News from February 6. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and Isaiah Thomas (Bos) as Players of the Week for the week ending February 5. Curry averaged 34.3 points and 9.3 assists as Golden State went 2-1. Thomas averaged 37.8 points and 6.8 assists as Boston went 4-0. The NBA fined Steve Kerr (GS) $25,000 for verbally abusing the refs and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejected from Saturday's GS-Sac game. Denver signed Johnny O'Bryant to a 2nd 10-day contract. Miami signed Okaro White to a 2 year contract and released Derrick Williams. Phoenix signed Ronnie Price to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Denzel Valentine and placed Cristiano Felicio on IL. Denver activated Darrell Arthur and placed Emmanuel Mudiay (back injury) on IL. Detroit activated Michael Gbinije and placed Reggie Bullock (ill) on IL. Indiana activated Rodney Stuckey and placed Georges Niang on IL. The LA Lakers activated Metta World Peace and placed Marcelo Huestas on IL. New York activated Derrick Rose and placed Joakim Noah (hamstring) on IL. Phoenix activated Ronnie Price and Jared Dudley and placed Dragon Bender and Derrick Jones on IL. Toronto activated DeMar DeRozan and placed Delon Wright on IL. Den 110, Dal 87 at Den Will Barton (Den) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. Seth Curry (Dal) had 15 points. Den out-scored Dal 30-13 in the 2nd quarter. Kenneth Faried (Den, personal reasons) and Deron Williams (Dal, sprained right big toe) did not play. Mem 89, SA 74 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 12 points including 3-10 FG and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 13 points including 4-19 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. David Lee (SA) had 14 points including 6-6 FG. Mem out-scored SA 20-9 in the 4th quarter. Kawhi Leonard (SA, quad contusion) did not play. Chi 112, Sac 107 at Sac Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 31 points on 12-18 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Chi) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 18 points including 5-16 FG, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ty Lawson (Sac) had 22 points and 7 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) did not play. Mia 115, Min 113 at Min Goran Dragic (Mia) had 33 points on 13-17 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 9 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Rodney McGruder (Mia) had 15 points on 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 35 points on 13-20 FG and 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Mia shot 10-14 FT and Min shot 22-28 FT. Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot) did not play. NO 111, Pho 106 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 34 points on 12-21 FG and 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 30 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 12 points and 4 steals. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 20 points and 3 blocks. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 14 points including 3-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Det 113, Phi 96 at Det Marcus Morris (Det) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points, 17 rebounds, and 3 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 6 assists. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 16 points including 7-11 FG. Dario Saric (Phi) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) did not play. Uta 120, Atl 95 at Atl Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 30 points including 12-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 20 points on 10-12 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. George Hill (Uta) had 22 points and 8 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 21 points. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Uta shot 61.3% (49-80) FG and Atl shot 44.6% (33-74) FG. Tor 118, LAC 109 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 12 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points including 11-19 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Patrick Patterson (Tor, left knee contusion) did not play. Ind 93, OKC 90 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 21 points including 7-20 FG, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers Jeff Teague (Ind) had 17 points. Glenn Robinson (Ind) had 14 points including 5-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 27 points including 10-27 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 18 rebounds, and 9 assists. Steven Adams (OKC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Cle 140, Was 135 OT at Was LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 12-18 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 17 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 39 points on 11-17 FG, 6-10 3-pointers, and 11-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points including 8-24 FG and 5 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 41 points including 16-28 FG and 6-14 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. John Wall (Was) had 22 points, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. LAL 121, NY 107 at NY Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 22 points. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 5 assists. Brandon Jennings (NY) had 16 points and 5 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, February 7 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, February 8 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Indiana 6:00 pm Washington @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Denver @ Atlanta 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Detroit 6:30 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Memphis 7:00 pm Utah @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ New York 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Boston @ 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