News from January 24. Philadelphia signed Dewayne Dedmon to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio signed Othyus Jeffers to a 10-day contract. Boston placed Avery Bradley on IL. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki and placed Ricky Ledo on IL. Indiana activated Orlando Johnson and placed Solomon Hill on IL. The LA Clippers activated Byron Mullens and placed Willie Green on IL. Minnesota activated A.J. Price and placed Gorgui Dieng on IL. New York activated Metta World Peace and placed Andrea Bargnani (torn ligament left elbow) on IL. Phoenix placed Archie Goodwin on IL. Sacramento placed Rudy Gay and DeMarcus Cousins on IL. San Antonio placed Kawhi Leonard on IL. Leonard is expected to be out 3 to 4 week with a broken bone in his right hand. Bro 107, Dal 106 at Bro Kevin Garnett (Bro) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 18 points including 8-10 FT and 11 assists. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) had 34 points including 12-18 FG and 7-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 19 points. Orl 114, LAL 105 at Orl Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 23 points and 6 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 28 points on 9-15 FG and 9-11 FT, 20 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kendall Marshall (LAL) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 14 assists. Orl shot 27-34 FT and LAL shot 11-17 FT. Ronnie Price (Orl, sprained right foot), Nikola Vucevic (Orl, concussion), Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmar (LAL, torn left hamstring), and Xavier Henry (LAL, bone bruise right knee) did not play. Tor 104, Phi 95 at Phi DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points including 13-16 FT and 9 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 13 assist. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 12 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi, sprained right ankle) and Brandon Davis (Phi, fractured right small finger) did not play. SA 105, Atl 79 at Atl Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Patrick Mills (SA) had 18 points on 6-8 3-pointers. Boris Diaw (SA) had 21 points including 8-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 15 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Louis Williams (Atl) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. SA shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and Atl shot 38.2% (29-76) FG. Pero Antic (Atl, stress fractured right ankle) and DeMarre Carroll (Atl, strained left hamstring) did not play. OKC 101, Bos 83 at Bos Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 8 assists. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 16 points including 1-8 3-pointers. Gerald Wallace (Bos) had 13 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. OKC shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Bos shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. Kevin Durant (OKC, sore shoulder) did not play. Cle 93, Mil 78 at Cle Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 16 points on 8-11 FG. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 13 points on 5-7 FG. NO 103, Det 101 at Det Anthony Davis (NO) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 15 points and the game winning layup with 1.9 seconds left and 7 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (NO) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 21 points and 20 rebounds including 10 offensive. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 28 points on 7-20 FG and 12-14 FT and 7 assists. Jrue Holiday (NO, stress fractured right tibia) and Jason Smith (NO, right knee cartilage) did not play. NY 125, Cha 96 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 62 points on 23-35 FG, 6-11 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Raymond Felton (NY) had 11 points and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Douglas-Roberts (Cha) had 14 points on 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY, sprained left ankle) and Kemba Walker (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAC 112, Chi 95 at Chi Blake Griffin (LAC) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points. LAC shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Chi shot 43% (40-93) FG. LAC shot 17-26 FT and Chi shot 9-11 FT. Mem 88, Hou 87 at Hou Courtney Lee (Mem) had 19 points. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 8 rebounds. James Johnson (Mem) had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 34 points including 11-17 FG and 10-14 FT. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Tony Allen (Mem, sprained left wrist), Ronnie Brewer (Hou, sore calf), Francisco Garcia (Hou, sore left knee), and Greg Smith (Hou, sore right knee) did not play. Was 101, Pho 95 at Pho Trevor Ariza (Was) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Nene (Was) had 18 points, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 18 points and 12 assists. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points and 11 assists. Channing Frye (Pho) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ind 116, Sac 111 OT at Sac Paul George (Ind) had 36 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. David West (Ind) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 24 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 42 points including 16-27 FG and 7-15 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 38 points on 13-31 FG and 10-10 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Min 121, GS 120 at GS Kevin Love (Min) had 26 points including 11-14 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 8 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 22 points on 11-18 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Martin (Min) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. David Lee (GS) had 23 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 33 points including 12-21 FG and 6-10 3-pointers, 15 assists, and 5 turnovers. 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 Schedule for Sunday, January 26 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Miami 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ New York 2:30 pm ABC Orlando @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Phoenix @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Boston 5:30 pm ESPN Detroit @ Dallas 6:30 pm Portland @ Golden State 8:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 8:00 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