News from January 27. The NBA named Kevin Durant (OKC) and Paul Millsap (Atl) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 26. Durant averaged 38 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Oklahoma City went 4-0. Millsap averaged 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds as Atlanta went 3-1. The LA Clippers activated Byron Mullens. Minnesota activated Shabazz Muhammad and placed A.J. Price on IL. Oklahoma City placed Andre Robinson on IL. Uta 106, Sac 99 at Uta Marvin Williams (Uta) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Derrick Williams (Sac) had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Uta shot 35-53 FT and Sac shot 20-26 FT. OKC 111, Atl 109 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 41 points including 15-25 FG, 5-7 3-pointers, and the game winning jumper with 1.5 seconds left, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 18 points and 5 assists. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 14 points. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mike Scott (Atl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAC 114, Mil 86 at Mil Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 8 points on 4-5 FG and 18 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 25 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 16 points including 6-22 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 14 points. LAC shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Mil shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. O.J. Mayo (Mil, ill), Larry Sanders (Mil, ill), and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 95, Chi 86 at Chi Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 14-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Ronny Turiaf (Min) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Corey Brewer (Min) had 11 points and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 20 points including 9-24 FG, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi, ill) did not play. Tor 104, Bro 103 at Bro Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 31 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 15 points including the game winning jumper with 6 seconds left. Paul Pierce (Bro) had 33 points including 10-16 FG and 7-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. Pho 124, Phi 113 at Phi Gerald Green (Pho) had 30 points including 10-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 3 blocks. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Miles Plumlee (Pho) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Evan Turner (Phi) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 3 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 22 points and 11 assists. 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 Schedule for Wednesday, January 29 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Miami 6:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Toronto 6:00 pm Detroit @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Boston 6:30 pm Phoenix @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Denver 8:00 pm Chicago @ San Antonio 8:30 pm ESPN Memphis @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Washington @ LA Clippers 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