News from February 15.

New York reached a buyout agreement with Amare Stoudemire and released
him.


All-Star Game 
West 163, East 158  at New York City
MVP: Russell Westbrook (OKC)

       1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
West    47  36  39  41 -  163   .588  .385  .489  .889
East    36  46  40  36 -  158   .677  .338  .500  .833

Halftime: West 83-82
3rd Q: 122-122
Refs: Pat Fraher, Sean Wright, Derrick Stafford
Did not play due to injury: Kobe Bryant (LAL), Blake Griffin (LAC), Anthony
  Davis (NO), Dwyane Wade (Mia)

West                                                     REB
Player                  MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por)  18   7-11    4-4     0-0    18  1-2   0  1  0   0   0 
Klay Thompson (GS)       20   2-11    1-9     2-2     7  1-4   6  0  0   0   0 
Marc Gasol (Mem)         25   3-6     0-1     0-0     6  2-10  2  1  1   2   0 
Stephen Curry (GS)       27   6-16    3-10    0-0    15  4-9   5  5  1   1   0 
James Harden (Hou)       27  11-16    7-12    0-0    29  3-8   8  4  0   2   0 
Russell Westbrook (OKC)  26  16-28    5-9     4-4    41  3-5   1  1  0   3   0 
Kevin Durant (OKC)       10   1-6     1-6     0-0     3  0-3   1  2  0   1   0 
Tim Duncan (SA)          15   1-2     0-0     0-0     2  1-9   2  0  0   0   0 
Chris Paul (LAC)         27   6-13    0-3     0-0    12  1-6  15  2  0   2   0 
Damian Lillard (Por)     16   4-12    3-9     0-0    11  2-2   2  4  0   1   0 
DeMarcus Cousins (Sac)   18   6-7     0-0     2-3    14  4-7   0  1  1   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal)      12   2-5     1-2     0-0     5  2-5   0  0  0   2   0 
Totals                   48  65-133  25-65    8-9   163 24-70 42 22  3  14   0 

East                                                     REB
Player                  MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Carmelo Anthony (NY)     30   6-20    2-13    0-0    14  3-7   0  1  2   1   1 
LeBron James (Cle)       32  11-21    4-12    4-5    30  1-5   7  4  1   2   0 
Pau Gasol (Chi)          26   5-7     0-0     0-0    10  4-12  2  0  0   1   1 
Kyle Lowry (Tor)         26   4-13    2-11    0-0    10  1-3   8  1  0   4   0 
John Wall (Was)          29   9-16    1-4     0-0    19  0-3   7  4  1   2   0 
Kyrie Irving (Cle)       19   4-9     2-6     1-1    11  2-6   5  1  0   0   0 
Al Horford (Atl)         14   4-6     0-0     0-0     8  3-7   2  1  1   0   0 
Jeff Teague (Atl)        13   6-9     2-2     0-0    14  0-1   2  1  0   2   0 
Paul Millsap (Atl)       16   2-6     1-3     0-0     5  1-6   3  2  0   2   0 
Kyle Korver (Atl)        16   7-13    7-12    0-0    21  0-1   2  0  1   0   0 
Chris Bosh (Mia)         11   4-6     2-4     0-0    10  1-3   1  1  0   2   0 
Jimmy Butler (Chi)        9   3-4     0-1     0-0     6  1-1   1  2  0   2   0 
Totals                   48  65-130  23-68    5-6   158 17-55 40 18  6  18   2 


Tuesday, February 17 - Wednesday, February 18
  No games scheduled  [full week off for All-Star break]

Schedule for Thursday, February 19  (All times Central)
  Dallas @ Oklahoma City        7:00 pm  TNT
  San Antonio @ LA Clippers     9:30 pm  TNT


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