News from January 21. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and Carlos Boozer (Chi) as Players of the Week. Durant averaged 37.5 points and 5.8 rebounds as Oklahoma City went 3-1. Boozer averaged 23 points and 14.8 rebounds as Chicago went 3-1. The NBA fined J.J. Barea (Min) $5,000 for his 2nd flop ruling of the season. The flop occurred during the January 14 Dal-Min game. An agreement has been reached to sell the Sacramento Kings to a group in led by Charles Hanson for $525 million. Team would be relocated to Seattle and renamed the Seattle Sonics for the 2013-14 season. The sale has to be approved by the Board of Governors. Atlanta signed Jannero Pargo to a 10-day contract. Anderson Varejao (Cle) has a blood clot in his lower right lung and his out for the season as he will be on blood thinning medication for 3 months. Cleveland assigned Kevin Jones to the NBADL. Atlanta placed Anthony Morrow on IL. Brooklyn activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Tyshawn Taylor on IL. Bro 88, NY 85 at NY Brook Lopez (Bro) had 14 points, 11 rebounds including 4 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 14 points including 3-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 25 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points and 7 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 16 points and 3 steals. Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot) did not play. Hou 100, Cha 94 at Cha Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points on 5-20 FG and 19-21 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 35 points including 12-21 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Greg Smith (Hou, family reasons) did not play. Chi 95, LAL 83 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 22 points including 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Steve Nash (LAL) had 18 points and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Chi shot 8-12 FT and LAL shot 16-23 FT. Luol Deng (Chi, strained hamstring) did not play. SA 90, Phi 85 at Phi Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Evan Turner (Phi) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. SA shot 19-26 FT and Phi shot 7-11 FT. Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee synovitis) did not play. Was 98, Por 95 at Por Martell Webster (Was) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Nene (Was) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points and 5 assists. GS 106, LAC 99 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 28 points including 9-14 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Caron Butler (LAC) had 19 points and 5 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 24 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Atl 104, Min 96 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 14 points. Jannero Pargo (Atl) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Derrick Williams (Min) had 17 points. J.J. Barea (Min) had 14 points and 7 assists. Devin Harris (Atl, ankle injury), Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), Nikola Pekovic (Min, right thigh contusion), and Alexey Shved (Min, sprained left ankle) did not play. Ind 82, Mem 81 at Mem Paul George (Ind) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. David West (Ind) had 14 points, 3 steals, and 5 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 13 points and the game winning free throw with 1.4 seconds left. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 14 points on 7-22 FG and 8 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (Mem) had 17 points on 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. NO 114, Sac 105 at NO Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 27 points including 7-14 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 29 points including 11-17 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 20 points. 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 Schedule for Wednesday, January 23 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Miami 6:30 pm Detroit @ Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Brooklyn @ Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Washington @ Utah 8:00 pm Phoenix @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Indiana @ Portland 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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