News from January 26. The LA Lakers signed Manny Harris to a 2nd 10-day contract. Oklahoma City elected not to sign Royal Ivey to a 2nd 10-day contract. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed James Jones on IL. Former NBA player Tom Gola died at age 81. Gola played 10 seasons with the Warriors and New York from 55-56 to 65-66. Dal 116, Det 106 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Dal) had 17 points including 7-8 FG. Devin Harris (Dal) had 14 points and 7 assists. Josh Smith (Det) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Jennings (Det) had 26 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dal shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Det shot 47.3% (43-91) FG. Den 125, Sac 117 at Sac Wilson Chandler (Den) had 20 points and 5 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 8-10 FT and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 22 points including 7-21 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 19 points. GS 103, Por 88 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 38 points on 13-23 FG, 5-8 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. David Lee (GS) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 17 points including 6-21 FG. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 21 points on 5-14 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 16 points including 5-16 FG. Bro 85, Bos 79 at Bos Alan Anderson (Bro) had 11 points. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 17 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Bro) had 11 points. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points including 6-6 FG and 8 rebounds. Rajon Rando (Bos) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Pho 99, Cle 90 at Cle Channing Frye (Pho) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 27 points including 10-12 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Luol Deng (Cle) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points including 8-23 FG and 9 assists. Pho out-scored Cle 25-6 in the 3rd quarter. NO 100, Orl 92 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 point, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 7 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 23 points including 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 6 turnovers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO, fractured tibia), Jason Smith (NO, injured right knee), Ronnie Price (Orl, sprained right foot), and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, concussion) did not play. NY 110, LAL 103 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 35 points including 14-31 FG and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (NY) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 5 assists. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Amare Stoudemire (NY, sprained left ankle), Metta World Peace (NY, ill), Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmer (LAL, torn left hamstring), and Xavier Henry (LAL, bone bruise right knee) did not play. Mia 113, SA 101 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 7 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points including 9-13 FG. Boris Diaw (SA) had 15 points. Schedule for Monday, January 27 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 28 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ New York 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Memphis @ Portland 9:00 pm Washington @ Golden State 9:30 pm Indiana @ 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