News from February 11. Dallas signed Bernard James to a 10-day contract. Dallas placed Tyson Chandler (sprained left ankle) on IL. Detroit placed Caron Butler on IL. Indiana activated Ian Mahinmi and placed Lavoy Allen on IL. Memphis activated Russ Smith. Minnesota activated Glenn Robinson and placed Gary Neal on IL. New York activated Travis Wear and Cleanthony Early and placed Carmelo Anthony and Lance Thomas on IL. Orlando activated Luke Ridnour and placed Tobias Harris on IL. Portland activated Victor Claver and placed Chris Kaman on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Reggie Williams on IL. Dal 87, Uta 82 at Dal J.J. Barea (Dal) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 14 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. LAC 110, Hou 95 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 24 points on 6-8 FG and 12-26 FT, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 steals. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 20 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 20 points. Josh Smith (Hou) had 21 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 22 points. LAC shot 28-45 FT and Hou shot 18-22 FT. Blake Griffin (LAC, right elbow surgery) did not play. Por 102, LAL 86 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points including 6-20 FG and 12 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 15 points and 8 assists. Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Por shot 22-23 FT and LAL shot 11-11 FT. Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery) and Jordan Hill (LAL, hip flexor strain) did not play. Cle 113, Mia 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 9 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 18 points. Cle shot 56.4% (44-78) FG and Mia shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. OKC 105, Mem 89 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points on 4-15 FG and 15-15 FT, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Nick Collison (OKC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points including 5-15 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jeff Green (Mem) had 11 points including 4-13 FG. Ind 106, NO 93 at NO David West (Ind) had 17 points including 8-9 FG. George Hill (Ind) had 17 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Luke Babbitt (NO) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Ind out-scored NO 57-35 in the 1st half. Ryan Anderson (NO, right elbow sprain) and Anthony Davis (NO, sprained right shoulder) did not play. GS 94, Min 91 at Min Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 14 points including 5-14 FG. Andrew Bogut (GS) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. GS shot 7-9 FT and Min shot 20-27 FT. Mil 111, Sac 103 at Mil Brandon Knight (Mil) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 21 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 10-12 FT, 19 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Mil, sprained left ankle) and Larry Sanders (Mil, personal reasons) did not play. Tor 95, Was 93 at Tor DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 10-10 FT and the game winning jumper with 12.9 seconds left and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Tor) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 13 points and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Was) had 17 points. Kris Humphries (Was, sore lower back) did not play. SA 104, Det 87 at Det Danny Green (SA) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 13 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bos 89, Atl 88 at Bos Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Turner (Bos) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and the game winning jumper with .2 seconds left, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Marcus Thornton (Bos) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 12 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 14 points including 4-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bos out-scored Atl 28-16 in the 4th quarter. Orl 89, NY 83 at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 18 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 19 points on 4-11 FG and 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Smith (NY) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 46.3% (31-67) FG and NY shot 34.2% (25-73) FG. Schedule for Thursday, February 12 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT 2015 All-Star Weekend - at New York City February 13-15 Schedule (All times Central) Friday, February 13 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Rookie-Sophomore practice NBATV 1:00 - 4:00 pm Media day interviews NBATV 8:00 - 10:00 pm Rookie-Sophomore Game TNT Saturday, February 14 9:00 - 9:30 am Hall of Fame nominees NBATV 10:00 am - 12:00 pm All-Star practice NBATV 5:30 - 6:30 pm NBA runway fashion show TNT 6:00 - 7:00 pm Commissioner press conference NBATV 7:00 - 10:00 pm All-Star Saturday Night TNT Skills contest Shooting Stars contest 3-Point contest Slam Dunk contest Sunday, February 15 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Legends Brunch NBATV 1:30 - 4:00 pm NBADL All-Star Game NBATV 7:30 - 10:00 pm 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