News from January 27. Gerald Wallace (Cha) suffered a partially collapsed left lung and a fractured rib during Tuesday's Cha-LAL game and will remain hospitalized for 2 days for observation. Memphis named Barry Hecker as an assistant coach. Assistant coach Kevin O'Neill was moved to assistant GM. Assistant coaches Andy Greer and Ron DuBois were fired. Andray Blatche (Was) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a strained left knee. Brian Scalabrine (Bos) is out indefinitely after suffering a 2nd concussion in 3 days. Memphis reached a buyout agreement with Steve Francis and released him. San Antonio elected not to signed Austin Croshere to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio activated Jacque Vaughn. Indiana activated Roy Hibbert and placed Rasho Nesterovic on IL. Orlando activated Mickael Pietrus and placed Jeremy Richardson on IL. Cha 117, LAL 110 2OT at LAL Boris Diaw (Cha) had 23 points including 8-24 FG, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 24 points including 10-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 38 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cha out-scored LAL 14-7 in the 2nd overtime. SA 106, Uta 100 at Uta Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points on 10-16 FG and 4-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points and 6 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 22 points and 17 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 23 points including 8-11 FG. Deron Williams (Uta) had 19 points and 13 assists. Den 100, Mem 85 at Mem J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 29 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 4 steals. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Orl 135, Ind 111 at Orl Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 22 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 10 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 23 points including 9-12 FG. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Orl shot 30-37 FT and Ind shot 14-17 FT. Orl out-rebounded Ind 50-29 including 10-4 offensive. Cle 117, Sac 110 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points including 13-15 FT, 15 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 blocks. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 43 points including 15-24 FG and 7-12 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 35 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 15-17 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Cle out-rebounded Sac 49-25 including 17-5 offensive. Schedule for Wednesday, January 28 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Boston 6:30 pm Washington @ Miami 6:30 pm Toronto @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Atlanta @ New York 6:30 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Houston 7:30 pm Golden State @ Dallas 8:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Portland 9:00 pm Chicago @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html