News from February 6. Pau Gasol (LAL) is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. Golden State activated Jeremy Tyler and placed Andrew Bogut (sore ankle) on IL. Miami activated Jarvis Varnado and placed Chris Bosh (flu) on IL. Milwaukee activated Marquis Daniels and placed Larry Sanders (bruised back) on IL. Philadelphia placed Thaddeus Young (strained left hamstring) on IL. San Antonio activated Aron Baynes and placed Tim Duncan (sprained knee) on IL. Toronto activated Andrea Bargnani and placed Landry Fields (back spasms) on IL. Dal 105, Por 99 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 28 points including 11-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 27 points and 10 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Mia 114, Hou 108 at Mia Shane Battier (Mia) had 12 points on 4-6 3-pointers (his only attempts). LeBron James (Mia) had 32 points on 11-18 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points including 13-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Omer Asik (Hou) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 36 points on 10-16 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, 12-13 FT, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Carlos Delfino (Hou, strained right elbow) did not play. Uta 100, Mil 86 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 17 points. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 5 rebounds. Uta shot 48.1% (39-81) FG and Mil shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Gordon Hayward (Uta, sprained right shoulder) and Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil, sore right knee) did not play. Bro 93, Det 90 at Det Reggie Evans (Bro) had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 16 points including 5-15 FG. Greg Monroe (Det) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Will Bynum (Det) had 13 points and 7 assists. Jerry Stackhouse (Bro, stiff neck) did not play. Bos 99, Tor 95 at Tor Paul Pierce (Bos) had 12 points including 2-11 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Bos) had 15 points. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. OKC 119, GS 98 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 21 points. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points. Cle 122, Cha 95 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 22 points including 5-5 3-pointers. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. Byron Mullens (Cha) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 14 points and 5 turnovers. Cle shot 9-13 FT and Cha shot 15-25 FT. Was 106, NY 96 at Was Martell Webster (Was) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Was shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and NY shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. Bradley Beal (Was, sprained right wrist) did not play. LAC 86, Orl 76 at Orl DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 27 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 steals. Ryan Hollins (LAC) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points including 7-21 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC, strained left hamstring), Chris Paul (LAC, bruised right kneecap), Glen Davis (Orl, fractured left foot), J.J. Redick (Orl, sore right shoulder), and Hedo Turkoglu (Orl, flu like symptoms) did not play. SA 104, Min 94 at Min Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 31 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Danny Green (SA) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 8-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Derrick Williams (Min) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points including 11-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA, sore hamstring), Andrei Kirilenko (Min, strained right quad), and Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery) did not play. Atl 103, Mem 92 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 13 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 7 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points and 8 assists. Ind 88, Phi 69 at Phi Paul George (Ind) had 15 points including 4-13 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 18 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 15 points on 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 19 points including 7-22 FG, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Lavoy Allen (Phi) had 12 points and 6 assists. Ind shot 19-25 FT and Phi shot 5-7 FT. Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee syonvitis) did not play. NO 93, Pho 84 at NO Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 19 points including 8-9 FG, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 14 points. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, February 7 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Boston 7:00 pm TNT Chicago @ Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 8 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Washington 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Indiana 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Atlanta 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Detroit 6:30 pm Orlando @ Cleveland 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Miami 7:00 pm ESPN Golden State @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ Houston 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New York @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Chicago @ Utah 9:30 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