News from January 29. Minnesota signed Mickael Gelabale and Chris Johnson to 2nd 10-day contracts. Dallas activated Dominique Jones and placed Chris Kaman (concussion) on IL. Detroit activated Rodney Stuckey and placed Khris Middleton on IL. Golden State activated Jeremy Tyler and placed Andrew Bogut (rest) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Steve Blake. New Orleans activated Darius Miller. Portland activated Jared Jeffries and placed Victor Claver on IL. Por 106, Dal 104 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 29 points including 12-20 FG and the game winning short turnaround jumper at the buzzer and 13 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Por) had 26 points including 9-13 FG and 15 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 17 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 26 points. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL 111, NO 106 at LAL Earl Clark (LAL) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Dwight Howard (LAL) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-11 FT, 5 steals, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 18 points. Eric Gordon (NO) had 25 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Mil 117, Det 90 at Det Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Mil) had 12 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Mike Dunleavy (Mil) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. GS 108, Cle 95 at Cle David Lee (GS) had 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 32 points including 6-8 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jarrett Jack (GS) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 12 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 18 points and 7 assists. GS shot 53.6% (45-84) FG and Cle shot 42.9% (36-84) FG. GS shot 7-10 FT and Cle shot 19-25 FT. Stephen Curry (GS, sprained ankle), Carl Landry (GS, left shoulder contusion), Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained right big toe), and Luke Walton (Cle, sore left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, January 30 (All times Central) Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Boston 6:30 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Toronto @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Charlotte @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Houston @ Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 31 (All times Central) Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Golden State 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