News from February 20. Denver released Victor Claver and Thomas Robinson. Philadelphia signed Tim Frazier to a 2nd 10-day contract. Sacramento signed David Stockton to a 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Mike Muscala. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich and Jimmy Butler and placed Cameron Bairstow on IL. Denver activated Jameer Nelson and placed Will Barton on IL. Detroit activated Caron Butler. Golden State placed James Michael McAdoo on IL. Houston activated Terrence Jones and placed Nick Johnson on IL. Indiana activated Lavoy Allen and placed Shayne Whittington on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Chris Bosh on IL. Bosh is out indefinitely while he undergoes test to determine the source of health issues he is having. Minnesota activated Gary Neal and placed Kevin Garnett on IL. New Orleans placed Norris Cole and Justin Hamilton on IL. New York activated Lance Thomas. Philadelphia activated Jason Richardson and placed Isaiah Canaan on IL. Phoenix activated Reggie Bullock and Archie Goodwin and placed Danny Granger and Marcus Thornton on IL. Portland activated Chris Kaman and placed Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee on IL. Sacramento placed Reggie Evans on IL. San Antonio placed Jeff Ayers on IL. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Grant Jerrett on IL. Dal 111, Hou 100 at Dal Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Al-Farouq Aminu (Dal) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Devin Harris (Dal) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 11-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 16 points on 6-17 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Bro 114, LAL 105 at LAL Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 18 points. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 22 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ed Davis (LAL) had 16 points on 8-10 FG and 14 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 18 points. Jarrett Jack (Bro, sore left hamstring) and Kobe Bryant (LAL, right rotator cuff surgery) did not play. GS 110, SA 99 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 20 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 16 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Aron Baynes (SA) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. GS out-scored SA 62-39 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Sac 109, Bos 101 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 31 points including 12-18 FG, 15 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 7 points including 2-9 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 22 points and 6 assists. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 28 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Uta 92, Por 76 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 20 points and 3 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 19 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points and 5 turnovers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Uta out-scored Por 53-33 in the 2nd half. Mil 89, Den 81 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 15 points. Jerryd Bayless (Mil) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 4 blocks. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 19 points including 3-12 3-pointers. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 11 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, ill) and Ty Lawson (Den) did not play. Cle 127, Was 89 at Was LeBron James (Cle) had 28 points including 12-21 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 25 points and 7 assists. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Nene (Was) had 18 points including 8-11 FG. John Wall (Was) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Seraphin (Was, flu) did not play. Min 111, Pho 109 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Kevin Martin (Min) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 10 points including 2-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 14 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 31 points including 12-21 FG. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Det 100, Chi 91 at Det Caron Butler (Det) had 20 points and 4 steals. Greg Monroe (Det) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points including 4-13 FT and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Tor 105, Atl 80 at Atl DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (Tor) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 7-10 3-pointers and 4 steals. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 11 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 5 assists. Tor shot 44.8% (43-96) FG and Atl shot 33% (29-88) FG. Tor shot 6-8 FT and Atl shot 14-21 FT. Ind 106, Phi 95 at Phi C.J. Miles (Ind) had 17 points. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 30 points including 10-16 FG and 3 steals. Luis Scola (Ind) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 12 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, 4 steals, and 9 blocks. Orl 95, NO 84 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 22 points on 11-18 FG. Anthony Davis (NO) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 14 points including 4-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Orl shot 3-6 FT and NO shot 21-28 FT. Mia 111, NY 87 at NY Luol Deng (Mia) had 13 points including 3-9 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 13 points on 4-14 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 steals. Shabazz Napier (Mia) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Langston Galloway (NY) had 19 points. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 17 points. Mia shot 26-35 FT and NY shot 11-16 FT. Schedule for Saturday, February 21 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Miami 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Toronto @ Houston 7:00 pm Sacramento @ LA Clippers 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 22 (All times Central) Cleveland @ New York 12:00 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 2:30 pm Washington @ Detroit 2:30 pm Golden State @ Indiana 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ Orlando 5:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Dallas 6:30 pm Memphis @ Portland 8:00 pm Boston @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm NBATV ---- 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