News from February 13. Karl Malone announced his retirement from the NBA. Malone has not played this season due to recovering from knee surgery. He finishes his 19 season NBA career as 2nd in league history for points scored with 36,928 points. The LA Lakers activated Kobe Bryant and placed Tony Bobbitt on IR with a sprained ankle. New York activated Moochie Norris and placed Jamison Brewer on IR with a sprained right big toe. Dal 95, Sea 92 at Sea Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points including 13-23 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 19 points including 9-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Michael Finley (Dal) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 17 points and 8 assists. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal, strained right groin), Marquis Daniels (Dal, appendectomy), and Danny Fortson (Sea, suspended) did not play. Sac 104, Bos 100 at Bos Chris Webber (Sac) had 14 points on 7-23 FG, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brad Miller (Sac) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (Sac) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Raef LaFrentz (Bos) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Mia 96, SA 92 at Mia Eddie Jones (Mia) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 27 points including 11-19 FT and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Mia shot 52.2% (35-67) FG and SA shot 39.2% (31-79) FG. NJ 94, Den 79 at NJ Vince Carter (NJ) had 23 points. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 13 points and 8 assists. Ron Marcer (NJ) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 13 points. Marcus Camby (Den, right hip contusion) did not play. Chi 87, Min 83 at Min Eddy Curry (Chi) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 26 points. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sam Cassell (Min, strained right hamstring) and Wally Szczerbiak (Min, flu) did not play. Ind 76, Mem 73 at Ind Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 26 points. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 11 points including 4-15 FG, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 7 points and 17 rebounds including 11 offensive. Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Earl Watson (Mem) had 16 points. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind, bruised left foot), Jason Williams (Mem, sore left foot), and Jake Tsakalidis (Mem, neck sprain) did not play. Hou 81, Por 80 at Hou Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 18 points on 6-19 FG and 6-10 FT and 9 assists. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 17 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Yao Ming (Hou) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 14 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Tor 109, LAC 106 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Tor) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Bobby Simmons (LAC) had 21 points on 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 26 points, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 blocks. Marko Jaric (LAC, sore right foot) did not play. Pho 106, GS 102 OT at GS Quentin Richardson (Pho) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points and 16 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Pho) had 23 points and 6 rebounds in 50 minutes. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (GS) had 18 points including 7-27 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Adonal Foyle (GS) had 6 points and 20 rebounds including 11 offensive. Derek Fisher (GS) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. GS out-rebounded Pho 72-52 including 31-8 offensive. Cle 103, LAL 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 30 points on 11-13 FG and 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points on 7-22 FG and 11-11 FT and 6 assists. Cle shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and LAL shot 38.3% (31-81) FG. Ira Newble (Cle, sprained left Achilles) did not play. Orl 97, NO 94 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 22 points including 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NO) had 20 points. Dan Dickau (NO) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Baron Davis (NO, bruised right Achilles) and Lee Nailon (NO, left groin strain) did not play. NY 102, Cha 99 at NY Kurt Thomas (NY) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Thomas (NY) had 7 points including the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and 5 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 16 points and 6 assists. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 23 points. Jason Hart (Cha) had 17 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Bernard Robinson (Cha) had 18 points including 7-9 FG. Primoz Brezec (Cha, left knee contusion) and Emeka Okafor (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play.