News from February 4. The NBA announced the contestants for the 3-Point Shooting contest to take place February 14 in Phoenix. The contestants are: Mike Bibby (Atl) Jason Kapono (Tor) Daequan Cook (Mia) Rashard Lewis (Orl) Danny Granger (Ind) Roger Mason (SA) Dallas activated Gerald Green and placed Devean George (birth of a child) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Joe Smith and placed Mouhamed Sene on IL. Minnesota activated Calvin Booth and placed Craig Smith (bruised ribs) on IL. Memphis activated Darko Milicic and placed Kyle Lowry on IL. Detroit activated Walter Sharpe and placed Walter Herrmann on IL. Orlando activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Jameer Nelson (dislocated right shoulder) on IL. Dal 104, Por 99 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 23 points on 11-17 FG. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 19 points including 9-11 FG. Jason Terry (Dal) had 20 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brandon Roy (Por) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. GS 124, Pho 112 at GS Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 27 points including 10-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 20 points. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 17 points including 8-9 FG and 12 rebounds. Den 114, OKC 113 at OKC Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 32 points including the game winning runner with 5.3 seconds left and 11 assists. Nene (Den) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 22 points including 4-4 3-pointers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 31 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jeff Green (OKC) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 107, NO 93 at NO Derrick Rose (Chi) had 21 points including 10-14 FG and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 19 points and 7 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 15 points including 5-7 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 24 points including 10-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Chi shot 56.2% (41-73) FG and NO shot 36.2% (29-80) FG. Chris Paul (NO, strained right groin) did not play. Atl 94, Min 86 at Min Marvin Williams (Atl) had 23 points including 11-14 FT and 10 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 9 offensive. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Atl shot 50% (33-66) FG and Min shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. Mem 104, Hou 93 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 32 points including 13-22 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mem shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and Hou shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Aaron Brooks (Hou, flu) did not play. Cle 107, NY 102 at NY LeBron James (Cle) had 52 points on 17-33 FG and 16-19 FT, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 39 points including 16-24 FG and 13 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Sasha Pavlovic (Cle, flu), Lorezen Wright (Cle, flu), Jerome James (NY, torn right Achilles) did not play. Det 93, Mia 90 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 8 points and 17 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points including 10-31 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Shawn Marion (Mia) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Det shot 49.3% (35-71) FG and Mia shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. NJ 115, Was 88 at Was Ryan Anderson (NJ) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points and 5 assists. Devin Harris (NJ) had 26 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 21 points. Oleksiy Pecherov (Was) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. NJ shot 61.3% (46-75) FG and Was shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Bobby Simmons (NJ, strained lower abdominal), Andray Blatche (Was, strained left knee), Caron Butler (Was, flu), Juan Dixon (Was, bruised right elbow), and DeShawn Stevenson (Was, lower back pain) did not play. LAL 115, Tor 107 at Tor Pau Gasol (LAL) had 31 points including 12-17 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 36 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Joey Graham (Tor) had 24 points including 11-19 FG. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jose Calderon (Tor, sore right hamstring) did not play. Orl 125, LAC 96 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 15 rebounds. Anthony Johnson (Orl) had 25 points including 9-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Courtney Lee (Orl) had 21 points on 9-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Al Thornton (LAC) had 27 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 12 points including 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Orl shot 56.6% (47-83) FG and LAC shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Schedule for Thursday, February 5 (All times Central) Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Boston 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ 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