News from January 29. Boston activated Ray Allen and placed Keyon Dooling (right hip pointer) on IL. Cleveland activated Mychel Thompson and placed Daniel Gibson (sore neck) on IL. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki and placed Jason Kidd on IL. Kidd is expected to be out at least a week with a strained right calf. The LA Clippers activated Eric Bledsoe. Bledsoe was recalled from the NBADL. New Jersey activated Jordan Williams and placed Mehmet Okur (sore lower back) on IL. Williams was recalled from the NBADL. Orlando activated Ryan Anderson and placed Jameer Nelson (concussion) on IL. Toronto activated Anthony Carter and placed Leandro Barbosa (sore left ankle) on IL. Dal 101, SA 100 OT at Dal Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 14 points, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Vince Carter (Dal) had 21 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 34 points including 14-23 FG. Richard Jefferson (SA) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA) had 19 points and 7 assists. Dal shot 9-12 FT and SA shot 28-33 FT. Mia 97, Chi 93 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 35 points including 10-15 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 15 points on 4-16 FG and 7-10 FT and 7 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 34 points including 12-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle 88, Bos 87 at Bos Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and the game winning layup with 2.6 seconds left. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Ray Allen (Bos) had 22 points on 9-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Jermaine O'Neal (Bos, sore left knee) did not play. LAL 106, Min 101 at Min Pau Gasol (LAL) had 28 points including 11-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 35 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 14 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 33 points including 13-22 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Michael Beasley (Min) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Min, ill) did not play. LAC 109, Den 105 at Den Blake Griffin (LAC) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chauncey Billups (LAC) had 32 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Nene (Den) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Andre Miller (Den) had 16 points and 10 assists. Ind 106, Orl 85 at Orl Danny Granger (Ind) had 24 points and 3 steals. David West (Ind) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 24 points on 10-13 FG and 4-13 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Duhon (Orl) had 14 points and 5 assists. Ind shot 8-11 FT and Orl shot 13-29 FT. Atl 94, NO 72 at NO Marvin Williams (Atl) had 14 points and 3 steals. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 24 points including 9-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Willie Green (Atl) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 10 points and 8 assists. Tor 94, NJ 73 at NJ DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 27 points including 11-16 FT. Jerryd Bayless (Tor) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Linas Kleiza (Tor) had 15 points. Deron Williams (NJ) had 24 points. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 14 points. Tor shot 51.5% (35-68) FG and NJ shot 36.5% (27-74) FG. Schedule for Monday, January 30 (All times Central) Orlando at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago at Washington 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans at Miami 6:30 pm Detroit at Milwaukee 7:00 pm San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at Houston 7:00 pm Portland at Utah 8:00 pm Dallas at Phoenix 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Tuesday, January 31 (All times Central) Atlanta at Toronto 6:00 pm Boston at Cleveland 6:00 pm New Jersey at Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit at New York 6:30 pm Denver at Memphis 7:00 pm NBATV Charlotte at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Sacramento at Golden State 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