News from January 2. The NBA named Jeff Hornacek (Pho) and Dwane Casey (Tor) as Coaches of the Month for December. Phoenix went 10-3 and Toronto went 8-6. Denver suspended Andre Miller for 2 games for conduct detrimental to the team. Cleveland activated Carrick Felix and placed Kyrie Irving (bruised knee) on IL. Miami activated Chris Andersen and placed James Jones on IL. Orlando activated Solomon Jones and placed Nikola Vucevic (sprained left ankle) on IL. NY 105, SA 101 at SA Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points and 12 rebounds. Iman Shumpert (NY) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Beno Udrih (NY) had 10 points and 7 assists. Marco Belinelli (SA) had 32 points including 12-16 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 12 assists. Metta World Peace (NY, left knee) did not play. Bro 95, OKC 93 at OKC Joe Johnson (Bro) had 9 points on 4-11 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and the game winning jumper at the buzzer. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 18 points including 6-18 FG. Deron Williams (Bro) had 29 points including 10-17 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Bro out-scored OKC 29-16 in the 4th quarter. Chi 94, Bos 82 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 14 points. Jordan Crawford (Bos) had 22 points on 7-11 FG and 8-10 FT, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 11 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. GS 123, Mia 114 at Mia David Lee (GS) had 32 points including 13-17 FG and 14 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 36 points including 13-22 FG and 8-15 3-pointers, 12 assists, and 4 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers. LeBron James (Mia) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Cle 87, Orl 81 OT at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 18 points and 25 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jarrett Jack (Cle) had 14 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Glen Davis (Orl) had 16 points including 6-19 FG and 13 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Phi 113, Sac 104 at Sac Tony Wroten (Phi) had 21 points including 8-13 FT. Evan Turner (Phi) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 33 points on 10-16 FG and 13-19 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Por 134, Cha 104 at Por Wesley Matthews (Por) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 24 points on 9-13 FG and 6-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Cha) had 20 points including 6-8 FG. Por shot 58.1% (54-93) FG and Cha shot 43% (34-79) FG. Por shot 5-7 FT and Cha shot 29-36 FT. Jeff Taylor (Cha, ruptured right Achilles) did not play. Uta 96, Mil 87 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points and 3 blocks. Alec Burks (Uta) had 13 points including 4-12 FG. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 16 points on a perfect 7-7 FG and 2-2 FT and 8 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 12 points and 8 assists. John Henson (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 99, Pho 91 at Pho Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 17 points. Ed Davis (Mem) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 11 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 33 points including 13-22 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Channing Frye (Pho) had 14 points on 5-14 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, January 3 (All times Central) Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Golden State @ Atlanta 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Boston 6:30 pm New York @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Denver 8:00 pm Utah @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, January 4 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Indiana 6:00 pm Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Chicago 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Milwaukee @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Philadelphia @ Portland 9:00 pm Charlotte @ Sacramento 9:00 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