News from January 3. The LA Clippers signed Solomon Jones to a 1 year contract. San Antonio signed Ike Diogu. San Antonio recalled Gary Neal from the NBADL. Houston activated Hasheem Thabeet and placed Marcus Morris on IL. The LA Lakers activated Darius Morris and placed Josh McRoberts on IL. Memphis activated Hamed Haddadi and placed Zach Randolph (knee injury) on IL. Haddadi was recalled from the NBADL. Oklahoma City activated Royal Ivey and placed Thabo Sefolosha (flu like symptoms) on IL. Sacramento activated DeMarcus Cousins and placed Tyler Honeycutt and Hassan Whiteside on IL. LAL 108, Hou 99 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points, 22 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 37 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Luis Scola (Hou) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chi 76, Atl 74 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points including the game winning layup with 3.7 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30 points on 8-22 FG and 11-13 FT and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. C.J. Watson (Chi, sprained left elbow) did not play. Cle 115, Cha 101 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 6 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Corey Maggette (Cha) had 21 points on 4-12 FG and 13-14 FT and 8 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Por 103, OKC 93 at OKC Gerald Wallace (Por) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 10 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 30 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Wes Matthews (Por) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 19 points including 8-26 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. James Harden (OKC) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Uta 85, Mil 73 at Uta Lazar Hayward (Uta) had 12 points. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points including 6-7 FG and 12 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 26 points including 10-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Stephen Jackson (Mil) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 24 points on 12-20 FG and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Uta shot 48.5% (32-66) FG and Mil shot 30.5% (29-95) FG. Andrew Bogut (Mil, personal reasons), Mike Dunleavy (Mil, groin pain), and Beno Udrih (Mil, sprained left shoulder) did not play. Mem 113, Sac 96 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 15 rebounds. Sam Young (Mem) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Jimmer Fredette (Sac) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Mem shot 54.9% (50-91) FG and Sac shot 41% (34-83) FG. Hamed Haddadi (Mem, personal reasons) and Xavier Henry (Mem, sprained right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, January 4 (All times Central) Cleveland at Toronto 6:00 pm Washington at Orlando 6:00 pm NBATV New Jersey at Boston 6:30 pm Charlotte at New York 6:30 pm Indiana at Miami 6:30 pm Chicago at Detroit 6:30 pm Philadelphia at New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis at Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix at Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State at San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento at Denver 8:00 pm Houston at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Thursday, January 5 (All times Central) Miami at Atlanta 7:00 pm TNT Dallas at San Antonio 7:30 pm Milwaukee at Sacramento 9:00 pm LA Lakers at Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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