News from February 24. Boston signed Mikki Moore. New York reached a buyout agreement with Stephon Marbury and released him. Tracy McGrady (Hou) underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee and is out for 6 to 12 months. Dallas activated Gerald Green and placed Jerry Stackhouse (sore foot) on IL. Cleveland activated Trey Johnson and placed Delonte West (sore right wrist) on IL. SA 93, Dal 76 at SA Michael Finley (SA) had 16 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kurt Thomas (SA) had 10 points on 5-7 FG, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 37 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points on 5-17 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. James Singleton (Dal) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tim Duncan (SA, sore right knee) did not play. Chi 120, Orl 102 at Chi Derrick Rose (Chi) had 22 points and 5 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Tim Thomas (Chi) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 16 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 26 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Hou 98, Por 94 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ron Artest (Hou) had 21 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tor 118, Min 110 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Randy Foye (Min) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Marcus Banks (Tor, back spasms) did not play. Cle 94, Mem 79 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 18 points and 6 assists. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 19 points. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 13 points. Mike Conley (Mem) had 12 points and 7 assists. Cle shot 24-29 FT and Mem shot 6-11 FT. Mia 103, Det 91 at Mia Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points, 7 rebounds, 16 assists, and 6 turnovers. Brian Cook (Mia) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Allen Iverson (Det) had 22 points. LAL 107, OKC 93 at OKC Luke Walton (LAL) had 11 points on 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 36 points on 13-21 FG and 10-13 FT and 5 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Kyle Weaver (OKC) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers. LAL shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and OKC shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Pho 112, Cha 102 at Pho Jason Richardson (Pho) had 20 points. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 27 points including 10-12 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Raja Bell (Cha) had 23 points including 9-14 FG. Schedule for Wednesday, February 25 (All times Central) Memphis @ Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Washington 6:00 pm Chicago @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Detroit @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Dallas 7:30 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Atlanta @ Denver 8:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Boston @ 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