News from February 16. All-Star Game East 163, West 155 at New Orleans MVP: Kyrie Irving (Cle) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% East 42 34 47 40 - 163 .789 .318 .609 1.000 West 44 45 37 29 - 155 .690 .286 .512 .750 Halftime: West 89-76 3rd Q: West 126-123 Refs: Violet Palmer, Jason Phillips, Marc Davis Did not play due to injury: Kobe Bryant (LAL) East REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Paul George (Ind) 33 6-13 1-5 5-5 18 1-5 5 1 2 2 0 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 30 10-18 8-13 2-2 30 3-5 2 0 3 0 0 LeBron James (Mia) 33 11-22 0-7 0-0 22 1-7 7 1 0 3 0 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 12 5-6 0-0 0-0 10 1-1 3 1 0 2 0 Kyrie Irving (Cle) 34 14-17 3-6 0-0 31 1-5 14 5 4 0 0 Roy Hibbert (Ind) 12 4-5 0-1 0-0 8 1-5 2 1 0 0 0 Chris Bosh (Tor) 10 2-3 1-2 0-0 5 0-2 0 1 1 2 0 Joe Johnson (Bro) 10 2-7 1-6 0-0 5 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 15 4-7 0-1 0-0 8 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 John Wall (Was) 15 5-7 0-1 2-2 12 0-5 4 3 1 2 0 Paul Millsap (Atl) 15 3-5 0-2 0-0 6 0-3 1 0 0 0 0 Joakim Noah (Chi) 21 4-5 0-0 0-0 8 0-5 5 1 2 1 0 Totals 48 70-115 14-44 9-9 163 9-47 46 14 13 12 0 West REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Kevin Durant (OKC) 35 14-27 6-17 4-4 38 3-10 6 1 0 1 0 Blake Griffin (LAC) 32 19-23 0-2 0-0 38 4-6 1 2 4 2 0 Kevin Love (Min) 33 5-11 2-7 1-4 13 1-9 2 1 0 1 0 James Harden (Hou) 24 3-7 2-6 0-0 8 0-1 5 2 1 1 0 Stephen Curry (GS) 28 4-14 2-11 2-2 12 1-3 11 2 1 1 0 Chris Paul (LAC) 24 4-9 1-4 2-2 11 2-4 13 3 1 3 0 Tony Parker (SA) 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 Dwight Howard (LAC) 13 4-6 0-2 0-0 8 4-11 3 0 0 0 0 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 13 2-9 0-0 0-0 4 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Davis (NO) 10 5-6 0-0 0-0 10 0-1 0 1 0 2 0 Damian Lillard (Por) 9 3-8 3-6 0-0 9 0-1 0 1 1 0 0 Totals 48 65-127 16-56 9-12 155 19-54 42 14 8 11 0 On the lighter side Bill Russell (just turned 80) on watching the All-Star games: "When I'm watching them - I hate to say it - but I think, 'I could kick his ass.'" Schedule for Tuesday, February 18 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Detroit 6:30 pm New York @ Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Miami @ Dallas 7:30 pm Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, February 19 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm Washington @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Indiana @ Minnesota 7:00 pm ESPN New York @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Boston @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Portland 9:00 pm Golden State @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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