News from February 17. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Washington traded away Antawn Jamison and Drew Gooden and received Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Al Thornton, Cleveland's 2010 1st round draft pick, and the rights to Emir Preldzic (Cleveland 2009 2nd round pick); Cleveland traded away Zydrunas Ilgauskas, a 2010 1st round draft pick, and the rights to Emir Preldzic and received Antawn Jamison and Sebastian Telfair; and the LA Clippers traded away Al Thornton and Sebastian Telfair and received Drew Gooden. TRADE: New York traded Darko Milicic and cash to Minnesota for Brian Cardinal. New Orleans elected not to sign Jason Hart to a 2nd 10-day contract. Erick Dampier (Dal) underwent surgery on his right middle finger to repair an open dislocation (bone broke the skin) and is out indefinitely. Detroit president Tom Wilson resigned and Alan Ostfield was named as his replacement. Atlanta activated Zaza Pachulia and placed Randolph Morris on IL. Sacramento activated Sergio Rodriguez and placed Sean May on IL. Minnesota activated Oleksiy Pecherov and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. Toronto activated Hedo Turkoglu and placed Marcus Banks on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed Ian Mahinmi on IL. Dal 107, Pho 97 at Dal Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 7 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 30 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Erick Dampier (Dal, dislocated right middle finger) did not play. Uta 98, NO 90 at NO Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 24 points including 11-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Darren Collison (NO) had 24 points and 9 assists. Uta shot 54.3% (38-70) FG and NO shot 38.6% (34-88) FG. SA 90, Ind 87 at Ind Tim Duncan (SA) had 8 points on 4-23 FG, 26 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 28 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Orl 116, Det 91 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 33 points on 11-16 FG and 11-13 FT, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points and 9 assists. Vince Carter (Orl) had 20 points. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 36 points including 12-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Mem 109, Tor 102 OT at Tor Rudy Gay (Mem) had 29 points on 10-17 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 32 points including 10-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mia 87, NJ 84 at NJ Quentin Richardson (Mia) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 11 points including 3-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 26 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points and 6 assists. Chi 115, NY 109 at NY Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 14 points, 16 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 3 blocks. Brad Miller (Chi) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 27 points and 6 assists. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 19 points including 5-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 23 points including 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Chi shot 26-33 FT and NY shot 13-16 FT. Nate Robinson (NY, flu like symptoms) did not play. Hou 127, Mil 99 at Mil Shane Battier (Hou) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 22 points on 8-11 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Carl Landry (Hou) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Hou shot 58.3% (42-72) FG and Mil shot 40.4% (38-94) FG. Was 108, Min 99 at Was Mike Miller (Was) had 17 points including 5-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Andray Blatche (Was) had 33 points including 14-22 FG and 13 rebounds. JaVale McGee (Was) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 0-5 FT, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Atl 110, LAC 92 at LAC Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 31 points including 12-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 18 points. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 21 points including 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 18 points and 5 assists. Baron Davis (LAC, sore lower back) did not play. GS 130, Sac 98 at GS C.J. Watson (GS) had 40 points including 16-23 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Monta Ellis (GS, sprained left knee) and Anthony Randolph (GS, sprained left ankle) did not play. 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