Houston 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