News from February 3. Taurean Prince (Atl) was named to replace the injured Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) for the Rookie-Sophomore game. Dallas elected not to signed Kyle Collinsworth for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Emeka Okafor to a 10-day contract. Dallas activated J.J. Barea and Johnathan Motley. Golden State activated Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston and placed Quinn Cook on IL. Philadelphia activated Jerryd Bayless. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 31.2 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) 28.3 Stephen Curry (GS) 27.5 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 15.3 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 14.9 DeMarcus Cousins (NO) 12.9 Assists Russell Westbrook (OKC) 10.3 John Wall (Was) 9.3 James Harden (Cle) 9.1 Dal 106, Sac 99 at Sac Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 15 points and 3 steals. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Malachi Richardson (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Dal out-scored Sac 25-14 in the 4th quarter. Dal shot 11-14 FT and Sac shot 5-6 FT. Den 115, GS 108 at Den Will Barton (Den) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Durant (GS) had 31 points including 12-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Uta 120, SA 111 at SA Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 34 points on 11-14 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT and 9 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Royce O'Neale (Uta) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 31 points including 12-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Uta shot 30-36 FT and SA shot 13-18 FT. Donovan Mitchell (Uta, flu), Joe Johnson (Uta, rest), and Brandon Paul (SA, back spasms) did not play. Min 118, NO 107 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 15 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 38 points including 16-30 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Mirotic (NO) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Hou 120, Cle 88 at Cle Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (Hou) had 22 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 1-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Cle) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Hou out-scored Cle 65-39 in the 1st half. Was 115, Orl 98 at Orl Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points and 5 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tomas Satoransky (Was) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 14 points. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Ind 100, Phi 92 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Dario Saric (Phi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Det 111, Mia 107 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 23 points including 11-15 FG, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, 4 steals, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Ish Smith (Det) had 25 points including 11-14 FG and 7 assist. Blake Griffin (Det) had 16 points including 6-19 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Mia) had 19 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 33 points including 13-23 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. James Johnson (Mia) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Det shot 14-17 FT and Mia shot 5-7 FT. Dwight Buycks (Det, ill), Luke Kennard (Det, sore left great toe), and Hassan Whiteside (Mia, ill) did not play. LAC 113, Chi 103 at LAC Tobias Harris (LAC) had 24 points. Danilo Gallinari (LAC) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 21 points on 5-16 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and 11-11 FT and 6 assists. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 21 points including 6-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Schedule for Sunday, February 4 (All times Central) Portland at Boston 11:00 am Milwaukee at Brooklyn 11:00 am Atlanta at New York 11:00 am Memphis at Toronto 11:00 am LA Lakers at Oklahoma City 1:00 pm ABC Charlotte at Phoenix 2:00 pm Schedule for Monday, February 5 (All times Central) Portland at Detroit 6:00 pm Washington at Indiana 6:00 pm Orlando at Miami 6:30 pm Utah at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at Denver 8:00 pm Chicago at Sacramento 9:00 pm Dallas at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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