News from January 9. Anderson Varejao (Cle) is out for the rest of the season with a torn tendon in his right ankle. Phoenix signed Zabian Dowdell to a 10-day contract. Golden State assigned Jeremy Lin to the NBADL. Phoenix placed Gani Lawal on IL and recalled Garret Siler from the NBADL. The LA Lakers activated Devin Ebanks and placed Matt Barnes (torn cartilage right knee) on IL. Ebanks was recalled from the NBADL. Denver activated Melvin Ely and placed Chris Andersen on IL. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Kosta Koufos on IL. Sacramento activated Luther Head and placed Tyreke Evans (injured foot) on IL. LAL 109, NY 87 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 10-11 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points including 10-28 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 13 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 23 points on 7-24 FG and 9-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Raymond Felton (NY) had 12 points including 4-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Pho 108, Cle 100 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 17 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Vince Carter (Pho) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 23 points on 8-23 FG and 7-11 FT and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Manny Harris (Cle) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Pho shot 47% (39-83) FG and Cle shot 36.8% (35-95) FG. Anthony Parker (Cle, lower back strain) and Anderson Varejao (Cle, sprained right ankle) did not play. SA 94, Min 91 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Matt Bonner (SA) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. SA shot 21-25 FT and Min shot 8-12 FT. Tor 118, Sac 112 at Tor Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 30 points including 12-19 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 28 points including 13-20 FG. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 4 steals. Carl Landry (Sac) had 22 points including 8-10 FT. Tor shot 58.5% (48-82) FG and Sac shot 44% (40-91) FG. Sonny Weems (Tor, back spasms) did not play. Mia 107, Por 100 OT at Por LeBron James (Mia) had 44 points on 17-26 FG and 7-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 34 points including 15-22 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 22 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 31 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 7 assists. Mia shot 57% (45-79) FG and Por shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. NO 96, Den 87 at Den Trevor Ariza (NO) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. David West (NO) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points and 6 assists. Nene (Den) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Al Harrington (Den) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den, strained left knee) did not play. LAC 105, GS 91 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 9-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 17 points and 11 assists. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 25 points and 3 steals. Dorel Wright (GS) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Monta Ellis (GS) had 13 points including 4-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Schedule for Monday, January 10 (All times Central) Memphis @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Houston @ Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Chicago 7:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 11 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm New York @ Portland 9:00 pm Cleveland @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ---- 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