News from February 18. The NBA suspended Zach Randolph (LAC) for 2 games for hitting Louis Amundson (Pho) in the face during Tuesday's LAC-Pho game. TRADE CANCELLED: Oklahoma City rescinded the trade with New Orleans of Tyson Chandler for Chris Wilcox, Joe Smith, and the rights to Devon Hardin as Chandler failed his physical [thus the players return to their original teams]. TRADE: Chicago traded Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons, and Michael Ruffin to Sacramento for Brad Miller and John Salmons. TRADE: Portland traded Ike Diogu and cash to Sacramento for Michael Ruffin. TRADE: The LA Lakers traded Chris Mihm to Memphis for a conditional 2013 2nd round draft pick. [None of the traded or non-traded players played in Wednesday's games.] The trade deadline is today (Thursday) at 2 pm Central. Sacramento released Quincy Douby and Sam Cassell. Al Jefferson (Min) underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn ACL. He is out for the season. Tony Allen (Bos) underwent surgery on his left thumb to repair torn ligaments. He is expected to be out 8 weeks. Tracy McGrady (Hou) plans on undergo season ending microfracture surgery on his left knee. Charlotte signed Cartier Martin for the rest of the season. Cleveland elected not to sign Trey Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Golden State activated Marco Belinelli and placed Kelenna Azubuike on IL. Sacramento activated Mikki Moore. Portland activated Steve Blake. Miami placed Mark Blount on IL. Cleveland activated Tarence Kinsey and placed Sasha Pavlovic (sprained right ankle) on IL. Dal 113, NJ 98 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 24 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Antoine Wright (Dal) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 23 points including 7-10 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points on 5-18 FG, 0-6 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 7 assists. Dal out-scored NJ 40-15 in the 3rd quarter. Cle 93, Tor 76 at Tor LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 22 points on 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Shawn Marion (Tor) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joey Graham (Tor) had 15 points. Ben Wallace (Cle, right forearm laceration), Chris Bosh (Tor, sprained right knee), and Will Solomon (Tor, sprained left thumb) did not play. NO 117, Orl 85 at NO David West (NO) had 14 points. Rasual Butler (NO) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 36 points including 14-22 FG, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 17 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 12 points including 8-15 FT and 8 rebounds. NO shot 58.2% (46-79) FG and Orl shot 37.1% (26-70) FG. Den 101, Phi 89 at Phi Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 26 points including 6-11 FT, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nene (Den) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 22 points and 5 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andre Miller (Phi) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Den shot 48.7% (37-76) FG and Phi shot 32.6% (28-86) FG. Chi 113, Mil 104 at Mil Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 31 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, and 4 steals. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 32 points including 15-16 FT and 6 rebounds. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Min 111, Mia 104 at Mia Ryan Gomes (Min) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 30 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 37 points including 12-13 FT and 12 assists. Min out-rebounded Mia 49-24 including 11-3 offensive. Cha 103, Ind 94 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points on 5-17 FG and 15-17 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 16 points. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 18 points and 16 assists. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeff Foster (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Pho 142, LAC 119 at LAC Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 42 points on 15-20 FG and 12-13 FT and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points and 12 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Thornton (LAC) had 33 points. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Fred Jones (LAC) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 58.9% (56-95) FG and LAC shot 47.7% (42-88) FG. Brian Skinner (LAC, sore right Achilles) and Zach Randolph (LAC, suspended) did not play. LAL 129, GS 121 at GS Lamar Odom (LAL) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 10-12 FT, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 23 points. Corey Maggette (GS) had 24 points including 10-16 FG. Atl 105, Sac 100 at Sac Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 32 points including 14-17 FT and 11 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Bobby Brown (Sac, sore left knee) did not play. Por 94, Mem 90 at Por Brandon Roy (Por) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 6 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 19 points. Greg Oden (Por, sore left knee) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, February 19 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Detroit 7:00 pm TNT Boston @ Utah 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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