News from February 19. Boston released David Lee. Denver released J.J. Hickson and Steve Novak. Portland released Anderson Varejao. New Orleans signed Bryce Dejean-Jones for the rest of the season and released Jarnell Stokes. Memphis elected not to sign Ryan Hollins for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix elected not to sign Orlando Johnson for a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Walter Tavares and placed Kirk Hinrich on IL. Boston activated James Young and Jordan Mickey and placed Kelly Olynyk (bruised right shoulder) on IL. Brooklyn placed Andrea Bargnani on IL. Charlotte activated Al Jefferson and placed Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (right shoulder surgery, out for season) and Spencer Hawes on IL. Dallas activated John Jenkins and placed Jeremy Evans on IL. Houston placed Sam Dekker on IL. The LA Lakers activated Larry Nance and placed Metta World Peace on IL. Memphis activated Brandan Wright and placed Lance Stephenson on IL. Miami placed Chris Bosh (injured leg) on IL. New Orleans placed Tyreke Evans (right knee injury) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and placed Mitch McGary on IL. Orlando activated C.J. Watson and placed Jared Cunningham and Dewayne Dedmon on IL. Phoenix activated Ronnie Price and placed DeJuan Blair and T.J. Warren on IL. Portland activated Noah Vonleh and placed Cliff Alexander on IL. Toronto activated James Johnson and placed Bruno Caboclo on IL. Orl 110, Dal 104 OT at Orl Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 14 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Orl) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Deron Williams (Dal) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 24 points on 9-11 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 19 rebounds. Was 98, Det 86 at Was John Wall (Was) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 16 points and 5 assists. Tobias Harris (Det) had 21 points including 9-12 FG. Bro 109, NY 98 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 33 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Donald Sloan (Bro) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mia 115, Atl 111 at Atl Luol Deng (Mia) had 30 points on 11-17 FG and 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Josh McRoberts (Mia) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Mia shot 19-28 FT and Atl shot 13-13 FT. Hassan Whiteside (Mia, suspended) and Dwyane Wade (Mia, left knee soreness) did not play. Chi 116, Tor 106 at Chi Derrick Rose (Chi) had 26 points including 12-20 FG and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 30 points on 13-17 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points on 6-21 FG and 9-10 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 27 points and 8 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi, left knee strain) did not play. Mem 109, Min 104 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 25 points and 7 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Vince Carter (Mem) had 15 points. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 5 assists. Zach LaVine (Min) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Nemanja Bjelica (Min, sore right foot) did not play. NO 121, Phi 114 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 34 points including 16-20 FT and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 24 points, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 26 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 15 points. Ind 101, OKC 98 at OKC Paul George (Ind) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ian Mahinmi (Ind) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 3 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 18 assists. Ind shot 14-22 FT and OKC shot 9-10 FT. Cha 98, Mil 95 at Mil Cody Zeller (Cha) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 14 points and 3 steals. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points including 6-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jerryd Bayless (Mil, sprained left knee) and John Henson (Mil, sore lower back) did not play. Hou 116, Pho 100 at Pho Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 25 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 27 points including 1-9 3-pointers and 14-17 FT, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Kris Humphries (Pho) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Hou shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Pho shot 36.6% (30-82) FG. Brandon Knight (Pho, left abductor strain) and Alex Len (Pho, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 137, GS 105 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 51 points including 18-28 FG and 9-12 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 steals. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 12 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 31 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 5 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 23 points. Draymond Green (GS) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 9 turnovers. Por shot 53.6% (52-97) FG and GS shot 39.1% (36-92) FG. Sac 116, Den 110 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 37 points on 12-20 FG and 12-15 FT, 20 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points including 12-13 FT and 3 steals. Joffrey Lauvergne (Den) had 22 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Marco Belineli (Sac, tooth extraction) and Omri Casspi (Sac, wisdom tooth extraction) did not play. Uta 111, Bos 93 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 9-15 FT. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 15 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 17 point. Uta shot 54.4% (37-68) FG and Bos shot 37% (30-81) FG. SA 119, LAL 113 at LAL Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 12 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. 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