News from February 22. Monte Ellis (GS) is expected to be out a week resting his sore left ankle. Chicago placed Jerome James on IL. Boston activated Brian Scalabrine. Miami activated Mark Blount and placed James Jones on IL. The LA Clippers activated Mike Taylor and placed Brian Skinner on IL. Minnesota placed Shelden Williams on IL. Cleveland activated Delonte West and placed Trey Johnson on IL. Bos 128, Pho 108 at Pho Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points including 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 32 points including 13-18 FG, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ray Allen (Bos) had 31 points including 10-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 21 points. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points and 11 assists. Bos shot 63% (46-73) FG and Pho shot 50% (42-84) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos, strained right knee) did not play. Ind 98, Chi 91 at Ind Troy Murphy (Ind) had 27 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 19 points including 8-21 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 28 points including 12-20 FG. LAL 111, Min 108 at Min Lamar Odom (LAL) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 14 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points on 9-13 FG and 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 20 points and 5 assists. Tor 111, NY 100 at Tor Shawn Marion (Tor) had 16 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Andrea Bargnani (tor) had 28 points including 9-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 31 points including 13-21 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Mil 120, Den 117 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 17 points. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 36 points including 7-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 27 points including 13-15 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 33 points including 13-16 FT and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Orl 122, Mia 99 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 32 points on 11-14 FG and 10-15 FT and 17 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 50 points on 17-30 FT and 14-15 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 14 points. Orl shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Mia shot 41.6% (37-89) FG. Orl out-rebounded Mia 53-28 including 10-7 offensive. Mickael Pietrus (Orl, sprained right wrist) did not play. Cle 99, Det 78 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 14 points and 5 assists. Walter Herrmann (Det) had 13 points on 5-15 FG. Hou 99, Cha 78 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Ron Artest (Hou) had 26 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Hou shot 50% (36-72) FG and Cha shot 36% (22-75) FG. Carl Landry (Hou, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 116, LAC 87 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points including 13-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Steve Blake (Por) had 6 points on 2-7 FG and 17 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 15 points on 4-4 FG and 7-13 FT and 12 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 21 points. Por shot 52.2% (48-92) FG and LAC shot 36.7% (29-79) FG. Por shot 10-16 FT and LAC shot 21-31 FT. Zach Randolph (LAC, suspended) and Al Thornton (LAC, sore right foot) did not play. Schedule for Monday, February 23 (All times Central) Philadelphia @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Indiana @ New York 6:30 pm Boston @ Denver 8:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Utah 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Golden State @ 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