News from February 14. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) was named to replace the injured Lonzo Ball (LAL) in the Rookie-Sophomore game. Houston signed Joe Johnson and released Troy Williams. New Orleans signed Emeka Okafor to a 2nd 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Andrew White and placed Ersan Ilyasova (sprained right shoulder) on IL. Chicago activated Kris Dunn and placed Omer Asik on IL. Golden State activated Draymond Green and placed Patrick McCaw on IL. McCaw is expected to be out at least 4 weeks with a broken bone in his right wrist. Memphis activated Chandler Parsons and placed Wayne Seldon (sore right knee) on IL. Philadelphia placed Jutin Anderson (sprained right ankle) on IL. Phoenix activated Devin Booker and Tyler Ulis. Washington activated Devin Robinson and placed Tim Frazier (nasal fracture surgery) and Jason Smith (ill) on IL. Por 123, GS 117 at Por Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 17 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 29 points and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 44 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 12-12 FT and 8 assists. Kevin Durant (GS) had 50 points on 17-27 FG, 6-14 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 assist. Draymond Green (GS) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Det 104, Atl 98 at Det Blake Griffin (Det) had 13 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 13 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ish Smith (Det) had 22 points and 9 assists. Andrew White (Atl) had 15 points. Isaiah Taylor (Atl) had 13 points and 7 assists. Kent Bazemore (Atl, rest) and Dennis Schroder (Atl, lower back tightness) did no play. Cha 104, Orl 102 at Orl Dwight Howard (Cha) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 20 points including 6-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Orl) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl, left hip flexor strain) did not play. Phi 104, Mia 102 at Phi Dario Saric (Phi) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Marco Belinelli (Phi) had 17 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. James Johnson (Mia) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 5 assists. Phi out-rebounded Mia 60-29 including 23-3 offensive. Joel Embiid (Phi, sore right ankle) and Kelly Olynyk (Mia, strained left shoulder) did not play. Ind 108, Bro 103 at Bro Myles Turner (Ind) had 11 points including 2-8 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 25 points including 9-24 FG and 3 steals. Cory Joseph (Ind) had 15 points and 11 rebonds. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 24 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 18 points and 9 assists. Jahlil Okafor (Bro, left calf tightness) did not play. Was 118, NY 113 at NY Otto Porter (Was) had 22 points including 10-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 36 points including 14-22 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Ian Mahinmi (Was) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 37 points including 14-24 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. LAC 129, Bos 119 at Bos Tobias Harris (LAC) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Danilo Gallinari (LAC) had 20 points on 4-11 FG and 10-10 FT and 9 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 30 points including 11-14 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. Lou Williams (LAC) had 19 points including 6-18 FG and 6 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 20 points. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 33 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Tor 122, Chi 98 at Chi Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 20 points on 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Pascal Siakam (Tor) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 18 points. Hou 100, Sac 91 at Hou Clint Capela (Hou) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 5-15 3-pointers and 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 19 points and 7 assists. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assist. Hou shot 20-22 FT and Sac shot 5-8 FT. Eric Gordon (Hou, right knee contusion) did not play. OKC 121, Mem 114 at Mem Paul George (OKC) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 19 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points including 11-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 15 assists. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. OKC shot 24-35 FT and Mem shot 12-15 FT. NO 139, LAL 117 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 42 points on 15-18 FT and 10-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 24 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Darius Miller (NO) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Julius Randle (LAL) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. NO out-scored LAL 46-33 in the 1st quarter. Uta 107, Pho 97 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Royce O'Neale (Uta) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 24 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 assists. Devin Booker (Pho) had 28 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Pho) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 22 points on 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Pho, neck spasms) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, February 15 (All times Central) Denver at Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Minnesota 8:00 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 16 All-Star Weekend Rookie-Sophomore Game 8:00 pm TNT ---- 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