News from January 30. Mike Brown (Cle) will coach the Eastern Conference team for the All-Star game as Cleveland clinched the 2nd best record in the conference for Feb 1 [Doc Rivers (Bos) is ineligible to coach as he coached last year]. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) underwent surgery on his right ankle to remove a bone fragment. No timetable has been given for his return. Desmond Mason (OKC) underwent surgery on his hyperextended right knee to remove debris. Mason is out for the season. Memphis signed Darius Miles for the rest of the season. Indiana activated Danny Granger and placed Roy Hibbert on IL. Milwaukee activated Andrew Bogut and placed Damon Jones on IL. Cleveland activated Zydrunas Ilgauskas and placed Tarence Kinsey (severely sprained ankle, out 3 to 5 weeks) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Weaver and placed Desmond Mason on IL. Utah activated Jarron Collins and placed Morris Almond on IL. New Orleans activated David West and placed Morris Peterson on IL. Charlotte placed Sean May (sore right knee) on IL. Bos 86, Det 78 at Det Paul Pierce (Bos) had 20 points and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 14 points including 4-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 19 points. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Ind 114, Mia 103 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 30 points including 10-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Mark Blount (Mia) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Phi 104, Was 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points including 9-15 FG. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Willie Green (Phi) had 20 points on 9-15 FG. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 25 points and 15 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 20 points and 5 assists. Phi shot 54.5% (42-77) FG and Was shot 43.8% (35-80) FG. Andray Blatche (Was, strained left knee) did not play. Mil 96, Tor 85 at Tor Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) missed his 2nd free throw attempted during the game, snapping his consecutive free throws made streak at 87, the 2nd longest in league history (longest: 97). Atl 105, NJ 88 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 29 points including 11-17 FG and 5 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 20 points and 4 steals. Flip Murray (Atl) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Devin Harris (NJ) had 20 points including 10-15 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Atl shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and NJ shot 40% (30-75) FG. Cle 112, LAC 95 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 23 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Steve Novak (LAC) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Mardy Collins (LAC, strained left calf) did not play. LAL 132, Min 119 at Min Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 34 points including 8-11 FT, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Randy Foye (Min) had 27 points and 5 assists. Den 110, Cha 99 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 19 points including 9-11 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nene (Den) had 22 points including 10-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 21 points including 7-11 FG. Raja Bell (Cha) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Uta 110, OKC 90 at Uta Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 24 points including 9-13 FG, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 9-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. GS 91, NO 87 at NO Stephen Jackson (GS) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 17 points including 4-13 FG. Corey Maggette (GS) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 31 points including 11-13 FT, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. David West (NO) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 15 rebounds. Chi 109, Sac 88 at Sac Luol Deng (Chi) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points on 8-11 FG and 1-5 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 20 points. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 27 points. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 15 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chi shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Sac shot 36.8% (28-76) FG. Schedule for Saturday, January 31 (All times Central) New York @ Indiana 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Dallas @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Memphis 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Washington 7:00 pm Golden State @ Houston 7:30 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Chicago @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Utah @ Portland 9:00 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