News from January 23. All-Star starters were announced, as selected by fan voting. The commissioner will select the replacement for any injured players and the West/East coach will selected from the reserves which player will start in place of an injured player. The Western Conference starters are: Kevin Durant (OKC), Blake Griffin (LAC), Kevin Love (Min), Stephen Curry (GS), and Kobe Bryant (LAL). The Eastern Conference starters are: LeBron James (Mia), Paul George (Ind), Carmelo Anthony (NY), Dwyane Wade (Mia), and Kyrie Irving (Cle). The All-Star game will take place February 16 in New Orleans. [Top 15 Front court and 10 Guards voting results listed at the end.] New Orleans released Tyshawn Taylor. Pero Antic (Atl) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a stress fractured in his right ankle. Andrea Bargnani (NY) has a torn ligament in his left elbow and is out indefinitely. Phoenix assigned Archie Goodwin to the NBADL. Mia 109, LAL 102 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 7-13 FT, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 31 points including 15-22 FG and 6 rebounds. Norris Cole (Mia) had 11 points and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points including 9-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Mia shot 57.7% (45-78) FG and LAL shot 45.5% (40-88) FG. Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmar (LAL, torn hamstring), and Xavier Henry (LAL, bone bruise right knee) did not play. Por 110, Den 105 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 44 points including 14-17 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 24 points. Robin Lopez (Por) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds including 8 offensive. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Ty Lawson (Den) had 13 points including 3-11 FG and 11 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den, hip strain) and Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Top 15 and 10 All-Star Voting Results Western Conference Front court Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,396,294 Blake Griffin (LAC) 688,466 Kevin Love (Min) 661,246 Dwight Howard (Hou) 653,318 LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 609,172 Tim Duncan (SA) 492,657 Anthony Davis (NO) 286,247 Andre Iguodala (GS) 266,611 DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 255,005 Pau Gasol (LAL) 247,323 David Lee (GS) 232,210 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 201,873 Chandler Parsons (Hou) 174,512 Omer Asik (Hou) 130,344 Andrew Bogut (GS) 127,947 Guards Stephen Curry (GS) 1,047,281 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 988,884 Chris Paul (LAC) 804,309 Jeremy Lin (Hou) 628,818 James Harden (Hou) 470,381 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 317,338 Damian Lillard (Por) 280,966 Tony Parker (SA) 258,751 Klay Thompson (GS) 162,984 Ricky Rubio (Min) 124,230 Eastern Conference Front court LeBron James (Mia) 1,416,419 Paul George (Ind) 1,211,318 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 935,702 Roy Hibbert (Ind) 524,809 Chris Bosh (Mia) 406,867 Kevin Garnett (Bro) 209,398 Joakim Noah (Chi) 181,145 Andre Drummond (Det) 163,798 Tyson Chandler (NY) 137,512 Luol Deng (Cle) 121,754 Jeff Green (Bos) 121,040 Carlos Boozer (Chi) 103,502 David West (Ind) 95,363 Paul Pierce (Bro) 95,034 Josh Smith (Det) 75,433 Guards Dwyane Wade (Mia) 929,542 Kyrie Irving (Cle) 860,221 John Wall (Was) 393,129 Derrick Rose (Chi) 359,546 Ray Allen (Mia) 250,909 Rajon Rondo (Bos) 174,654 Lance Stephenson (Ind) 148,382 DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 131,228 George Hill (Ind) 129,533 Deron Williams (Bro) 126,423 Schedule for Friday, January 24 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Orlando 6:00 pm Toronto @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Boston 6:30 pm Dallas @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Cleveland 6:30 pm New Orleans @ Detroit 6:30 pm Charlotte @ New York 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Memphis @ Houston 7:00 pm Washington @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Indiana @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Minnesota @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, January 25 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Toronto 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Houston @ Memphis 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Indiana @ Denver 8:00 pm Washington @ Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Portland 9:00 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