News from February 18. Chicago signed Jarvis Varnado to a 10-day contract. Atlanta elected not to sign Cartier Martin for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Clippers elected not to sign Sasha Vujacic for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Memphis elected not to sign Darius Morris to a 2nd 10-day contract and he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Anderson Varejao and placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Karasev was assigned to the NBADL. Detroit activated Peyton Siva and Tony Mitchell and placed Chauncey Billups and Charlie Villanueva on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Solomon Hill on IL. Memphis activated Mike Conley. Milwaukee activated Caron Butler and placed Larry Sanders on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and placed Tony Parker (sore back) on IL. Toronto activated Landry Fields and Amir Johnson and placed Dwight Buycks and Austin Daye on IL. Mia 117, Dal 106 at Dal LeBron James (Mia) had 42 points including 16-23 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Anderson (Mia) had 18 points including 7-9 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Vince Carter (Dal) had 15 points on 2-9 FG and 10-11 FT and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mia out-scored Dal 33-21 in the 4th quarter. Mia shot 57.1% (44-77) FG and Dal shot 40% (34-85) FG. Ind 108, Atl 98 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. David West (Ind) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Louis Williams (Atl) had 18 points. DeMarre Carroll (Atl, strained left hamstring) did not play. Cle 114, Phi 85 at Phi Tyler Zeller (Cle) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 13 points including 5-7 FG. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 15 points including -14 FG and 7 turnovers. Anderson Varejao (Cle, sore back) and Hollis Thompson (Phi, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cle shot 46% (40-87) FG and Phi shot 36.6% (31-87) FG. Tor 103, Was 93 at Was Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points and 10 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 14 points. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 14 points on 6-8 FG and 7 assists. John Wall (Was) had 22 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Cha 108, Det 96 at Det Al Jefferson (Cha) had 32 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points and 6 assists. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 22 rebounds including 11 offensive. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 24 points and 7 assists. Cha shot 52% (39-75) FG and Det shot 39.8% (39-98) FG. Mem 98, NY 93 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points including 10-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 22 points including 8-22 FG and 11 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Mil 104, Orl 100 at Mil Brandon Knight (Mil) had 18 points on 3-13 FG and 12-12 FT and 7 assists. Nate Wolters (Mil) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Caron Butler (Mil) had 21 points on 7-13 3-pointers (and 0-2 2-pointers) and 7 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 21 points on 9-15 FG. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Pho 112, Den 107 OT at Den Gerald Green (Pho) had 36 points including 6-14 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Evan Fournier (Den) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den, fractured left rib) and Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL) did not play. SA 113, LAC 103 at LAC Marco Belinelli (SA) had 20 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Patrick Mills (SA) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 35 points including 14-224 FG and 6-10 FT and 12 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 7 points, 18 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points. Tiago Splitter (SA, right shin contusion) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, February 19 (All times Central) Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Orlando @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm Washington @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Indiana @ Minnesota 7:00 pm ESPN New York @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Boston @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Utah 8:00 pm San Antonio @ Portland 9:00 pm Golden State @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, February 20 (All times Central) Denver @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Miami @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Houston @ Golden State 9:30 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