News from February 20. The NBA named Allen Iverson (Phi) as Player of the Week. Iverson averaged 39.3 points, 5.5 assists, and 3 steals as Philadelphia went 4-0. Don Nelson (Dal coach) returned to the bench for Tuesday's Dal-LAL game. Nelson underwent successful prostate cancer surgery January 4. Former NBA player Guy Rodgers died. He was 65. He played 12 season in the NBA, including 8 with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors. Orlando placed Pat Garrity on IR due to arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Mark Jackson (Tor) had 12 assists in the Tor-GS game for a career total of 9,065 assists to surpass Isiah Thomas (9,061 assists) for 4th place on the NBA's all-time assists leaders list. John Stockton (14,266), Magic Johnson (10,141), and Oscar Robertson (9,887) are ahead of Jackson. LAL 119, Dal 109 - at Dal Rick Fox (LAL) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 29 points including 11-15 FT and 11 rebounds. Isaiah Rider (LAL) had 20 points and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 19 points on 5-16 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Michael Finley (Dal) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 31 points including 8-10 FT and 7 assists. LAL shot 37-44 FT and Dal shot 15-20 FT. LAL out-rebounded Dal 55-32 including 15-6 offensive. Tor 113, GS 102 - at Tor Vince Carter (Tor) had 33 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mark Jackson (Tor) had 10 points and 12 assists. Alvin Williams (Tor) had 15 points on 7-9 FG and 6 assists. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Bob Sura (GS) had 11 points including 3-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 13 assists. Marc Jackson (GS, right groin strain), Chris Mullin (GS, strained lower back), and Chris Porter (GS, left ankle sprain) did not play. Mil 101, Chi 92 - at Chi Jason Caffey (Mil) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 20 points and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Mil) had 34 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Elton Brand (Chi) had 22 points and 21 rebounds. Brad Miller (Chi) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Ron Mercer (Chi, left ankle sprain) did not play. Pho 110, Orl 104 - at Orl Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 18 points on 4-11 FG and 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 28 points including 11-13 FT and 11 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 15 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. Tony Delk (Pho) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 44 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Miller (Orl) had 15 points. Pho shot 43-55 FT and Orl shot 16-23 FT. Chris Dudley (Pho, sore back) and Tom Gugliotta (Pho, death of mother) did not play. Sac 94, Atl 80 - at Sac Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 19 points including 7-21 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 13 points including 5-21 FG and 19 rebounds. Jason Williams (Sac) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Lorenzen Wright (Atl) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 11 points, 15 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Chris Webber (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 101, Bos 84 - at Hou Maurice Taylor (Hou) had 23 points including 11-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 12-17 FT and 6 turnovers. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 19 points including 4-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Matt Bullard (Hou, back spasms) did not play. Van 116, Was 104 - at Was Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 19 points including 9-12 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Grant Long (Van) had 16 points including 6-6 FG, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals. Michael Dickerson (Van) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Van) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 5 assists. Juwan Howard (Was) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Whitney (Was) had 24 points on 9-15 FG and 6-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Van shot 55% (44-80) FG and Was shot 41% (34-83) FG. Rod Strickland (Was, sore hamstrings) did not play. NY 76, Mia 74 - at NY Larry Johnson (NY) had 14 points and 5 assists. Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Marcus Camby (NY) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 12 rebounds. Anthony Mason (Mia) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 12 points and 8 assists. Por 104, Den 94 - at Por Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 42 points including 17-27 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Detlef Schrempf (Por) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Den) had 30 points including 12-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 13 points and 7 assists.