News from January 14. The NBA named Kobe Bryant (LAL) and Chris Bosh (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 13. Bryant averaged 29.5 points, 6 assists, and 3.5 steals as the Lakers went 4-0. Bosh averaged 33 points and 8.7 rebounds as Toronto went 3-0. Cleveland signed head coach Mike Brown to a 2 year contract extension. Brown is now signed through 10-11. Andrew Bynum (LAL) is expected to be out at least 8 weeks with a dislocated left knee cap and bone bruise. Dallas activated Josh Howard and placed Jerry Stackhouse on IL with a strained right hamstring. Sac 122, Dal 120 at Sac Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 11 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and the game winning short jumper with 2.4 seconds left. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 39 points on 14-16 FG and 9-11 FT. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points. Devin Harris (Dal) had 25 points including 8-10 FG and 9 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Ron Artest (Sac, right elbow surgery) did not play. Was 88, Bos 83 at Bos Caron Butler (Was) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 16 points and 4 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Uta 98, Mil 87 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 33 points including 16-20 FT, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 21 points and 6 assists. Uta shot 30-43 FT and Mil shot 14-18 FT. LAL 123, Sea 121 OT at Sea Kwame Brown (LAL) had 10 points including 3-4 FG and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 48 points including the game winning jumper with 4.3 seconds left. Ronny Turiaf (LAL) had 14 points and 3 blocks. Nick Collison (Sea) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 19 points including 6-26 FG. Wally Szczerbiak (Sea) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL, sprained left knee) and Sasha Vujacic (LAL, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 89, Phi 82 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 14 points and 7 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 19 points and 4 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 12 points including 4-12 FG, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Willie Green (Phi) had 21 points. Por 99, NJ 73 at NJ LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 7 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 10 points including 3-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Malik Allen (NJ) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Cha 119, Den 116 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 40 points on 13-24 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 10-15 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Matt Carroll (Cha) had 19 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 35 points on 12-19 FG and 11-17 FT and 7 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 20 points, 23 rebounds including 6 offensive, 6 assists, and 6 blocks. Allen Iverson (Den) had 23 points and 6 assists. Nene (Den, medical reasons) and Eduardo Najera (Den) did not play.