News from January 13. The NBA fined Doc Rivers (Bos) $25,000 for his conduct after his ejection during Monday's Bos-Atl game. Blake Griffin (LAC) is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair his fractured left kneecap and is out for the rest of the season (recovery time is at least 4 months). George Shinn (NO owner) underwent successful surgery to remove his prostate. Houston released Mike Harris on January 6. San Antonio assigned Malik Hairston to the NBADL. Portland assigned Patrick Mills to the NBADL. Dallas activated Josh Howard and placed Eduardo Najera (sore lower back) and Tim Thomas (strained right Achilles) on IL. New Jersey activated Devin Harris and placed Tony Battie, Keyon Dooling, and Shawne Williams on IL. Atlanta placed Zaza Pachulia (flu) on IL. New York activated Marcus Landry and placed Eddy Curry on IL. Indiana activated Travis Diener and placed T.J. Ford on IL. LAL 100, Dal 95 at Dal Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Ron Artest (LAL) had 16 points including 5-5 FG and 11 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 30 points and 16 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. SA 109, OKC 108 OT at OKC DeJuan Blair (SA) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 21 rebounds including 10 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 28 points and 8 assists. Richard Jefferson (SA) had 13 points including the game winning jumper with 9.1 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Tim Duncan (SA, rest) did not play. Atl 94, Was 82 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 10 points including 2-8 FG, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 25 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Randy Foye (Was) had 18 points and 8 assists. Maurice Evans (Atl, birth of child) did not play. Hou 120, Min 114 3OT at Hou Travis Hayes (Hou) had 10 points on 5-6 FG, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals in 50 minutes. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 43 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 assists in 59 minutes. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in 57 minutes. Al Jefferson (Min) had 26 points and 26 rebounds. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Den 115, Orl 97 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 24 points and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Matt Barnes (Orl) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 13 points. Den shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Orl shot 43.6% (34-78) FG. NO 108, LAC 94 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points on 7-11 FG, 15 assists, and 4 steals. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 6 points including 2-9 FG and 20 rebounds including 10 offensive. Baron Davis (LAC) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. NO shot 51.7% (45-87) FG and LAC shot 40.7% (35-86) FG. NO shot 9-12 FT and LAC shot 23-32 FT. Darren Collison (NO, bruised right knee) did not play. Bos 111, NJ 87 at NJ Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 11 points and 14 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 15 points. Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 19 points. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Bos shot 53.1% (43-81) FG and NJ shot 37.7% (26-69) FG. Gerald Wallace (Bos, sore left foot) did not play. Ind 122, Pho 114 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Earl Watson (Ind) had 14 points and 9 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 30 points including 9-14 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 9 assists. NY 93, Phi 92 at Phi David Lee (NY) had 24 points including the game winning layup with 13.3 seconds left and 9 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 12 points on 6-8 FG and 21 rebounds including 7 offensive. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 16 points and 5 assists. Mia 115, GS 102 at GS Michael Beasley (Mia) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 24 points including 11-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 35 points on 10-15 FG and 15-15 FT, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 25 points on 7-11 FG and 11-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Mia shot 56% (42-75) FG and GS shot 42.9% (33-77) FG. Anthony Randolph (GS, sprained left ankle) and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. Por 120 Mil 108 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points including 7-10 FG. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points on 6-8 FG and 7-12 FT and 6 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (Mil) had 21 points. Por shot 60.3% (44-73) FG and Mil shot 45.3% (39-86) FG. Schedule for Thursday, January 14 (All times Central) Chicago @ Boston 7:00 pm TNT Cleveland @ Utah 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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