News from February 12. Orlando activated Patrick Ewing and placed Jeryl Sasser on IR with patella tendinitis in his right knee. Detroit activated Rodney White and Ratko Varda and placed Brian Cardinal (bilateral patella tendinitis) and Victor Alexander (back spasms) on IR. Toronto activated Mamadou N'diaye and Morris Peterson and placed Vince Carter (strained left quadriceps) and Jerome Williams (high right ankle sprain) on IR. Indiana suspended Carlos Rogers for not reporting to the team following the All-Star break. Washington activated Christian Laettner and placed Kwame Brown on IR with a pulled hamstring and strained left calf. Dal 112, Sea 106 - at Sea Juwan Howard (Dal) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 16 points and 7 assists. Steve Nash (Dal) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Vin Baker (Sea) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Brent Barry (Sea) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. LAL 103, Was 94 - at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points including 5-9 FT, 11 rebounds, and 15 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 16 points. Lindsey Hunter (LAL) had 13 points. Michael Jordan (Was) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Popeye Jones (Was) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. LAL shot 7-14 FT and Was shot 23-27 FT. Hou 85, Mem 76 - at Hou Kenny Thomas (Hou) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Moochie Norris (Hou) had 21 points and 7 assists. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 26 points including 10-29 FG and 4 steals. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shane Battier (Mem) had 16 points and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Hou shot 21-27 FT and Mem shot 7-12 FT. Steve Francis (Hou, migraine), Jason Williams (Mem, ingrown toenails), and Stromile Swift (Mem, right toe sprain) did not play. Sac 99, SA 86 - at Sac Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Webber (Sac) had 20 points including 8-21 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 10 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points, 21 rebounds including 12 offensive, and 3 blocks. David Robinson (SA) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Brent Price (Sac, lower back pain) did not play. Chi 96, Mil 92 - at Chi Brad Miller (Chi) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ron Artest (Chi) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marcus Fizer (Chi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mil) had 32 points including 11-19 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Charles Oakley (Chi, sprained right wrist) and Tim Thomas (Mil, personal reasons) did not play. Uta 98, Ind 82 - at Ind Karl Malone (Uta) had 34 points including 12-16 FT, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. John Stockton (Uta) had 9 points, 12 assists, and 6 steals. Scott Padgett (Uta) had 17 points including 6-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Travis Best (Ind) had 18 points and 3 steals. Greg Ostertag (Uta, suspended) and Carlos Rogers (Ind, suspended) did not play. Cle 99, Tor 81 - at Cle Lamond Murray (Cle) had 19 points. Andre Miller (Cle) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 17 assists, and 4 steals. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 18 points. Keon Clark (Tor) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 17 points. Dell Curry (Tor, strained left calf) did not play. Pho 99, Det 71 - at Det Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 14 points and 5 assists. Anfernee Hardaway (Pho) had 10 points including 4-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 10 points including 4-15 FG. Corliss Williamson (Det) had 10 points. Pho out-rebounded Det 51-32 including 18-7 offensive. Atl 105, NJ 103 - at Atl Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 34 points including 16-16 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Terry (Atl) had 28 points including the game winning free throws with 4.4 seconds left, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. DerMarr Johnson (Atl) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 20 points including 4-8 FT and 3 steals. Theo Ratliff (Atl, hip injury) did not play. Bos 110, Den 93 - at Den Antoine Walker (Bos) had 30 points including 7-12 3-points, 12 rebounds, and 14 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Avery Johnson (Den) had 21 points on 7-11 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 assists. George McCloud (Den) had 14 points. Orl 122, NY 114 - at Orl Mike Miller (Orl) had 18 points including 9-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Pat Garrity (Orl) had 29 points including 11-15 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 36 points including 16-26 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Kurt Thomas (NY) had 23 points including 11-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 22 points including 7-10 FG.