News from February 13. The NBA suspended Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) for 20 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy in testing positive for steroids [Turkoglu claimed that they were given to him by a doctor in Turkey while he was recovering from a shoulder injury]. Rajon Rondo (Bos) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair his torn ACL. He is out for the season. Atlanta elected not to sign Jannero Pargo for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Denver recalled Quincy Miller and Julyan Stone from the NBADL. Atlanta activated Johan Petro. Indiana activated Miles Plumlee and placed David West (eye injury) on IL. Portland activated Will Barton and placed Nolan Smith on IL. Sacramento activated Tyler Honeycutt and placed Marcus Thornton on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Stephen Jackson on IL. Dal 123, Sac 100 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Darren Collison (Dal) had 18 points and 9 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 17 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 23 points and 3 steals. SA 96, Cle 95 at Cle Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Tor 92, NY 88 at NY Rudy Gay (Tor) had 11 points including 4-21 FG and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 20 points including 10-10 FT. Alan Anderson (Tor) had 26 points on 10-16 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Raymond Felton (NY) had 16 points on 3-9 FG and 10-12 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. J.R. Smith (NY) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Bro 119, Den 108 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. C.J. Watson (Bro) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 26 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 26 points including 8-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 9 assists. Jordan Hamilton (Den) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. NO 99, Por 63 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 12 points including 4-15 FG. Victor Claver (Por) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. NO shot 47.1% (41-87) FG and Por shot 32.4% (24-74) FG. Eric Gordon (NO, sprained right hand) did not play. Bos 71, Chi 69 at Bos Brandon Bass (Bos) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Terry (Bos) had 12 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Bos, torn left ACL) did not play. Atl 108, Orl 76 at Orl Josh Smith (Atl) had 30 points including 13-20 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 26 points including 11-16 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 7 points and 11 assists. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 10 points. Atl shot 16-23 FT and Orl shot 5-9 FT. Hedo Turkoglu (Atl, suspended) did not play. Uta 97, Min 93 at Min Paul Millsap (Uta) had 21 points including 7-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMarre Carroll (Uta) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Min) had 24 points including 8-11 FT and 16 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 19 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points on 3-13 FG and 12-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta, sprained right shoulder), Andrei Kirilenko (Min, sprained right quad), and Kevin Love (hand surgery) did not play. Mil 94, Phi 92 at Mil Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 17 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 27 points and 5 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 21 points including 8-21 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Evan Turner (Phi) had 20 points. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Ind 101, Cha 77 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 19 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 10 points, 8 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Byron Mullens (Ind) had 19 points. Gerald Henderson (Ind) had 14 points. Det 96, Was 85 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jose Calderon (Det) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Will Bynum (Det) had 20 points and 8 assists. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 16 points on 4-11 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 assists. Corey Maggette (Det, personal reasons) did not play. LAC 106, Hou 96 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 19 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 8-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Chauncey Billups (LAC) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 7 assists. Schedule for Thursday, February 14 (All times Central) Miami @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT All-Star Schedule at Houston, Texas (All times Central) Friday, February 15 9:30 - 11:00 Rookie-Sophomore practice NBATV 11:00 - 11:30 2013 Hall of Fame finalists NBATV 11;30 - 2:00 All-Star Interviews NBATV 8;00 Rookie-Sophomore Game TNT Saturday, February 16 11:00 - 12:30 East-West practice NBATV 2:00 NBA D-League All-Star game NBATV 6:00 - 7:00 David Stern Press Conference NBATV 7:30 All-Star Saturday Night TNT Sunday, February 17 12:00 - 1:30 Legends Brunch NBATV 7:00 All-Star Game 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