News from February 20. Utah owner Larry Miller died at age 64 due to complications of type 2 diabetes. He had been the owner of the Jazz since 1985. Kevin Garnett (Bos) is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks with a strained knee. Cleveland signed Trey Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Milwaukee signed Eddie Gill to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Gerald Green on IL. Houston placed Tracy McGrady (knee surgery, out for season) on IL. New Orleans placed Tyson Chandler (injured left ankle) on IL. The LA Lakers activated D.J. Mbenga. Atlanta activated Flip Murray and placed Thomas Gardner on IL and assigned him to the NBADL. Portland placed Greg Oden (bone chip left knee) on IL. Oklahoma City placed Malik Rose on IL. Phoenix activated Courtney Sims and placed Amare Stoudemire on IL. Stoudemire underwent surgery on his right eye to repair a partially detached retina. He is expected to be out 8 weeks, but may be out through the playoffs. Milwaukee activated Luke Ridnour and placed Damon Jones on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Jarvis Hayes on IL. Hayes is expected to be out a week with partially torn ligaments in his left thumb. Indiana activated Josh McRoberts and placed Danny Granger (partial tendon tear sole right foot) on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Ollie. Hou 93, Dal 86 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 21 points. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Carl Landry (Hou, sprained right ankle) did not play. LAL 115, NO 111 OT at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 39 points on 13-30 FG and 12-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Luke Walton (LAL) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Rasual Butler (NO) had 31 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 16 assists, and 4 steals. LAL shot 32-38 FT and NO shot 15-19 FT. Por 108, Atl 98 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Brandon Roy (Por) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 19 points. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points including 7-22 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 27 points including 10-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Chi 116, Den 99 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 22 points including 10-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 37 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 19 points. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 25 points including 9-16 FG and 6 assists. Pho 140, OKC 118 at Pho Jason Richardson (Pho) had 34 points including 14-20 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 41 points including 16-21 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Pho shot 58.2% (53-91) FG and OKC shot 45.8% (44-96) FG. Cle 111, Mil 103 at Mil LeBron James (Cle) had 55 points on 16-29 FG, 8-11 3-pointers, and 15-22 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 17 points. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 26 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ind 112, Min 105 at Min Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 24 points including 11-18 FG. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 18 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 26 points. Mike Miller (Min) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Randy Foye (Min) had 36 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jeff Foster (Ind, sprained right ankle) did not play. Was 107, NJ 96 at NJ Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points including 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Mike James (Was) had 19 points. Caron Butler (Was) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 26 points including 10-13 FT and 10 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 7 assists. DeShawn Stevenson (Was, lower back pain) did not play. Orl 92, Cha 80 at Cha Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 18 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 13 points, 16 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 16 points including 6-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. NY 127, Tor 97 at NY Al Harrington (NY) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Davis Lee (NY) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 15 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 32 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Joey Graham (Tor) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Sac 115, Mem 106 at Mem Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points including 5-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 18 points and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 33 points including 15-15 FT and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points on 7-24 FG and 8-12 FT and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 24 points including 10-10 FT, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Saturday, February 21 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ Miami 2:30 pm San Antonio @ Washington 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Dallas 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Oklahoma City @ Golden State 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