SCOREBOARD
Thursday, Feb. 7
Cleveland at Houston (8 p.m. EST). The Rockets have won four in a row and eight of 10.
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?
s and ongoing” trade negotiations with the Phoenix Suns.
DEBUTS
Newly signed guard Damon Stoudamire 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.