News from February 8. Philadelphia signed Jeremy Pargo to a 10-day contract. Philadelphia elected not to sign Shelvin Mack for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Chris Andersen for the rest of the season. Minnesota released Louis Amundson. Minnesota signed Mickael Gelabale and Chris Johnson for the rest of the season. Jason Richardson (Phi) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee and is out for the rest of the season. Atlanta activated Zaza Pachulia and placed DeShawn Stevenson on IL. Charlotte activated Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and placed DeSagan Diop on IL. Detroit activated Corey Maggette and placed Andre Drummond on IL. Drummond is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with stress fracture in his back. Golden State activated Andrew Bogut and placed Jeremy Tyler on IL. The LA Clippers activated Chauncey Billups. Orlando activated Arron Afflalo and placed Glen Davis (fractured left foot) on IL. Portland activated Ronnie Price and placed Sasha Pavlovic on IL. OKC 127, Pho 96 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Thabo Sefolosha (OKC) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (Pho) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. OKC shot 57.5% (50-87) FG and Pho shot 47% (39-83) FG. Mem 99, GS 93 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points including 4-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points including 9-14 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Allen (Mem) had 17 points including 7-8 FG. David Lee (GS) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. LAL 100, Cha 93 at Cha Earl Clark (LAL) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Nash (LAL) had 17 points and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points and 8 assists. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Det 119, SA 109 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 26 points including 8-10 FT, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brandon Knight (Det) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 31 points on 10-16 FG and 11-12 FT and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA, sore hamstring) did not play. Mia 111, LAC 89 at Mia Lebron James (Mia) had 30 points on 9-11 FG, 4-5 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 18 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Jordan (LAC) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mia, ill) did not play. Was 89, Bro 74 at Was Martell Webster (Was) had 16 points and 3 steals. Nene (Was) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 13 points including 3-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 20 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Was shot 45% (36-80) FG and Bro shot 32.9% (25-76) FG. Was shot 10-11 FT and Bro shot 19-32 FT. Trevor Booker (Was), Jordan Crawford (Was), and Jerry Stackhouse (Bro, stiff neck) did not play. Chi 93, Uta 89 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 32 points including 15-22 FG and 13 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 21 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, injured right elbow) and Gordon Hayward (Uta, strained right shoulder) did not play. Tor 100, Ind 98 at Ind Rudy Gay (Tor) had 23 points including 9-25 FG and the game winning jumper with 1.7 seconds left, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points. Paul George (Ind) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. David West (Ind) had 30 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore right knee) and Sam Young (Ind, sore throat) did not play. Hou 118, Por 103 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 35 points including 13-16 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 24 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 3 blocks. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 31 points including 14-23 FG and 11 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points and 6 assists. NY 100, Min 94 at Min Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 36 points and 9 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Min) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points and 11 assists. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained right quad) and Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery) did not play. Cle 119, Orl 108 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marreese Speights (Cle) had 18 points on 3-13 FG and 12-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Andrew Nicholson (Orl) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 25 points including 12-19 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 23 points. Cle shot 34-41 FT and Orl shot 10-13 FT. J.J. Redick (Orl, sore right shoulder) and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, flu) did not play. NO 111, Atl 100 at Atl Robin Lopez (NO) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Eric Gordon (NO) had 27 points. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Schedule for Saturday, February 9 (All times Central) Denver @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm Detroit @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Golden State @ Dallas 7:30 pm Utah @ Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, February 10 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ New York 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ Miami 2:30 pm ABC Denver @ Boston 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Toronto 5:00 pm Portland @ Orlando 5:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 5:00 pm San Antonio @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Oklahoma City @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Houston @ Sacramento 8:00 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