News from February 6. TRADE: Miami traded Shaquille O'Neal to Phoenix for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. None of the players played in Wednesday's games. Miami released Luke Jackson. The NBA announced the contestants for the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 16 in New Orleans. The contestants are: Kobe Bryant (LAL) Jason Kapono (Tor) Daniel Gibson (Cle) Steve Nash (Pho) Richard Hamilton (Det) Peja Stojakovic (NO) Steve Francis (Hou) is expected to undergo season ending surgery on his left quadriceps. Sacramento activated Kenny Thomas and placed Brad Miller on IL with an injured right index finger. Chicago activated Tyrus Thomas and placed Viktor Khryapa on IL. New Orleans activated Hilton Armstrong and placed Tyson Chandler on IL with the flu. Phoenix activated Alando Tucker and placed Shaquille O'Neal on IL. Indiana activated Andre Owens and placed Jamaal Tinsley on IL. New York activated Nate Robinson and placed Quentin Richardson on IL with a sprained right ankle. Dal 107, Mil 96 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 10-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 23 points. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 36 points and 5 rebounds. Yi Jianlian (Mil, strained right shoulder) and Bobby Simmons (Mil, bruised left leg) did not play. Sea 105, Sac 92 at Sac Chris Wilcox (Sea) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Earl Watson (Sea) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 17 points and 5 assists. Ron Artest (Sac) had 20 points and 3 steals. Mikki Moore (Sac) had 10 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Sea shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Sac shot 36.7% (36-98) FG. Beno Udrih (Sac, ill) did not play. Por 100, Chi 97 at Por Brandon Roy (Por) had 28 points including 12-19 FG and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 17 points and 6 assists. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Thabo Sefolosha (Chi) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, bruised ribs) and Ben Gordon (Chi, sprained right wrist) did not play. NO 132, Pho 130 2OT at Pho David West (NO) had 21 points including 8-24 FG and 13 rebounds in 53 minutes. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 26 points on 12-19 FG and the game winning long jumper at the buzzer and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 42 points including 18-33 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 8 steals in 50 minutes. Jannero Pargo (NO) had 22 points. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 22 points on 11-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 26 points, 20 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 32 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 12 assists, and 10 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 22 points. Uta 118, Den 115 OT at Den Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 29 points including 11-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kyle Korver (Uta) had 27 points including 9-16 FG. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 29 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Allen Iverson (Den) had 34 points on 9-27 FG, 5-7 3-pointers, and 11-16 FT, 10 assists, and 3 steals in 52 minutes. Nene (Den, tumor surgery) did not play. Bos 111, LAC 100 at Bos Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 24 points including 10-13 FG, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Tony Allen (Bos) had 17 points. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 33 points including 11-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 16 points including 3-15 FG. Bos shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and LAC shot 41.1% (30-73) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos, abdominal strain) and Tim Thomas (LAC, sore lower back) did not play. Det 100, Mia 95 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 15 points including 3-10 FG and 10 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Ricky Davis (Mia) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Udonis Haslem (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Orl 100, NJ 84 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 19 points and 6 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 9-13 FT and 13 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 18 points. Atl 98, LAL 95 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 15 points and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 28 points and 5 assists. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. SA 85, Was 77 at Was Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Francisco Oberto (SA) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Manu Ginobli (SA) had 9 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Andray Blatche (Was) had 16 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA, bone spur left heel) and Caron Butler (Was, left hip flexor strain) did not play. Ind 103, NY 100 at NY Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 17 points including 5-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Kareem Rush (Ind) had 24 points including 10-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (NY) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Eddy Curry (NY) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 21 points including 5-17 FG and 7 assists.