News from February 8. The NBA fined DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) $25,000 for making an inappropriate statement and gesture following Saturday's Sac-Por game. Miami signed Marcus Georges-Hunt to a 10-day contract. Minnesota signed Lance Stephenson to a 10-day contract. Atlanta signed Lamar Patterson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dragan Bender (Pho) underwent surgery on his right ankle to removed a bone spur and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Ramon Sessions (Cha) underwent surgery to repair lateral menscus tear and is out 4 to 6 weeks. Evans Turner (Por) underwent surgery on his broken right hand and is expected to be out 5 to 6 weeks. Chicago activated Cristiano Felicio and placed Dwyane Wade (upper respiratory illness) on IL. Denver activated Darrell Arthur and placed Emmanuel Mudiay on IL. Detroit activated Reggie Bullock and placed Michael Gbinije on IL. The LA Lakers activated Marcelo Huertas and placed Metta World Peace on IL. Milwaukee activated Khris Middleton and placed Spencer Hawes on IL. Phoenix activated Derrick Jones and placed Ronnie Price on IL. Washington activated Ian Mahinmi and placed Markieff Morris (right calf tightness) on IL. SA 111, Phi 103 at Phi Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 32 points including 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. SA shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Phi shot 41% (34-83) FG. Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) and Richaun Holmes (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. Cle 132, Ind 117 at Ind LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 12-22 FG and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 29 points including 10-12 FG and 8-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 23 points including 7-11 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Cle out-scored Ind 40-18 in the 3rd quarter. Iman Shumpert (Cle, sprained left ankle) did not play. Was 114, Bro 110 OT at Bro Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bradley Beal (Was) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 23 points on 7-24 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 21 points including 6-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Atl 117, Den 106 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 9 offensive. Atl shot 50.5% (47-93) FG and Den shot 40% (40-100) FG. Det 121, LAL 102 at Det Jon Leuer (Det) had 20 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 24 points on 12-19 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Tobias Harris (Det) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Julius Randle (LAL) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (LAL) had 17 points. Mia 106, Mil 88 at Mil Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 23 points including 10-12 FG and 16 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Johnson (Mia) had 20 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 14 points. Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot) and Dion Waiters (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 110, Pho 91 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points including 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 11 points on a perfect 4-4 FG, 1-1 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT and 10 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 20 points including 8-10 FT. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 16 points. Mem shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and Pho shot 33.3% (29-87) FG. Vince Carter (Mem, rest) and Zach Randolph (Mem) did not play. Uta 127, NO 94 at NO George Hill (Uta) had 19 oints. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Terrence Jones (NO) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) did not play. Min 112, Tor 109 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 29 points including 13-13 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 31 points including 11-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 22 points. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 19 points on 7-9 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 30 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 4-13 3-pointers and 5 assists. Patrick Patterson (Tor, left knee contusion) did not play. LAC 119, NY 115 at NY Blake Griffin (LAC) had 32 points including 8-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 28 points including 12-14 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. Kristaps Porzinigis (NY) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (NY) had 20 points on 10-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. GS 123, Chi 92 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Draymond Green (GS) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 28 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 17 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. GS shot 55.8% (48-86) FG and Chi shot 40.2% (37-92) FG. Jimmy Butler (Chi, bruised right heel) did not play. Sac 108, Bos 92 at Sac Darren Collison (Sac) had 26 points on 12-21 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Ben McLemore (Sac) had 17 points. Matt Barnes (Sac) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 26 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 10-10 FT and 7 assists. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 14 points on 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Sac shot 50% (42-84) FG and Bos shot 39.7% (29-73) FG. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, February 9 (All times Central) Houston @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm Boston @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 10 (All times Central) Miami @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Denver @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Detroit 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Chicago @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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