News from February 4. Jonathan Bender (Ind) announced his retirement from the NBA. Bender has had knee problems for the past few years. Miami activated Dorell Wright and placed Udonis Haslem on IL due to a death in family. New Jersey activated Linton Johnson and placed Nenad Krstic on IL with the flu. Detroit activated Darko Milicic and placed Alex Acker on IL. Milwaukee activated Joe Smith and placed Reece Gaines on IL. Denver activated Marcus Camby and placed Kenyon Martin on IL with a bruised left knee. Minnesota activated Ronald Dupree and placed Troy Hudson on IL with a sore ankle. Dal 110, Sea 91 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 17 points and 7 assists. Robert Swift (Sea) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ray Allen (Sea) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 3 steals. GS 109, Min 77 at GS Troy Murphy (GS) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. NO 106, LAL 90 at NO Desmond Mason (NO) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. P.J. Brown (NO) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 35 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Devean George (LAL) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 4 steals. Ind 93, Det 85 at Ind Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 20 points on 8-22 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Fred Jones (Ind) had 13 points on 3-9 FG and 7-10 FT and 7 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 11 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 31 points including 14-24 FG and 6 rebounds. Austin Croshere (Ind, concussion) and Jamaal Tinsley (Ind, sore right elbow) did not play. Pho 118, Chi 101 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 26 points on 11-19 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Raja Bell (Pho) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 7 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 39 points including 14-21 FG and 9-13 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Mil 88, Mem 78 at Mil Jamaal Magloire (Mil) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Mil) had 11 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 9-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Mike Miller (Mem) had 12 points. Den 105, Por 104 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 33 points including 15-18 FT, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marcus Camby (Den) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andre Miller (Den) had 10 points including the game winning steal and layup with 4.3 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Earl Boykins (Den) had 17 points including 7-10 FT. Zach Randolph (Por) had 28 points and 12 rebounds. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 14 points and 5 assists. Den shot 28-42 FT and Por shot 14-19 FT. Phi 100, Cle 95 at Cle Chris Webber (Phi) had 26 points including 12-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 34 points including 14-14 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points on 10-17 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 18 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 4 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 26 points including 10-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. NJ 105, Mia 92 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Clifford Robinson (NJ) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Vince Carter (NJ) had 28 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points including 9-10 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Antoine Walker (Mia) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. NJ shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Mia shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. Orl 100, Bos 91 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 37 points including 11-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Delonte West (Bos) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Grant Hill (Bos, hernia) and Al Jefferson (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. Was 98, Atl 85 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 22 points. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 13 points including 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points.