News from January 28. Atlanta signed Damien Wilkins for the rest of the season. Portland assigned Armon Johnson to the NBADL. Charlotte activated Derrick Brown and placed Sherron Collins on IL. Washington activated Kirk Hinrich and placed JaVale McGee (flu) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Byron Mullens and placed Thabo Sefolosha (sore knee) on IL. Denver activated Nene and placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. New York activated Andy Rautins and placed Wilson Chandler (sore left calf) on IL. Memphis activated DeMarre Carroll and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Indiana activated Dahntay Jones and Josh McRoberts and placed Tyler Hansbrough (pneumonia) and Brandon Rush (sprained right ankle) on IL. Sac 100, LAL 95 at LAL Omri Casspi (Sac) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Sac) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 38 points including 10-12 FT, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Shannon Brown (LAL) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. Pho 88, Bos 71 at Pho Vince Carter (Pho) had 17 points and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 19 points and 17 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 13 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 14 points including 5-15 FG. Chi 99, Orl 90 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 22 points including 6-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 40 points on 14-20 FG and 12-16 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Orl) had 11 points. Atl 111, NY 102 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 19 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 27 points. Raymond Felton (NY) had 21 points and 13 assists. Mia 88, Det 87 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 39 points on 15-25 FG and 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Mike Miller (Mia) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Eddie House (Mia) had 15 points including the game winning free throws with 6.5 seconds left. Austin Daye (Det) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Det) had 21 points. Mia shot 17-22 FT and Det shot 9-11 FT. Dwyane Wade (Mia, sprained right wrist), Rodney Stuckey (Det, right shoulder contusion), and Ben Wallace (Det, family matter) did not play. Den 117, Cle 103 at Cle Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 33 points including 15-18 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 15 points and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 24 points including 10-12 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. OKC 124, Was 117 2OT at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 40 points on 15-28 FG and 8-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 13 points and 12 rebounds in 51 minutes. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 35 points including 11-16 FT, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists. Rashard Lewis (Was) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds in 51 minutes. Trevor Booker (Was) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nick Young (Was) had 32 points in 52 minutes. Kirk Hinrich (Was, sprained right ankle) did not play. Ind 124, NJ 92 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 30 points on 12-16 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Travis Outlaw (NJ) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 28 points including 12-17 FG. Ind shot 62.5% (50-80) FG and NJ shot 47.9% (35-73) FG. Jordan Farmar (NJ, strained lower back) did not play. Uta 108, Min 100 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 27 points including 10-13 FG, 6 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 30 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 steals. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points including 10-11 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Wesley Johnson (Min) had 19 points. Deron Williams (Uta, strained tendon right wrist) did not play. Mem 99, Phi 94 at Phi Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points including 10-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Igoudala (Phi) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. O.J. Mayo (Mem, suspended) did not play. Mil 116, Tor 110 OT at Tor Corey Maggette (Mil) had 29 points including 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ersan Ilysova (Mil) had 25 points including 9-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 24 points on 12-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points. John Salmons (Mil, strained right hip) did not play. Cha 121, GS 113 OT at GS Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dorell Wright (GS) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 21 points including 6-24 FG, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Schedule for Saturday, January 29 (All times Central) Indiana @ Chicago 7:00 pm Washington @ Memphis 7:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV New Jersey @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Houston @ San Antonio 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Charlotte @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 30 (All times Central) Miami @ Oklahoma City 12:00 pm ABC Boston @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Cleveland @ Orlando 5:00 pm Denver @ Philadelphia 5:00 pm Detroit @ New York 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Utah @ Golden State 9:00 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html