News from February 12. San Antonio signed Shannon Brown to a 2nd 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Sergey Karasev and placed Anderson Varejao (Cle, sore back) on IL. Golden State activated David Lee and placed Andrew Bogut on IL. The LA Clippers activated Bryon Mullens and placed Willie Green on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed James Jones on IL. Portland activated Maurice Williams and placed Joel Freeland on IL. Freeland is expected to be out 4 to 8 weeks with a sprained right MCL. Dal 81, Ind 73 at Ind Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 23 points including 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 11 points on 4-11 FG. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 14 points and 5 assists. Dal out-scored Ind 21-11 in the 4th quarter. Devin Harris (Dal, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 86, Orl 81 at Orl Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Nick Calathes (Mem) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Tor 104, Atl 83 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Gustavo Ayon (Atl) had 18 points on 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Tor, strained left hamstring) did not play. SA 104, Bos 92 at Bos Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Boris Diaw (SA) had 18 points. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points on 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA, rest), Tiago Splitter (SA, right shin contusion), and Avery Bradley (SA, sore right ankle) did not play. Bro 105, Cha 89 at Bro Paul Pierce (Bro) had 25 points including 9-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Bro) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 16 points including 6-17 FG. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Cle 93, Det 89 at Det Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 25 points including 12-16 FG and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Det) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 17 rebounds including 10 offensive. Sac 106, NY 101 OT at NY Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points and 14 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 7 assists. Jimmer Fredette (Sac) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 36 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. J.R. Smith (NY, fractured left check bone) did not play. Hou 113, Was 112 at Hou Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 24 points on 7-9 FG and 10-16 FT, 16 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (Hou) had 35 points including 16-16 FT and the game winning layup with .7 seconds, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 32 points including 10-14 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nene (Was) had 21 points including 9-12 FG. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points on 8-24 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 19 points including 6-19 FG, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Hou shot 35-47 FT and Was shot 8-16 FT. Patrick Beverly (Hou, abdominal strain) did not play. NO 102, Mil 98 at Mil Eric Gordon (NO) had 21 points and 6 assists. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 16 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 2-2 FT and 9 rebounds. Brian Roberts (NO) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage), O.J. Mayo (Mil, conditioning), Larry Sanders (Mil, fractured orbital bone), and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, right knee swelling) did not play. Min 117, Den 90 at Min Corey Brewer (Min) had 22 points including 9-1 FG and 5 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 32 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.J. Barea (Min) had 18 points on a perfect 8-8 FG and 2-2 3-pointers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 11 points, 12 assists, and 7 steals. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jordan Hamilton (Den) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Min shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Den shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. Uta 105, Phi 100 at Uta Marvin Williams (Uta) had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Gordan Hayward (Uta) had 17 points on 3-17 FG and 11-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Alec Burks (Uta) had 26 points including 13-14 FT and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Evan Turner (Phi) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Hollis Thompson (Phi, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mia 111, GS 110 at GS LeBron James (Mia) had 36 points including 4-8 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with .2 seconds left, 13 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 16 points including 7-11 FG. David Lee (GS) had 21 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 29 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAC 122, Por 117 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 36 points on 13-21 FG and 10-12 Ft and 10 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points including 10-11 FT and 3 steals. Chris Paul (LAC) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 12 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 25 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Schedule for Thursday, February 13 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm 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