News from February 26. Houston signed Bobby Jones to a 10-day contract and released Adam Haluska. Houston activated Gerald Green and placed Bobby Jones and Yao Ming on IL. Yao has a stress fracture in his left foot and is out for the rest of the season. He is deciding whether he will undergo doctor recommended surgery or treat it with a cast and crutches. With either option, he is expected to be out about 4 months. Dallas signed Jamaal Magloire to a 1 year contract. Seattle placed Earl Watson (ill) on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Jackson and placed Patrick O'Bryant on IL. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and placed Zydrunas Ilgauskas on IL with an upper respiratory infection. Minnesota activated Michael Doleac and placed Greg Buckner on IL. LAL 96, Por 83 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points. Steve Blake (Por) had 17 points including 4-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAL shot 47.4% (36-76) FG and Por shot 36.1% (30-83) FG. Vladimir Radmanovic (LAL, strained right calf) and Brandon Roy (Por, sprained right ankle) did not play. GS 105, Sea 99 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 10 assists, and 7 steals. Monta Ellis (GS) had 30 points including 14-22 FG and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (Sea) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Nick Collison (Sea) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 21 points, 7 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Damien Wilkins (Sea, sprained right wrist) did not play. Hou 94, Was 69 at Hou Rafer Alston (Hou) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luther Head (Hou) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 12 points including 5-6 FG and 8 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Nick Young (Was) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 48.2% (40-83) FG and Was shot 31.3% (26-83) FG. Caron Butler (Was, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Pho 127, Mem 113 at Mem Grant Hill (Pho) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 25 points including 11-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 13 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 36 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) had 23 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mil 105, Cle 102 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 37 points including 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 25 points including 10-11 FT and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points including 16-24 FG and 6 assists. Joe Smith (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Mil shot 32-37 FT and Cle shot 10-14 FT. Min 111, Uta 100 at Min Ryan Gomes (Min) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Randy Foye (Min) had 20 points and 3 steals. Rashad McCants (Min) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 34 points on 9-16 FG and 16-18 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Deron Williams (Uta) had 18 points and 9 assists. Orl 102, NJ 92 at NJ Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 25 points on 7-10 FG, 3-4 3-pointers, and 8-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points including 7-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 20 points and 6 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl shot 29-43 FT and NJ shot 10-16 FT. Mia 107, Sac 86 at Mia Shawn Marion (Mia) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 15 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 14 points. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 16 points including 7-10 FG. On the lighter side Pat Riley on coaching the Heat: "I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I know what to do. I just don't know where to start.''