News from February 4. Golden state signed Briante Weber to a 10-day contract. Denver activated Nikola Jokic and placed Darrell Arthur on IL. Golden State activated Shaun Livingston. Indiana activated Rakeem Christmas and placed Thaddeus Young (sprained wrist) on IL. Minnesota placed Zach LaVine on IL. LaVine suffered a torn left ACL on Friday that will require surgery and he is out for the season. Milwaukee activated Rashad Vaughn and placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Phoenix activated Jared Dudley and placed Ronnie Price on IL. Sacramento placed Garrett Temple (Sac, partial tear left hamstring) on IL. San Antonio activated LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Bryn Forbes on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Rodney Hood (knee) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Russell Westbrook (OKC) 30.8 Isaiah Thomas (Bos) 29.9 James Harden (Hou) 28.9 Rebounds Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 14.0 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.6 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.6 Assists James Harden (Hou) 11.4 John Wall (Was) 10.4 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.3 Sac 109, GS 106 OT at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 32 points including 13-30 FG, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 18 points. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 35 points including 1120 FG and 8-14 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Mem 107, Min 99 at Min JaMychal Green (Mem) had 29 points on 8-11 FG and 12-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points on 5-16 FG and 10-12 FT and 8 assists. James Ennis (Mem) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points and 5 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 27 points including 9-10 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem, rest) and Chandler Parsons (Mem) did not play. SA 121, Den 97 at SA Kawshi Leonard (SA) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points on a perfect 8-8 FG and 2-2 FT and 3 steals. Jonathon Simmons (SA) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 11 points and 5 turnovers. Jamal Murray (Den) had 20 points. SA shot 57% (45-79) FG and Den shot 44.6% (41-92) FG. SA shot 21-26 FT and Den shot 5-10 FT. Mil 137, Pho 112 at Pho Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 30 points including 12-20 FT, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Mil) had 19 points. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 31 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Mil shot 63.4% (52-82) FG and Pho shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. Uta 105, Cha 98 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 33 points including 13-20 FG and 8 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Cle 111, NY 104 at NY LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 12-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Channing Frye (Cle) had 14 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 23 points including 6-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 17 points including 6-20 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle, contused right quad) did not play. Mia 125, Phi 102 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 30 points including 14-17 FG, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 16 points and 8 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Mia shot 58.5% (48-82) FG and Phi shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot), Robert Covington (Phi, right hand contusion), and Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee soreness) did not play. Ind 105, Det 84 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points on 9-14 FG. Lavoy Allen (Ind) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 13 points and 7 assists. Marcus Morris (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Det) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Atl 113, Orl 86 at Atl Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 17 points and 10 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 16 points. Jeff Green (Orl) had 12 points and 5 assists. Atl shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Orl shot 34.6% (27-78) FG. Was 105, NO 91 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 18 points. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 12 points and 17 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 24 points, 13 assists, and 5 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 25 points including 11-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 13 points including 5-17 FG, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Schedule for Sunday, February 5 (All times Central) Toronto @ Brooklyn 11:00 am LA Clippers @ Boston 1:00 pm ABC Portland @ Oklahoma City 2:00 pm Schedule for Monday, February 6 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ New York 6:00 pm TNT Cleveland @ Washington 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Indiana 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Toronto 6:30 pm Utah @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Miami @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Dallas @ Denver 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 8:30 pm TNT Chicago @ Sacramento 9:30 pm ---- 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