News from February 6. The NBA named Chris Paul (NO) and Chris Bosh (Tor) as Players of the Week. Paul averaged 20 points including 62.5% FG and 11.7 assists as New Orleans went 3-0. Bosh averaged 30.3 points and 12 rebounds as Toronto went 2-1. San Antonio elected not to sign Melvin Sanders to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago signed James Thomas to a 2nd 10-day contract. Cleveland signed Stephen Graham to a 10-day contract and placed Luke Jackson on IL with a broken left wrist. Seattle signed Mateen Cleaves to a 2nd 10-day contract. Tyronn Lue (Atl) is expected to be out at least 4 weeks with a sprained right MCL. Miami activated Udonis Haslem and placed Dorell Wright on IL. New Jersey activated Nenad Krstic and placed Linton Johnson on IL. Denver activated Kenyon Martin and placed Julius Hodge on IL. GS 122, Den 114 at GS Troy Murphy (GS) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 23 points, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 34 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andre Miller (Den) had 22 points and 9 assists. Mia 114, Bos 98 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 34 points on 10-17 FG and 13-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points on 8-21 FG and 14-16 FT. Raef LaFrentz (Bos) had 18 points. Al Jefferson (Bos, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 87, Phi 81 at Phi Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 13 points including 5-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 27 points and 12 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. Chris Webber (Phi) had 18 points including 8-20 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 32 points on 6-22 FG and 20-24 FT. NJ 99, NO 91 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 26 points including 13-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points including 5-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rasual Butler (NO) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Min 103, Pho 101 at Pho Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ricky Davis (Min) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Banks (Min) had 19 points on 9-14 FG. Raja Bell (Pho) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 31 points including 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Min shot 56.9% (41-72) FG and Pho shot 44.2% (34-77) FG. Cle 89, Mil 86 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 12 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Bobby Simmons (Mil) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 18 points including 6-17 FG. Cle shot 49.3% (31-75) FG and Mil shot 37.6% (32-85) FG. Uta 109, Chi 107 OT at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 15 points including the game winning 3-pointer with .7 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 28 points including 10-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 35 points including 10-10 FT. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Deron Williams (Uta, sprained left ankle), Gordan Giricek (Uta, tendinitis left ankle), and Chris Duhon (Chi, left thigh bruise) did not play. Cha 119, Sea 106 at Cha Jumaine Jones (Cha) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Melvin Ely (Cha) had 23 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 24 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 22 points and 5 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 18 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Ray Allen (Sea) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. Cha shot 56.6% (47-83) FG and Sea shot 46.3% (38-82) FG. Gerald Wallace (Cha, bruised tibia) and Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea, strained right quad) did not play. Was 94, Orl 82 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 21 points, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 23 points including 6-24 FG, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Orl) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Jared Jeffries (Was, lower back contusion) and Grant Hill (Orl, hernia) did not play.