News from February 5. The NBA named James Harden (Hou) and Andre Drummond (Det) as Players of the Week for the week ending February 4. Harden averaged 34.7 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists as Houston went 3-0. Drummond averaged 19.3 points, 19 rebounds, and 3.3 steals as Drummond went 3-0. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) was named to replace the injured Aaron Gordon (Orl) for the Slam Dunk contest. Buddy Hield (Sac) was named to replaced Donovan Mitchell (Uta) in the Skills contest. TRADE: Brooklyn traded Tyler Zeller to Milwaukee for Rashad Vaughn and a 2nd round draft pick. New Orleans signed DeAndre Liggins to a 2 year, minimum contract. Ron Baker (NY) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday. He is out for 4 to 6 months. Darren Collison (Ind) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks. Dallas activated Jalen Jones and placed Harrison Barnes (sprained left ankle) on IL. Detroit activated Kay Felder and Reggie Hearn and placed Dwight Buycks (ill) and Brice Johnson on IL. Indiana activated Ben Moore and placed Darren Collison (left knee) and Victor Oladipo (ill) on IL. Portland activated Caleb Swanigan and placed Evan Turner on IL. Utah activated Erik McCree and placed Georges Niang on IL. LAC 104, Dal 101 at LAC Tobias Harris (LAC) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Danillo Gallinari (LAC) had 28 points including 9-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 15 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 23 points including 7-12 3-pointers and 5 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 16 points. Sac 104, Chi 98 at Sac Zach Randolph (Sac) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 15 points including 3-9 FG. George Hill (Sac) had 14 points and 5 assists. Justin Holiday (Sac) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Sac out-scored Chi 28-9 in the 1st quarter. Malachi Richardson (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Den 121, Cha 104 at Den Will Barton (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 8 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 15 points, 16 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 27 points including 9-13 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Jamal Murray (Den) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 20 points. Uta 133, NO 109 at NO Joe Ingles (Uta) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 19 points including 7-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 20 points and 11 assist. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 30 points including 12-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Anthony Davis (NO) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 28 points including 13-21 FG and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 assists. Uta shot 58.4% (52-89) FG and NO shot 50.5% (47-93) FG. Orl 111, Mia 109 at Mia Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 16 points. Mario Herzonja (Orl) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 16 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 20 points. Bam Abedayo (Mia) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Was 111, Ind 102 at Ind Markieff Morris (Was) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points and 6 turnovers. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 29 points including 9-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Joe Young (Ind) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Det 111, Por 91 at Det Blake Griffin (Det) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 14 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Det shot 50.6% (44-87) FG and Por shot 39.4% (37-94) FG. 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 Schedule for Wednesday, February 7 (All times Central) Brooklyn at Detroit 6:00 pm Houston at Miami 6:30 pm Minnesota at Cleveland 7:00 pm ESPN Utah at Memphis 7:00 pm Indiana at New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio at Phoenix 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