News from January 27. The LA Clippers released Courtney Fortson. Philadelphia signed Francisco Elson. Chicago activated Taj Gibson and placed Luol Deng (torn ligament left wrist) on IL. Cleveland activated Tristan Thompson and placed Luke Harangody on IL. Dallas activated Vince Carter and placed Dirk Nowitzki (sore right knee) on IL. Denver activated Timofey Mozgov and placed Ty Lawson (ankle injury) on IL. Houston activated Hasheem Thabeet and placed Kevin Martin (plantar fasciitis right foot) on IL. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Terrel Harris on IL. Milwaukee activated Jon Brockman and placed Andrew Bogut on IL. Bogut is expected to be out 8 to 12 weeks with a fractured left ankle. Minnesota activated Brad Miller and Martell Webster and placed J.J. Barea (sprained left ankle) and Malcolm Lee (left knee surgery) on IL. New York activated Josh Harrellson and placed Carmelo Anthony (sprained right ankle) on IL. Orlando activated Justin Harper and placed Ryan Anderson (sore left calf) on IL. Philadelphia placed Nikola Vucevic on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Andrea Bargnani (strained calf) on IL. Dal 116, Uta 101 at Dal Lamar Odom (Dal) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Delonte West (Dal, strained right hamstring) did not play. Mia 99, NY 89 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 31 points on 11-18 FG and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 5 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 13 points including 4-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Landry Fields (NY) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Bill Walker (NY) had 21 points including 7-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Mia shot 2-10 3-pointers and NY shot 18-43 3-pointers. Chi 107, Mil 100 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 20 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 15 points, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 34 points on 14-24 FG and 6-10 FT. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 23 points including 10-10 FT, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Chi, thigh bruise) did not play. Den 96, Tor 81 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 20 points including 10-14 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rudy Fernandez (Den) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (Tor) had 19 points. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Atl 107, Det 101 OT at Det Marvin Williams (Atl) had 22 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 30 points and 5 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Will Bynum (Det, strained right foot), Ben Gordon (Det, sore left shoulder), and Tayshaun Prince (Det, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 103, Was 76 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jordan Hill (Hou) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. John Wall (Was) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nick Young (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG. Min 87, SA 79 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 18 points and 10 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Min, ill) did not play. Bos 94, Ind 87 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Mickeal Pietrus (Bos) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 16 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Bos shot 45.8% (38-83) FG and Ind shot 35% (28-80) FG. Bos shot 12-14 FT and Ind shot 30-31 FT. Jermaine O'Neal (Bos, sore left knee), Keyon Dooling (Bos, right hip pointer), and Jeff Foster (Ind, sore lower back) did not play. Phi 89, Cha 72 at Phi Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jodie Meeks (Phi) had 14 points including 4-12 FG. Louis Williams (Phi) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Derrick Brown (Cha) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi, strained left Achilles), D.J. Augustin (Cha, right big toe inflammation), and D.J. White (Cha, left knee contusion) did not play. NO 93, Orl 67 at NO Jason Smith (NO) had 14 points on 7-9 FG. Marco Belinelli (NO) had 15 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Carl Landry (NO) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 28 points on 9-14 FG and 10-17 FT and 16 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 9 points. NO shot 50.6% (41-81) FG and Orl shot 39.3% (24-61) FG. NJ 99, Cle 96 at Cle Kris Humphries (NJ) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 32 points including 12-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (NJ, sore lower back) and MarShon Brooks (NJ, sore left Achilles) did not play. OKC 120, GS 109 at GS Kevin Durant (OKC) had 37 points including 11-11 FT, 14 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 7 steals, and 7 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 19 points. Dorell Wright (GS) had 23 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. David Lee (GS) had 19 points including 7-10 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. OKC shot 32-37 FT and GS shot 15-19 FT. OKC out-rebounded GS 53-34 including 19-10 offensive. Por 109, Pho 71 at Por Gerald Wallace (Por) had 17 points and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Por) had 0 points on 0-4 FG and 20 rebounds. Grant Hill (Pho) had 12 points. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 8 points including 3-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Por shot 47.3% (43-91) FG and Pho shot 37.2% (29-78) FG. Robin Lopez (Pho, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 28 (All times Central) Detroit at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Washington at Charlotte 6:00 pm New York at Houston 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Sacramento at Utah 8:00 pm NBATV Memphis at Phoenix 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 29 (All times Central) Chicago at Miami 2:30 pm ABC Cleveland at Boston 5:00 pm Toronto at New Jersey 5:00 pm Indiana at Orlando 5:00 pm San Antonio at Dallas 5:30 pm ESPN Atlanta at New Orleans 6:00 pm LA Lakers at Minnesota 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Denver 7:00 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