News from February 17. TRADE: New Orleans traded Tyson Chandler and the rights to Devon Hardin to Oklahoma City for Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox. None of the traded players played in Tuesday's game. TRADE: Boston traded Sam Cassell and cash to Sacramento for a conditional 2015 2nd round draft pick. Atlanta assigned Othello Hunter to the NBADL. Atlanta activated Thomas Gardner and placed Flip Murray on IL. The LA Lakers activated Adam Morrison and placed Sun Yue on IL. Memphis activated Kyle Lowry and placed Hamed Haddaddi on IL. Utah activated Brevin Knight and Andrei Kirilenko and placed Mehmet Okur and Morris Almond on IL. Phoenix placed Courtney Sims on IL. The LA Clippers activated Mardy Collins and placed Marcus Camby (ear infection) on IL. New Jersey activated Yi Jianlian and placed Maurice Ager on IL. San Antonio activated Jacque Vaughn and placed Manu Ginobili (sore right ankle) on IL. Minnesota activated Craig Smith and Mark Madsen and placed Kevin Ollie and Al Jefferson (torn right ACL, out for season) on IL. Charlotte activated Gerald Wallace and Raja Bell and placed Sean May and Sean Singletary on IL. Indiana activated Marquis Daniels and placed Mike Dunleavy (sore right knee) on IL. LAL 96, Atl 83 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points, 20 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 14 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 13 points. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists. LAL shot 5-10 FT and Atl shot 19-28 FT. NY 112, SA 107 OT at NY David Lee (NY) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Duhon (NY) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 8 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) had 32 points including 13-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 26 points including 10-13 FT, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Roger Mason (SA) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Jerome James (NY, torn right Achilles) did not play. Pho 140, LAC 100 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 20 points on 10-13 FG. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Ricky Davis (LAC) had 10 points including 3-9 FG. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 24 points. Pho shot 62.2% (56-90) FG and LAC shot 43.4% (36-83) FG. Pho out-rebounded LAC 58-21 including 15-3 offensive. Jason Richardson (Pho, suspended) and Brian Skinner (LAC, sore right Achilles) did not play. Uta 117, Mem 99 at Uta C.J. Miles (Uta) had 24 points including 9-15 FG. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Deron Williams (Uta) had 20 points and 15 assists. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 18 points. Hou 114, NJ 88 at Hou Shane Battier (Hou) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds. Von Wafer (Hou) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 30 points. Hou out-rebounded NJ 56-30 including 16-2 offensive. Tracy McGrady (Hou, sore left knee) did not play. Orl 107, Cha 102 OT at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 13 points including 3-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 45 points on 16-23 FG and 13-18 FT, 19 rebounds including 8 offensive, 8 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. NO 100, OKC 98 at OKC David West (NO) had 37 points on 13-20 FG and 11-12 Ft and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points including the game winning layup with 2.7 seconds left, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Rasual Butler (NO) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 47 points on 16-27 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and 11-13 FT. Jeff Green (OKC) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Mil 92, Det 86 at Det Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 29 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Malik Allen (Mil) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 24 points including 11-15 FG and 14 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points. Ind 100, Phi 91 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 7 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ind shot 49.4% (41-83) FG and Phi shot 38.5% (35-91) FG. Jeff Foster (Ind, bad back) did not play. Was 111, Min 103 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 29 points on 10-17 FG and 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Caron Butler (Was) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Andray Blatche (Was) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Miller (Min) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Randy Foye (Min) had 23 points. Was shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Min shot 40.7% (35-86) FG. DeShawn Stevenson (Was, lower back pain) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, February 18 (All times Central) Indiana @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm Denver @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Miami 6:30 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Orlando @ New Orleans 7:00 pm ESPN New Jersey @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Portland 9:00 pm Atlanta @ Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Lakers @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Phoenix @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html