News from February 22. [One other trade from Thursday] TRADE: Phoenix traded Sebastian Telfair to Toronto for Hamed Haddadi and a 2014 2nd round draft pick. Portland released Ronnie Price. Atlanta activated Johan Petro and placed Jeremy Tyler on IL. Brooklyn activated Tornike Shengelia and placed Joe Johnson (plantar fasciitis left foot) on IL. Golden State placed Andrew Bogut (back spasms) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kendrick Perkins and placed Ronnie Brewer on IL. Phoenix activated Diante Garrett and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Portland activated Wesley Matthews and placed Eric Maynor on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and placed Aron Baynes on IL. Dal 104, NO 100 at NO Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Elton Brand (Dal) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 22 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 23 points including 1-6 3-pointers. Jason Smith (NO) had 22 points including 9-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds. GS 107, SA 101 OT at GS David Lee (GS) had 25 points and 22 rebounds including 5 offensive. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 30 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points including 7-10 FT, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Danny Green (SA) had 20 points. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (SA) did not play. LAL 111, Por 107 at LAL Dwight Howard (LAL) had 19 points including 5-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 40 points including 15-23 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (LAL) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points and 7 assists. LAL shot 25-34 FT and Por shot 7-12 FT. Was 119, Den 113 at Was Emeka Okafor (Was) had 17 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 14 points, 10 assists, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Bradley Beal (Was) had 17 points including 9-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 27 points including 11-12 FT and 12 assists. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 22 points. Andre Miller (Den) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 3 steals. Ind 114, Det 82 at Ind David West (Ind) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points and 6 assists. Orlando Johnson (Ind) had 14 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Will Bynum (Det) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. Sasha Kravtsov (Det) had 14 points on 6-7 FG and 2-10 FT and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Knight (Det, hyperextended right knee) did not play. Hou 106, Bro 96 at Bro Carlos Delfino (Hou) had 22 points including 6-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Omer Asik (Hou) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 27 points including 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 13 assists. Jerry Stackhouse (Bro, ill) did not play. Atl 122, Sac 108 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points including 11-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 20 points, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 26 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 30 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Atl shot 53.3% (49-92) FG and Sac shot 43.2% (38-88) FG. OKC 127, Min 111 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 37 points including 13-22 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Alexey Shved (Min) had 17 points. Dante Cunningham (Min) had 15 points including 7-9 FG. Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery) did not play. Chi 105, Cha 75 at Cha Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 10 points including 2-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 27 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chi shot 50.6% (42-83) FG and Cha shot 33.3% (25-75) FG. Mem 88, Orl 82 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 19 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mem shot 17-29 FT and Orl shot 7-9 FT. Jameer Nelson (Orl, strained left patellar tendon) and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, suspended) did not play. Tor 100, NY 98 at Tor Rudy Gay (Tor) had 32 points including 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 15 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 18 points and 6 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 32 points including 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points. Terrence Ross (Tor, stomach flu) did not play. Bos 113, Pho 88 at Pho Jeff Green (Bos) had 31 points including 11-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 13 points and 4 steals. Chris Wilcox (Bos) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bos shot 55.7% (44-79) FG and Pho shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 23 (All times Central) Houston @ Washington 6:00 pm Denver @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV Miami @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Indiana @ Detroit 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Utah @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 24 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Dallas 12:00 pm ABC Memphis @ Brooklyn 2:30 pm Golden State @ Minnesota 2:30 pm Cleveland @ Miami 5:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:00 pm ESPN San Antonio @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Boston @ Portland 8:00 pm Chicago @ Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN ---- 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