SCOREBOARD
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Utah at Denver (9 p.m. EST). The Jazz have won nine straight.
STARS
Tuesday
-LeBron James, Cavaliers, scored 33 points and added 12 assists, nine rebounds and five steals in a 114-113 win over Boston.
-Mo Williams, Bucks, scored 32 points to help Milwaukee rally to a 102-97 win over Memphis.
SURGING
Cleveland improved to 15-4 since Dec. 25 after a 114-113 win over Boston on Tuesday night.
STRUGGLING
Indiana has dropped a season-high seven straight, including five in a row at home, after losing 116-89 to San Antonio on Tuesday night. …
SHAQ ON THE MOVE?
Shaquille O’Neal is prepared for the Miami Heat to trade him, a confidant of the 14-time All-Star center told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. O’Neal’s associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal anything publicly, indicated a move could be imminent, as did media reports. The Miami Herald reported earlier Tuesday that the Heat are in “serious and ongoing” trade negotiations with the Phoenix Suns.
DEBUTS
damire started in his San Antonio debut, playing 22 minutes and finishing with 11 points in a 116-89 win over Indiana on Tuesday. … Los Angeles’ Pau Gasol had 24 points and 12 rebounds in his first game with the Lakers, a 105-90 win over New Jersey. Gasol was acquired last Friday from Memphis for a package including Kwame Brown and two first round picks.
SIDELINED
Washington’s Caron Butler left in the third quarter of a 101-96 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday with a strained left hip flexor, the same injury that kept him out of three games last week.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Mike Miller finished with a season-high 32 points, but Memphis lost 102-97 at home to Milwaukee.
SPEAKING
“I saw his foot before the game and I was like, ‘Man, I’d never seen nothing like that before.’ He said it’s not going to bother him. He’s going to coach like he always does.” – Philadelphia’s Rodney Carney about coach Maurice Cheeks, who has been battling gout on his left foot. Cheeks coached his second game in two nights wearing only one shoe – on his right foot – because of the condition. His left foot was grotesquely swollen, he walked with a limp and only briefly paced on the sideline.