News from February 4. Atlanta activated DeAndre Bembry and placed Ersan Ilyasova (ill) on IL. Memphis activated Mario Chalmers and placed Tyreke Evans and Myke Henry on IL. Milwaukee activated Eric Bledsoe and Jason Terry and placed Xavier Munford and D.J. Wilson on IL. Phoenix placed Marquese Chriss on IL. Portland activated Wade Baldwin and placed Shabazz Napier (sore left big toe) on IL. Toronto activated C.J. Miles. Bos 97, Por 96 at Bos Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 17 points and 5 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 22 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points including 6-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Maurice Harkless (Por) had 19 points including 5-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Shane Larkin (Bos, sore right knee) and Marcus Morris (Bos, bruised left hip) did not play. Mil 109, Bro 94 at Bro Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 6 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 19 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 15 points. Jarrett Allen (Bro) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Mil shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Bro shot 41.1% (37-90) FG. Atl 99, NY 96 at NY Dewayne Dedmon (Atl) had 12 points and 14 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Mike Muscala (Atl) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 10 points and 12 rebounds. DeAndre Bembry (Atl, strained left adductor) on IL. Tor 101, Mem 86 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Fred VanVleet (Tor) had 13 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Pascal Siakam (Tor) had 15 points and 4 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Harrison (Mem) had 16 points. Tor shot 46.1% (41-89) FG and Mem shot 35.8% (29-81) FG. LAL 108, OKC 104 at OKC Julius Randle (LAL) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Paul George (OKC) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 15-25 FG, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Cha 115, Pho 110 at Pho Dwight Howard (Cha) had 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 22 points and 5 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 2-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 21 points. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 23 points on 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Cha out-scored Pho 29-16 in the 4th quarter. Cha shot 41.1% (40-96) FG and Pho shot 53.2% (41-77) FG. Cha shot 25-29 FT and Pho shot 13-13 FT. Schedule for Monday, February 5 (All times Central) Portland at Detroit 6:00 pm Washington at Indiana 6:00 pm Orlando at Miami 6:30 pm Utah at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at Denver 8:00 pm Chicago at Sacramento 9:00 pm Dallas at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Tuesday, February 6 (All times Central) Cleveland at Orlando 6:00 pm Boston at Toronto 6:30 pm Memphis at Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee at New York 6:30 pm Washington at Philadelphia 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Phoenix at LA Lakers 9:30 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