News from January 8. Washington fined Randy Foye, Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee, and Nick Young $10,000 each for joining Gilbert Arenas while he made fun of his gun related problems by using his fingers as guns during the pregame huddle prior to Tuesday's Was-Phi game. Portland signed Shavlik Randolph to a 10-day contract. Memphis signed Lester Hudson. Boston had released Hudson on Wednesday. Oklahoma recalled DJ White from the NBADL. Former Seattle TV broadcaster Bob Blackburn died at age 85. He had broadcast games for the Sonics from 1967 to 1992. Dallas activated Erick Dampier and placed James Singleton on IL. Denver activated Chauncey Billups and placed Carmelo Anthony (right knee contusion) on IL. Miami activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed James Jones and Yakhouba Diawara on IL. New Jersey activated Josh Boone and placed Sean Williams on IL. Indiana activated Danny Granger and placed Travis Diener on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Ryan Hollins (upper respiratory infection) on IL. Boston activated Eddie House. Dal 112, SA 103 at SA Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points including 10-28 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 14 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 1-1 3-pointers, and 1-1 FT and 5 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 8 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 31 points including 12-19 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 21 points and 6 assists. Dal out-scored SA 42-23 in the 4th quarter. Den 99, Cle 97 at Den Kenyon Martin (Den) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 20 points including 8-10 FT. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 23 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 35 points including 9-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 9 points on 2-6 FG and 5-10 FT, 15 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ty Lawson (Den, sprained ankle) did not play. Por 107, LAL 98 at Por Andre Miller (Por) had 17 points and 7 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 32 points on 9-11 FG and 13-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Por) had 21 points including 10-12 FT. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points on 7-9 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 14-37 FG, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Steve Blake (Por, pneumonia), Rudy Fernandez (Por, back surgery), and Pau Gasol (LAL, strained right hamstring) did not play. Mia 109, Pho 105 at Pho Michael Beasley (Mia) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 33 points including 9-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Dorell Wright (Mia) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Grant Hill (Pho) had 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 18 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Atl 93, Bos 85 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 18 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 steals. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Tony Allen (Bos, flu like symptoms) did not play. Mem 91, Uta 89 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 29 points including 11-15 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 14 points including the game winning jumper with 5.2 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 13 points including 6-18 FG and 12 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Mem, personal reasons) did not play. Was 104, Orl 97 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points including 7-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 18 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 6-6 FT and 15 rebounds. Randy Foye (Was) had 20 points including 5-17 FG and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points on 9-13 FG and 5-12 FT and 11 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Tor 108, Phi 106 at Phi Chris Bosh (Tor) had 29 points on 10-15 FG, 9-12 FT, and the game winning 3-point play with 8.4 seconds left, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 22 points. Louis Williams (Phi) had 23 points including 9-13 FG. Mil 96, Chi 93 at Mil Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 27 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. NO 103, NJ 99 at NO David West (NO) had 32 points including 13-18 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 18 assists. David Lee (NJ) had 28 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Keyon Dooling (NJ) had 21 points including 8-11 FG. GS 108, Sac 101 at GS Corey Maggette (GS) had 24 points including 12-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 39 points and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 12 points. Ime Udoka (Sac) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 25 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Donte Greene (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 116, Ind 109 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 25 points including 7-13 FT and 12 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 18 points. Danny Granger (Ind) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 21 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Min shot 33-45 FT and Ind shot 13-17 FT. Min out-rebounded Ind 56-36 including 12-7 offensive. Schedule for Saturday, January 9 (All times Central) Memphis @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Orlando 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Chicago 7:00 pm Indiana @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 7:30 pm New York @ Houston 7:30 pm Denver @ 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