News from February 12. Houston signed Brandan Wright. Philadelphia signed Marco Belinelli. Phoenix signed Josh Gray to a 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago activated Zach LaVine and placed Antonio Blakeney on IL. Detroit activated Dwight Buycks and placed Kay Felder and Reggie Hearn on IL. Golden State placed Draymond Green (sprained left index finger) on IL. Phoenix activated Tyson Chandler and placed Danuel House, Alec Peters, and Tyler Ulis (lower back) on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (sore right knee) on IL. GS 129, Pho 83 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 17 points on 8-9 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Omri Casspi (GS) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 14 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Pho) had 29 points including 11-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. GS shot 58.4% (52-89) FG and Pho shot 34.7% (33-95) FG. Uta 101, SA 99 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points including 7-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 25 points including 9-28 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 staels. Kyle Anderson (SA) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chi 105, Orl 101 at Chi Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 21 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Evan Fournir (Orl) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 5 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl, strained left hip flexor) did not play. LAC 114, Bro 101 at Bro DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 17 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 17 points. Lou Williams (LAC) had 20 points. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 16 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. LAC shot 56.5% (48-85) FG and Bro shot 46.1% (41-89) FG. Phi 108, NY 92 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 18 points. T.J. McConnell (Phi) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 steals. Michael Beasley (NY) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Phi shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and NY shot 39.7% (31-78) FG. NO 118, Det 103 at Det Anthony Davis (NO) had 38 points including 14-24 FG and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 21 points and 12 assists. Nikola Mirotkic (NO) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 12 rebunds. Blake Griffin (Det) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 21 rbounds including 8 offensive. Ish Smith (Det) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. NO shot 16-16 FT and Det shot 24-32 FT. Schedule for Tuesday, February 13 (All times Central) Miami at Toronto 6:00 pm Atlanta at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Houston at Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Sacramento at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, February 14 (All times Central) Atlanta at Detroit 6:00 pm Charlotte at Orlando 6:00 pm Miami at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Washington at New York 6:30 pm LA Clippers at Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Toronto at Chicago 7:00 pm Sacramento at Houston 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Memphis 7:00 pm LA Lakers at New Orleans 7:00 pm Phoenix at Utah 8:00 pm Golden State at Portland 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