News from February 8. Houston activated Omer Asik and placed Robert Covington on IL. Minnesota activated Robbie Hummel and placed Kevin Martin on IL. Martin is out indefinitely with a fractured left thumb. San Antonio activated Tony Parker. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 31.0 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 27.4 LeBron James (Mia) 26.1 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14.0 Kevin Love (Min) 13.3 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.0 Assists Stephen Curry (GS) 9.0 Ty Lawson (Den) 8.8 John Wall (Was) 8.6 SA 104, Cha 100 at Cha Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nando De Colo (SA) had 15 points. Patrick Mills (SA) had 32 points including 10-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 26 points including 12-21 FG, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points and 8 assists. Marco Belinelli (SA, back spasms) and Tiago Splitter (SA, right calf contusion) did not play. Mem 79, Atl 76 at Atl Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points on 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Courtney lee (Mem) had 14 points. Nick Calathes (Mem) had 10 points on 5-15 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assist, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Mem shot 1-1 FT and Atl shot 8-15 FT. 1 free throw attempted set the NBA record for fewest free throws attempted in a game. Det 126, Den 109 at Det Josh Smith (Det) had 30 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 35 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 12 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points, 15 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 15 points, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Randy Foye (Den) had 25 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) and Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Por 117, Min 110 at Min LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points including 12-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points and 6 assists. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 19 points. Corey Brewer (Min) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Min) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 25 points and 9 assists. Kevin Love (Min, left quad contusion) did not play. Hou 101, Mil 95 at Mil Dwight Howard (Hou) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 18 points. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points and 8 assists. Nate Wolters (Mil) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 23 points and 5 assists. Greg Smith (Hou, sore right knee), O.J. Mayo (Mil, ill), and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Pho 122, GS 109 at Pho Gerlad Green (Pho) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 34 points on 10-13 FG, 6-7 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 10 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points and 9 assists. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Nemanja Nedovic (GS, strained left hamstring) did not play. Uta 94, Mia 89 at Uta Marvin Williams (Uta) had 23 points on 9-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Richard Jefferson (Uta) had 14 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 9 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Mia) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Sunday, February 9 (All times Central) New York @ Oklahoma City 12:00 pm ABC Chicago @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Dallas @ Boston 5:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Brooklyn 5:00 pm Memphis @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ LA Clippers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, February 10 (All times Central) Denver @ Indiana 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Toronto 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Philadelphia @ Golden State 9:30 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