News from January 20. Phoenix named Lindsey Hunter as interim head coach for the rest of the season. Miami signed Chris Andersen to a 10-day contract and signed Jarvis Varnado to a 2nd 10-day contract and elected not to sign Josh Harrellson to a 2nd 10-day contract. Miami recalled Dexter Pittman from the NBADL. Golden State assigned Jeremy Tyler to the NBADL. Dallas activated Dominique Jones and placed Rodrigue Beaubois on IL. Detroit activated Kim English and placed Sasha Kravtsov on IL. Dal 111, Orl 105 at Orl Shawn Marion (Dal) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Chris Kaman (Dal) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Glen Davis (Orl) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 18 points. Tor 108, LAL 103 at Tor Landry Fields (Tor) had 18 points including 8-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ed Davis (Tor) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 9 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 10-32 FG and 3-12 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tor shot 54.8% (46-84) FG and LAL shot 43.2% (38-88) FG. Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. Den 121, OKC 118 OT at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Corey Brewer (Den) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 37 points on 7-20 FG and 20-21 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 15-17 FT, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Det 103, Bos 88 at Det Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Knight (Det) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 8 points on 4-16 FG, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, and 9 turnovers. Schedule for Monday, January 21 (All times Central) Indiana @ Memphis 12:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ New Orleans 12:00 pm Houston @ Charlotte 1:00 pm Minnesota @ Atlanta 1:00 pm Brooklyn @ New York 2:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Golden State 3:00 pm San Antonio @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm TNT LA Lakers @ Chicago 8:30 pm TNT Washington @ Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 22 (All times Central) Boston @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ LA Clippers 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