News from February 15. The NBA named Carmelo Anthony (NY) to replaced Kevin Love (Cle) in the All-Star game. Love is out with an injured left knee. The NBA named Alex Abrines (OKC) to replace Joel Embiid (Phi) in the Rookie-Sophomore game and Nikola Jokic (Den) to replace Embiid in the Skills Competition. Embiid is out with an injured left knee. The NBA named Willy Hernangomez (NY) to replace Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) in the Rookie-Sophomore game. Mudiay is out with a sore lower back. Jabari Parker (Mil) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn ACL. He is out for a year. Dallas activated Andrew Bogut. Golden State activated Shaun Livingston. Indiana activated Rakeem Christmas and placed Lavoy Allen on IL. Memphis activated Jarrell Martin and placed Deyonta Davis on IL. New Orleans activated Cheick Diallo and placed Terrence Jones (sprained right thumb) on IL. New York activated Maurice Ndour and placed Brandon Jennings (sore Achilles) on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Cabaclo and placed Serge Ibaka and Patrick Patterson on IL. Det 98, Dal 91 at Det Jon Leuer (Det) had 20 points on 5-7 FG and 10-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 22 points including 8-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Det shot 20-22 FT and Dal shot 11-11 FT. SA 107, Orl 79 at Orl Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 23 points including 10-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Dewayne Dedmon (SA) had 10 points on 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Cle 113, Ind 104 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points including 12-17 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 26 points and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 22 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 11 assists. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Bos 116, Phi 108 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 8 steals, and 6 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 33 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11-13 FT. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 20 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Bos shot 27-36 FT and Phi shot 12-18 FT. Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) did not play. Tor 90, Cha 85 at Tor Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Norman Powell (Tor) had 17 points and 3 steals. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 9 assists. Tor out-scored Cha 32-10 in the 4th quarter. Tor shot 14-19 FT and Cha shot 8-9 FT. Miles Plumlee (Cha, strained right calf) did not play. Mil 129, Bro 125 at Bro Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 33 points including 7-10 FT, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 25 points including 12-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 36 points including 12-20 FG and 6-10 3-pointers. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. NO 95, Mem 91 at Mem Solomon Hill (NO) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 3-10 3-pointers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 9 assists. NO shot 49.3% (37-75) FG and Mem shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. Dante Cunningham (NO, personal reasons) did not play. Mia 117, Hou 109 at Hou Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 21 points and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 38 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 14-16 FT, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists. Mia shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and Hou shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Min 112, Den 99 at Den Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 24 points and 19 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 40 points on 15-26 FG and 8-11 FT. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Gary Harris (Den) had 22 points. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Lance Stephenson (Min, sprained left ankle), Darrell Arthur (Den, sore left knee), Wilson Chandler (Den, ill), and Emmanuel Mudiay (Den, lower back pain) did not play. Uta 111, Por 88 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. George Hill (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Joe Ingles (Uta) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 4 steals. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 18 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 13 points including 3-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Uta shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Por shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por, sprained left knee) did not play. Pho 137, LAL 101 at Pho Devin Booker (Pho) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 8 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 21 points including 7-20 FG. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 3 steals. Pho shot 55.7% (49-88) FG and LAL shot 37.6% (35-93) FG. OKC 116, NY 105 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 38 points on 13-22 FG and 9-13 FT, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 21 points. Steven Adams (OKC) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 30 points including 11-20 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Derrick Rose (NY) had 25 points and 7 assists. OKC shot 22-31 FT and NY shot 12-14 FT. LAC 99, Atl 84 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 15 points on 5-8 3-pointers. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 7 points including 3-4 FG and 16 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. GS 109, Sac 86 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 21 points on 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 35 points including 12-18 FG and 7-12 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 13 points including 4-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 13 points and 6 assists. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. GS out-scored Sac 42-15 in the 3rd quarter. GS shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and Sac shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. Ty Lawson (Sac, strained left adductor magnus) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, February 16 (All times Central) Washington @ Indiana 6:00 pm Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm TNT February 17-19 All-Star Weekend at New Orleans [all times Central] Friday 9:30-11:00 Rookie-Sophomore practice NBATV 11:00-2:00 Media Day interviews NBATV 8:00-10:00 Rookie-Sophomore Game TNT Saturday 10:00-10:30 Hall of Fame announcement NBATV 11:00-1:00 All-Star Practice NBATV 1:30-4:00 NBADL All-Star Game NBATV 6:00-7:00 Adam Silver press conference NBATV 7:00-9:30 All-Star Saturday Night TNT Sunday 12:00-1:30 Legends Brunch NBATV 7:20-10:00 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