News from February 12. Washington signed Mustafa Shakur to a 2nd 10-day contract. Indiana activated Brandon Rush and placed T.J. Ford on IL. Houston activated Jordan Hill and placed Jared Jeffries on IL. Minnesota activated Luke Ridnour and placed Michael Beasley (sprained left ankle) on IL. Washington activated Hamady Ndiaye and placed Rashard Lewis (sore right knee) and Al Thornton (dislocated right middle finger) IL. New York activated Ronny Turiaf and placed Amare Stoudemire (sprained right big toe) on IL. Charlotte activated Sherron Collins and placed Derrick Brown on IL. Atlanta activated Al Horford and placed Jordan Crawford on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 29.0 Amare Stoudemire (NY) 26.2 LeBron James (Mia) 26.2 Rebounds Kevin Love (Min) 15.6 Dwight Howard (Orl) 13.9 Zach Randolph (Mem) 13.2 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 12.3 Steve Nash (Pho) 11.1 Chris Paul (NO) 9.7 Dal 106, Hou 102 at Hou Peja Stojakovic (Dal) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 26 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 17 points. SA 118, Was 94 at Was DeJuan Blair (SA) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. George Hill (SA) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Andray Blatche (Was) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Cartier Martin (Was) had 16 points. SA shot 58.4% (45-77) FG and Was shot 46.3% (38-82) FG. Tiago Splitter (SA, strained left hamstring) did not play. OKC 99, Sac 97 at Sac Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points on 13-22 FG and 8-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 5 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 30 points including 8-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. NY 105, NJ 95 at NJ Wilson Chandler (NY) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Raymond Felton (NY) had 13 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Toney Douglas (NY) had 19 points. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 22 points and 5 turnovers. Chi 97, NO 88 at NO Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points and 5 assists. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points and 6 assists. David West (NO) had 17 points. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chi shot 51.5% (35-68) FG and NO shot 40.6% (28-69) FG. Chi out-rebounded NO 47-26 including 6-2 offensive. Cha 88, Atl 86 at Atl Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers and the game winning jumper at the buzzer. Shaun Livingston (Cha) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Phi 107, Min 87 at Min Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points including 3-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 16 points. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points on 9-13 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 13 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Min) had 15 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Phi shot 51.3% (40-78) FG and Min shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. Darko Milicic (Min, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Ind 103, Mil 97 at Mil Danny Granger (Ind) had 30 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 10-13 FT. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Darren Collison (Ind) had 22 points including 9-11 FT. Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Keyon Dooling (Mil) had 13 points. Ind shot 30-41 FT and Mil shot 16-20 FT. All 8 home teams lost. Schedule for Sunday, February 13 (All times Central) Miami @ Boston 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ Orlando 2:30 pm ABC Washington @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Portland @ Detroit 5:00 pm LA Clippers @ Toronto 5:00 pm Denver @ Memphis 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 7:00 pm ESPN Schedule for Monday, February 14 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio @ New Jersey 6:00 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Portland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html