News from January 27. Rajon Rondo (Bos) has a torn right ACL and is out for the season. Houston reinstated Royce White from the suspended list and assigned him to the NBADL. Detroit activated Khris Middleton and placed Rodney Stuckey on IL. Memphis placed Quincy Pondexter (sprained left MCL) on IL. Portland activated Sasha Pavlovic and placed Jared Jeffries on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 29.5 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 29.0 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 28.9 Rebounds Dwight Howard (LAL) 12.1 Zach Randolph (Mem) 11.5 Joakim Noah (Chi) 11.1 Nikola Vucevic (Orl) 11.1 Assists Rajon Rondo (Bos) 11.1 Chris Paul (LAC) 9.7 Greivis Vasquez (NO) 9.1 Dal 110, Pho 95 at Dal Shawn Marion (Dal) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 15 points and 3 steals. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points and 8 assists. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAL 105, OKC 96 at LAL Metta World Peace (LAL) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 14 assists. Steve Nash (LAL) had 17 points and 5 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points including 6-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 13 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 35 points including 13-14 FT. LAL shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and OKC shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. Bos 100, Mia 98 2OT at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points, 13 points, 10 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Terry (Bos) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 1-7 3-pointers. LeBron James (Mia) had 34 points including 14-31 FG, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals in 52 minutes. Chris Bos (Mia) had 16 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Ray Allen (Mia) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos, right knee injury) did not play. LAC 96, Por 83 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 12 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 8 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC, bruised right knee) did not play. NY 106, Atl 104 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 42 points including 15-28 FG and 9-12 3-pointers and the game winning 3-point play with 12.5 seconds left and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 18 points. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 27 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Det 104, Orl 102 at Orl Brandon Knight (Det) had 31 points including 12-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 31 points including 10-17 FG and 8-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. E'Twaun Moore (Orl) had 18 points. NO 91, Mem 83 at Mem Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 9 points and 12 rebounds. Jason Smith (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 22 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 points including 5-14 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Monday, January 28 (All times Central) Golden State @ Toronto 6:00 pm Memphis @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm Orlando @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Chicago 7:00 pm Indiana @ Denver 8:00 pm Houston @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 29 (All times Central) Golden State @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 6:30 pm Dallas @ Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Lakers 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