News from January 25. San Antonio signed Aron Baynes. Brooklyn elected not to sign Damion James to a 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Rodrigue Beaubois and placed Dominique Jones on IL. Memphis activated Jon Leuer San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard. SA 113, Dal 107 at Dal Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points and 10 assists. Gary Neal (SA) had 18 points and 6 assists. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 22 points including 10-13 FG. Vince Carter (Dal) had 17 points. Rodrigue Beaubois (Dal) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. Hou 100, NO 82 at NO Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 30 points including 12-12 FT, 8 assists, and 8 turnovers. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points. Cle 113, Mil 108 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 35 points including 12-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 16 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 30 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Atl 123, Bos 111 2OT at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points including 7-20 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 23 points including 8-11 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 27 points including 8-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Atl out-scored Bos 16-4 in the 2nd overtime. Chi 103, GS 87 at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 14 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 22 points on 10-16 FG. David Lee (GS) had 23 points including 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points. Luol Deng (Chi, strained right hamstring) did not play. Was 114, Min 101 at Was Nene (Was) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 16 points and 4 blocks. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Andrei Kirilenko (Min) had 17 points. Derrick Williams (Min) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Was shot 57.8% (48-83) FG and Min shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery), Nikola Pekovic (Min, right thigh contusion), and Alexey Shved (Min, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 101, Bro 77 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points on 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points on 6-7 FG. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Deron Williams (Bro) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mem shot 52.2% (47-90) FG and Bro shot 40.8% (29-71) FG. Mem shot 3-8 FT and Bro shot 16-25 FT. Quincy Pondexter (Mem, sprained left MCL) did not play. Mia 110, Det 88 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 31 points including 12-17 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Will Bynum (Det) had 13 points. OKC 105, Sac 95 at Sac Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points and 14 assists. Kevin Martin (OKC) had 24 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 16 points. LAL 102, Uta 84 at LAL Metta World Peace (LAL) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and 5-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 9 rebounds, 14 assists. and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 4-4 FT and 5 rebounds. LAL shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Uta shot 42% (34-81) FG. Schedule for Saturday, January 26 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago @ Washington 6:00 pm NBATV Minnesota @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Houston 7:00 pm Golden State @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Phoenix @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Denver 8:00 pm Indiana @ Utah 8:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 27 (All times Central) Miami @ Boston 12:00 pm ABC Oklahoma City @ LA Lakers 2:30 pm ABC Detroit @ Orlando 5:00 pm New Orleans @ Memphis 5:00 pm Atlanta @ New York 5:30 pm ESPN Phoenix @ Dallas 6:30 pm Portland @ LA Clippers 8:30 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