News from January 29. Utah raised a banner with a microphone on it honoring radio and TV broadcaster Hot Rod Hundley. Hundley had called games for the Jazz from 1974 to 2009. Houston signed Will Conroy to a 10-day contract and placed Jermaine Taylor on IL. Sacramento activated Jon Brockman and placed Hilton Armstrong on IL. Utah activated Kosta Koufos and placed Deron Williams (death in family) on IL. Memphis activated Hamed Haddadi and placed Lester Hudson on IL. San Antonio activated Michael Finley and placed Tony Parker (sprained left ankle) on IL. New Orleans activated Aaron Gray. Washington activated Nick Young and placed Mike James on IL. New Jersey activated Courtney Lee and placed Bobby Simmons on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Skinner and placed Chris Kaman (sprained left ankle) on IL. Miami activated Daequan Cook and placed Michael Beasley (hyperextended right knee) on IL. Detroit activated Ben Gordon and placed DaJuan Summers on IL. Atlanta activated Jason Collins and placed Randolph Morris on IL. LAL 99, Phi 91 at Phi Ron Artest (LAL) had 18 points and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points and 3 steals. Elton Brand (Phi) had 19 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 23 points. Cle 94, Ind 73 at Ind LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 10-17 FT, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 22 points on 8-10 FG and 6-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 13 points including 5-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Danny Granger (Ind) had 13 points on 6-23 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 12 points on 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Cle shot 46.4% (32-69) FG and Ind shot 33.7% (31-92) FG. Cle shot 23-44 FT and Ind shot 5-5 FT. Uta 101, Sac 94 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 18 points including 6-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 32 points on 11-17 FG and 10-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Sundiata Gaines (Uta) had 12 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 25 points including 13-15 FT and 6 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 33 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta, strained muscle) and Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 104, Por 100 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 33 points including 8-10 FT, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Carl Landry (Hou) had 21 points including 9-4 FT and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por, strained right hamstring) did not play. SA 104, Mem 97 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. George Hill (SA) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. George Mason (SA) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 28 points including 12-19 FG. Was 81, NJ 79 at NJ Mike Miller (Was) had 7 points on 3-9 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Earl Boykins (Was) had 15 points including the game winning jumper with .4 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. David Lee (NJ) had 19 points. Atl 100, Bos 91 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 28 points and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 35 points on 11-15 FG and 12-13 FT. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. OKC 101, Den 84 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 12-19 FG. Jeff Green (OKC) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 12 points and 8 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Den) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers. OKC shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Den shot 40.3% (27-67) FG. Chi 108, NO 106 OT at NO Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points, 18 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. David West (NO) had 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points and 12 assists. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. James Posey (NO, strained right Achilles) did not play. Mia 92, Det 65 at Det Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 10 points. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 15 points. Cha 121, GS 110 at GS Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 30 points including 13-16 FT and 13 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 30 points. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 14 points and 6 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 25 points. Monta Ellis (GS) had 22 points and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Morrow (GS, sprained right knee) did not play. Min 111, LAC 97 at Min Ryan Hollins (Min) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Al Jefferson (Min) had 14 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 19 points and 8 assists. Corey Brewer (Min) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 28 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 17 points including 6-17 FG. Min shot 52.4% (43-82) FG and LAC shot 41.5% (39-94) FG. Schedule for Saturday, January 30 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Memphis 7:00 pm New York @ Washington 7:00 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Portland @ Dallas 8:00 pm Charlotte @ Sacramento 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