News from February 21. Denver placed Kenny Smith on IR with patella tendinitis in his right knee. Milwaukee placed Andrew Lang on IR with tendinitis in his right Achilles tendon and signed Cuonzo Martin to an 10-day contract. Martin average 17.7 points with the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA. Stanley Roberts (LAC) will be out 6 weeks after undergoing back surgery to remove a herniated disc. Phoenix signed Horacio Llamas to an 10-day contract and released Dexter Boney. Llamas averaged 8.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the CBA. Sacrament placed Duane Causwell on IR with a right hip pointer and activated Kevin Salvadori. The NBA voided Joe Stephen's 10-day contract with Houston as they ruled that Stephen is still under contract with Independiente General Pico in Argentina. Dell Curry (Cha) suffered a broken nose in Wednesday' Cha-Pho game and will miss 3 more games. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) will be out about 6 weeks with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. He suffered the injury during Friday's Mia-Por game. Sea 84, NY 64 - at Sea Gary Payton (Sea) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Terry Cummings (Sea) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Childs (NY) had 10 points including 4-12 FG. Allan Houston (NY) had 11 points including 3-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Sea shot 42.6% (29-68) FG and NY shot 30.3% (20-66) FG. LAL 99, Van 91 - at LAL Elden Campbell (LAL) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Travis Knight (LAL) had 14 points on 7-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 30 points and 11 rebounds. Greg Anthony (Van) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 9 assists. Det 98, NJ 84 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 13 assists. Otis Thorpe (Det) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Theo Ratliff (Det) had 13 points including 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Lindsey Hunter (Det) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jim Jackson (NJ) had 23 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Gatling (NJ) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Sam Cassell (NJ, strained left hip flexor) did not play. SA 98, Mil 93 - at SA Dominique Wilkins (SA) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Carl Herrera (SA) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Avery Johnson (SA) had 20 points, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vin Baker (Mil) had 27 points including 10-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Vernon Maxwell (SA, anemia) and Monty Williams (SA, right wrist injury) did not play. Chi 103, Was 99 - at Was Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Luc Longley (Chi) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 36 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7-12 FT. Juwan Howard (Was) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Rod Strickland (Was) had 23 points and 9 assists. Bill Wennington (Chi, flu) and Chris Webber (Was, strained lower back) did not play. Orl 99, Den 86 - at Orl Rony Seikaly (Orl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Nick Anderson (Orl) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. LaPhonso Ellis (Den) had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Bryant Stith (Den) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Pho 94, Cle 88 - at Pho Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 20 points including 6-10 FT, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Wesley Person (Pho) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Chris Mills (Cle) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Bob Sura (Cle) had 23 points and 5 assists. Pho shot 54.7% (35-64) FG and Cle shot 41.1% (30-73) FG. Por 114, Mia 110 - at Mia Clifford Robinson (Por) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 25 points and 10 rebounds. Kenny Anderson (Por) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Voshon Lenard (Mia) had 29 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 16 points on 4-17 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 11 assists. Isaac Austin (Mia) had 16 points on 4-11 FG and 8-13 FT and 14 rebounds. Keith Askins (Mia, strained right knee) did not play. Cha 114, LAC 96 - at Cha Anthony Mason (Cha) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Glen Rice (Cha) had 29 points and 5 rebounds. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 22 points including 8-10 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Loy Vaught (LAC) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Lorenzen Wright (LAC) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Cha shot 16-19 FT and LAC shot 6-8 FT. Dell Curry (Cha, broken nose) did not play. Min 101, GS 82 - at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tom Gugliotta (Min) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dean Garrett (Min) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Joe Smith (GS) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 17 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 17 points including 7-21 FG. Min shot 47.1% (40-85) FG and GS shot 33.7% (31-92) FG. Atl 76, Hou 74 - at Atl Henry James (Atl) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Christian Laettner (Atl) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 17 points on 8-23 FG, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Kevin Willis (Hou) had 13 points and 10 rebounds.