News from February 19. Ronnie Brewer (Mem) suffered a partially torn right hamstring during Friday's Mem-Mia game. Houston assigned Jermaine Taylor to the NBADL. Boston placed Nate Robinson (flu) and Marcus Landry on IL. Utah activated Kosta Koufos. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Chris Bosh (sprained left ankle) on IL. Chicago placed Lindsey Hunter on IL. Minnesota placed Nathan Jawai and Darko Milicic on IL. Jawai was assigned to the NBADL. Miami activated Yakhouba Diawara and Mario Chalmers and placed Dwyane Wade (strained left calf) and Rafer Alston (right hand injury) on IL. Memphis placed Lester Hudson on IL. Milwaukee placed Primoz Brezec and Royal Ivey on IL. Washington placed Zydrunas Ilgauskas on IL. San Antonio activated Ian Mahinmi. Philadelphia placed Francisco Elson (hernia surgery) on IL. Charlotte placed DeSagana Diop (sprained right MCL) on IL. Cleveland activated Darnell Jackson and placed Danny Green on IL. Dal 95, Orl 85 at Orl Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Brendan Haywood (Dal) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 29 points on 11-19 FG and 7-10 FT, 16 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 16 points and 6 assists. Dal out-scored Orl 30-16 in the 4th quarter. Erick Dampier (Dal, right middle finger surgery) did not play. Phi 106, SA 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Elton Brand (Phi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. George Hill (SA) had 18 points and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 24 points. Willie Green (Phi, left shoulder injury) did not play. Cha 110, Cle 93 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Stepehn Jackson (Cha) had 29 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Cha shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Cle shot 39% (32-82) FG. Tyson Chandler (Cha, sore left foot and ankle) did not play. Was 107, Den 97 at Was Andray Blatche (Was) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Josh Howard (Was) had 20 points including 8-11 FG. Al Thornton (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points on 7-20 FG and 9-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 28 points including 9-15 FG. Was out-scored Den 34-15 in the 4th quarter. Chris Andersen (Den, lower back strain) did not play. Mia 100, Mem 87 2OT at Mem Michael Beasley (Mia) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem( had 16 points including 7-20 FG and 19 rebounds in 50 minutes. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 51 minutes. Mia out-scored Mem 15-2 in the 2nd overtime. Bos 96, Por 76 at Por Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ray Allen (Bos) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 5 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 10 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 16 points including 8-10 FT. Bos shot 53.4% (39-73) FG and Por shot 33.8% (22-65) FG. Mil 91, Det 85 at Det Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 19 points and 3 steals. John Salmons (Mil) had 19 points. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 29 points including 10-10 FT. Mil shot 38.3% (31-81) FG and Det shot 48.5% (33-68) FG. Tor 106, NJ 89 at NJ Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rasho Nesterovic (Tor) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Tor shot 59.7% (43-72) FG and NJ shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Pho 88, Atl 80 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Robin Lopez (Pho) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. NO 107, Ind 101 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. David West (NO) had 29 points including 13-15 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (NO) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 29 points and 6 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. NO shot 22-32 FT and Ind shot 13-15 FT. NO out-rebounded Ind 56-35 including 15-6 offensive. Darius Songaila (NO, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 100, Min 94 at Min Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points on 5-17 FG and 8-14 FT. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Krik Hinrich (Chi) had 20 points and 5 assists. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Corey Brewer (Min) had 19 points. Uta 100, GS 89 at GS Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 22 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 steals. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 30 points and 16 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 10 turnovers. C.J. Watson (GS) had 22 points including 10-10 FT and 3 steals. Mehmet Okur (Uta, birth of child) and Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 20 (All times Central) Washington @ Toronto 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ New York 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm Miami @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Indiana @ Houston 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 21 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Orlando 12:00 pm ABC Boston @ Denver 2:30 pm ABC San Antonio @ Detroit 5:00 pm Memphis @ New Jersey 5:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 6:00 pm Houston @ New Orleans 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Golden State 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Utah @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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