News from February 22. New Jersey released Jamaal Magloire. Detroit released Ronald Murray. Cleveland signed Kaniel Dickens and Billy Thomas to 10-day contracts. Phoenix signed Linton Johnson to a 10-day contract. Dallas activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Antoine Wright on IL. Golden State activated Patrick O'Bryant and placed Andris Biedrins on IL. Biedrins underwent an appendectomy on Thursday. Seattle activated Francisco Elson and placed Robert Swift on IL with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Cleveland placed Daniel Gibson on IL with a sprained left ankle. Toronto activated T.J. Ford and Joey Graham and placed Darrick Martin and Primoz Brezec on IL. Philadelphia activated Louis Amundson and placed Reggie Evans on IL. Dal 98, Mem 83 at Mem Josh Howard (Dal) had 20 points on 9-27 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points on 8-9 FG and 10-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dal shot 50% (38-76) FG and Mem shot 38% (30-79) FG. Chi 135, Den 121 at Chi Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 21 points. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 18 points on 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 16 points and 14 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 37 points including 12-18 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 8 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 19 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 blocks. Allen Iverson (Den) had 29 points on 10-17 FG and 9-11 FT and 9 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 43 points including 15-25 FG and 8-14 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Det 127, Mil 100 at Det Antonio McDyess (Det) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points including 10-12 FT and 12 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 18 points. Michael Redd (Mil) had 18 points. Pho 85, Bos 77 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points including 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Grant Hill (Pho) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 12 points. LAC 114, Uta 104 at LAC Corey Maggette (LAC) had 27 points on 7-10 FG and 11-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Al Thornton (LAC) had 27 points. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 26 points on 9-15 FG and 8-12 FT, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Sam Cassell (LAC) did not play. Ind 113, NJ 103 at Ind Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 34 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 10 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Travis Diener (Ind) had 19 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Jefferson (NJ) had 34 points on 12-21 FG and 7-12 FT. Bostjan Nachbar (NJ) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Sac 116, Cha 115 OT at Cha Ron Artest (Sac) had 20 points including 8-22 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 23 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Orl 115, Phi 99 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 31 points including 7-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 17 points and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 9-12 FG and 6-10 FT, 18 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andre Miller (Phi) had 25 points including 9-11 FT and 6 assists. Willie Green (Phi) had 21 points including 9-16 FG. Cle 90, Was 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 9-14 FG and the game winning free throws with 7.8 seconds left, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists. Devin Brown (Cle) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Damon Jones (Cle) had 27 points on 10-16 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Darius Songaila (Was) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Cle only had 8 players available to play as none of Thursday's 4 traded players were available and the Cavs already had 3 players injured. Atl 117, GS 110 at GS Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 17 points and 7 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 8 assists. Baron Davis (GS) had 35 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 26 points and 5 assists. Acie Law (Atl, sprained right wrist) did not play. Hou 100, NO 80 at NO Yao Ming (Hou) had 28 points including 12-21 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 9 points on 4-14 FG and 11 assists. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 34 points and 6 assists. David West (NO) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 14 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Hou shot 10-13 FT and NO shot 14-25 FT. Sea 99, Por 87 at Sea Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 17 points including 6-17 FG. Damien Wilkins (Sea) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 19 points including 6-19 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. NY 103, Tor 99 at NY Zach Randolph (NY) had 26 points and 15 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 43 points including 6-16 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. David Lee (NY) had 8 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jamario Moon (Tor) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds.