News from January 31. Utah raised a banner with 1223 on it (number of wins while he was coach) for former head coach Jerry Sloan. Nate Robinson (Den) underwent surgery to repair a torn left ACL and is out for the season. Chicago elected not to sign Cartier Martin for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. The LA Clippers elected not to sign Darius Morris for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Dallas activated Ricky Ledo and placed Shawn Marion (right shoulder contusion) on IL. Ledo was recalled from the NBADL. Toronto activated DeMar DeRozan and placed Dwight Buycks on IL. Utah activated Ian Clark and placed Derrick Favors (strained hip) and Marvin Williams (sore heel) on IL. Dal 107, Sac 103 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 34 points on 11-19 FG and 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 20 points. Jose Calderon (Dal) had 14 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 35 points on 10-16 FG and 15-17 FT, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 19 points and 6 assists. GS 95, Uta 90 at Uta Stephen Curry (GS) had 44 points including 14-26 FG and 8-13 3-pointers. Andrew Bogut (GS) had 16 points on 8-11 FG, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 11 points including 3-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Alec Burks (Uta) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. GS shot 37.5% (33-88) FG and Uta shot 47.9% (35-73) FG. David Lee (GS, sore shoulder) did not play. Cha 110, LAL 100 at LAL Al Jefferson (Cha) had 40 points including 18-32 FG, 18 rebounds, and 3 steals. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 20 points. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 9 points and 13 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Jodie Meeks (LAL) had 19 points including 5-15 FG and 3-10 3-pointers. Nick Young (LAL) had 21 points including 8-22 FG. Cha shot 52.3% (46-88) FG and LAL shot 38.7% (36-93) FG. Kemba Walker (Cha, sprained left ankle), Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmar (LAL, left hamstring tear), and Xavier Henry (LAL, bone bruise right knee) did not play. Tor 100, Den 90 at Den Terrence Ross (Tor) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 6-17 FG. Jonas Valanciuns (Tor) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 13 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Den) had 18 points including 7-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Randy Foye (Den) had 10 points including 4-13 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 16 assists, and 8 turnovers. Ty Lawson (Den, strained left rotator cuff), Nate Robinson (Den, torn left ACL), and Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. OKC 120, Bro 95 at Bro Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points including 10-12 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 7 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 25 points including 12-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 14 points and 7 assists. Deron Williams (Bro) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Shaun Livingston (Bro) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 3 steals. OKC out-scored Bro 63-35 in the 1st half. OKC shot 63.6% (49-77) FG and Bro shot 47.3% (35-74) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Bro, sore right calf) did not play. Mem 94, Min 90 at Min Zach Randolph (Mem) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 12 points including 4-14 FG and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 16 rebound. Kevin Martin (Min) had 14 points. Mem shot 14-22 FT and Min shot 6-7 FT. Atl 125, Phi 99 at Phi DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Elton Brand (Atl) had 18 points including 8-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Mike Scott (Atl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 29 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 17 points including 8-10 FT and 5 assists. Atl shot 50.6% (45-89) FG and Phi shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Brandon Davies (Phi, fractured right small finger) did not play. Orl 113, Mil 102 at Orl Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Caron Butler (Mil) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. John Henson (Mil, sprained right wrist), O.J. Mayo (Mil, ill), and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, February 1 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Washington 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami @ New York 7:30 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Toronto @ Portland 9:00 pm Utah @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 2 (All times Central) Orlando @ Boston 12:00 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