News from February 25. Cedric Ceballos (Dal) suffered a fractured right wrist in the first quarter of the Dal-Den game when Loren Meyer (Den) took him down hard. He did return to the game and continued to play, but he will be out at least 6 to 8 weeks and will undergo further tests today. Raef LaFrentz (Den) suffered a torn left ACL in the first quarter of the Dal-Den game [his knee buckled as he drove to the basket] and will miss the rest of the season. Houston activated Antoine Carr and placed Stanley Roberts on IR with a strained right hamstring. The LA Lakers placed Ruben Patterson on IR with tendinitis in his right knee. [thanks to Harold Feld and Jed Tai] Larry Brown (Phi), Tubby Smith (Kentucky), and Gene Keady (Purdue) were was named as assistant coaches for the 2000 Team USA basketball team which will compete in this summer's Americas Olympic qualifying tournament. Dal 90, Den 81 - at Dal Cedric Ceballos (Dal) had 20 points including 8-12 FT and 13 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 20 points. Gary Trent (Dal) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 16 points. Danny Fortson (Den) 15 points including 5-10 FT and 24 rebounds. NY 115, Min 113 OT - at NY Larry Johnson (NY) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Allan Houston (NY) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Charlie Ward (NY) had 18 points, 13 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 25 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Smith (Min) had 20 points, 16 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 5 assists. Stephon Marbury (Min) had 20 points including 7-25 FG, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 9 turnovers. NY shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and Min shot 41.5% (44-106) FG. Min out-rebounded NY 58-38 including 25-4 offensive. Atl 93, Hou 87 - at Hou Grant Long (Atl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Tyrone Corbin (Atl) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 16 points including 7-20 FG, 8 assists, and 6 steals. Scottie Pippen (Hou) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Alan Henderson (Atl, back spasms) did not play. Phi 98, Chi 80 - at Chi Theo Ratliff (Phi) had 12 points including 3-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 33 points including 11-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Eric Snow (Phi) had 12 points including 4-6 FG and 4 steals. Mark Bryant (Chi) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. LAL 115, LAC 100 - at LAC Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rick Fox (LAL) had 16 points on 6-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Maurice Taylor (LAC) had 20 points on 10-13 FG. Rodney Rogers (LAC) had 12 points on 5-6 FG and 6 rebounds. LAL shot 22-31 FT and LAC shot 12-16 FT. Dennis Rodman (LAL) did not play. Pho 94, Van 86 - at Van George McCloud (Pho) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Rex Chapman (Pho) had 16 points on 6-19 FG and 4-11 3-pointers. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, 16 assists, and 6 steals. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Van) had 16 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sac 115, Was 105 - at Was Chris Webber (Sac) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 22 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Williams (Sac) had 17 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Juwan Howard (Was) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Rod Strickland (Was) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Otis Thorpe (Was) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Ind 81, Cle 74 - at Cle Rik Smits (Ind) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Mark Jackson (Ind) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 12 points including 4-14 FG. Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 16 points on 3-13 FG and 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Vitaly Potapenko (Cle) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Wesley Person (Cle, bruised ulnar nerve) did not play.