News from February 12.

TRADE: Portland traded Mason Plumlee and a future 2nd round draft pick to
Denver for Jusuf Nurkic and a 2017 1st round draft pick.

San Antonio signed Joel Anthony for the rest of the season after he
finished his 2nd 10-day contract.

Detroit activated Delon Wright and placed Patrick Patterson on IL.

New York activated Lance Thomas and placed Maurice Ndour on IL.

San Antonio activated Dejounte Murry and placed Jonathan Simmons on IL.


Min 117, Chi 89  at Min
Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points and 6 rebounds.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds.
Ricky Rubio (Min) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists.
Doug McDermott (Chi) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers.
Bobby Portis (Chi) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Min shot 23-26 FT and Chi shot 9-13 FT.
Jimmy Butler (Chi, right heal), Nikola Mirotic (Chi, back spasms), and
Dwyane Wade (Chi, right wrist) did not play.

NY 94, SA 90  at NY
Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points and 7 rebounds.
Derrick Rose (NY) had 18 points.
Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 36 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 9
rebounds, and 4 steals.
LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 15 points including 5-16 FG and 10 rebounds
including 6 offensive.
NY shot 50% (34-68) FG and SA shot 36.3% (33-91) FG.

Det 102, Tor 101  at Tor
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 2-12
3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 13.2 seconds left.
Andre Drummond (Det) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 18 rebounds
including 8 offensive.
Tobias Harris (Det) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds.
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points and 7 rebounds.
Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points and 9 rebounds.

Sac 105, NO 99  at Sac
DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 14-16 FT, 14 rebounds, 7
assists, and 7 turnovers.
Darren Collison (Sac) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals.
Matt Barnes (Sac) had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
Anthony Davis (NO) had 32 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals.


Schedule for Monday, February 13  (All times Central)
  Oklahoma City @ Washington      6:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Charlotte        6:00 pm
  Memphis @ Brooklyn              6:30 pm
  Orlando @ Miami                 6:30 pm
  Detroit @ Milwaukee             7:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Indiana           7:00 pm  TNT
  Boston @ Dallas                 7:30 pm
  Golden State @ Denver           8:00 pm
  LA Clippers @ Utah              8:00 pm
  New Orleans @ Phoenix           8:00 pm
  Atlanta @ Portland              9:30 pm  TNT

Schedule for Tuesday, February 14  (All times Central)
  Toronto @ Chicago               7:00 pm
  Cleveland @ Minnesota           7:00 pm  NBATV
  Sacramento @ LA Lakers          9:30 pm  NBATV


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