News from February 9. Cleveland signed Derrick Williams to a 10-day contract. Memphis signed Toney Douglas to a 2nd 10-day contract. Jabari Parker (Mil) suffered and torn left ACL and he is expected to be out about a year. Boson placed Jae Crowder (personal reasons) on IL. Charlotte activated Cody Zeller and placed Ramon Sessions and Mike Tobey on IL. Sessions underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn lateral meniscus and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Dal 112, Uta 105 OT at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 31 points including 12-20 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 36 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Deron Williams (Dal, sprained left big toe) and George Hill (Uta, sore left big toe) did not play. Bos 120, Por 111 at Por Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 34 points including 2-11 3-pointers and 10-11 FT. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 20 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Evan Turner (Por, broken right hand) did not play. OKC 118, Cle 109 at OKC Steven Adams (OKC) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds including 9 offensive. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 29 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 28 points including 11-14 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. OKC shot 10-13 FT and Cle shot 23-30 FT. Phi 112, Orl 111 at Orl Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 16 points including 4-16 FG and 1-8 3-pointers. Dario Saric (Phi) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. T.J. McConnell (Phi) had 8 points including the game winning short jumper with 5.8 seconds left, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 21 points including 10-13 FG and 11 rebounds. LeBron James (Orl) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Joel Embiid (Phi, rest), Richaun Holmes (Phi, upper respiratory infection), Aaron Gordon (Orl, bone bruise right foot), and C.J. Wilcox (Orl, left Achilles tendinitis) did not play. Hou 107, Cha 95 at Cha James Harden (Hou) had 30 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, and 9 turnovers. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 17 points and 3 steals. Montrezl Harrell (Hou) had 15 points including 7-10 FG. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou, lower back soreness), K.J. McDaniels (Hou, birth of child), and Nene (Hou, rest) did not play. Schedule for Friday, February 10 (All times Central) Miami @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Denver @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Detroit 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State @ Memphis 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Indiana @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Chicago @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, February 11 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Charlotte 4:00 pm Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Denver @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Golden State @ Oklahoma City 7:30 pm ABC Phoenix @ Houston 8:00 pm Orlando @ Dallas 8:00 pm Boston @ Utah 9:00 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