News from January 23. Mirza Teletovic (Bro) has been diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs and is out for the season. Boston signed Andre Dawkins to a 10-day contract. Miami elected not to sign Tyler Johnson to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Boston activated James Young and placed Kelly Olynyk on IL. Chicago activated Joakim Noah. Cleveland activated Iman Shumpert. Denver activated Danilo Gallinari. Indiana activated George Hill and placed Shayne Whittington on IL. Memphis placed Jarnell Stokes and Jordan Adams on IL. Miami activated Luol Deng. New York activated Cleanthony Early and placed Amare Stoudemire on IL. Orlando activated Andrew Nicholson and placed Dewayne Dedmon on IL. Philadelphia placed Tony Wroten (torn right ACL) on IL. Phoenix activated Zoran Dragic and placed T.J. Warren on IL. Chi 102, Dal 98 at Dal Derrick Rose (Chi) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 13 points and 16 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 101-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 19 points. GS 126, Sac 101 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 52 points on 16-25 FG, 11-15 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Thompson scored 37 points in the 3rd quarter, setting the NBA record for highest scoring quarter (old: 33). Stephen Curry (GS) had 10 points including 3-11 FG, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Marreese Speights (GS) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andre Iguodala (GS, rest) did not play. Hou 113, Pho 111 at Pho James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 14-17 FT and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 21 points including 9-14 FG. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 25 points including 8-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Terrence Hones (Hou, left leg nerve inflammation) did not play. Bos 100, Den 99 at Den Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 20 points. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Ty Lawson (Den, personal reasons) did not play. SA 99, LAL 85 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points. Tarik Black (LAL, sprained right ankle), Kobe Bryant (LAL, torn right rotator cuff), and Jeremy Lin (LAL) did not play. NO 92, Min 84 at Min Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 17 points and 8 assists. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Min) had 15 points. Ryan Anderson (NO, bilateral ankle inflammation) did not play. NY 113, Orl 106 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Smith (NY) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NY) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 34 points including 16-22 FG and 18 rebounds. Channing Frye (Orl) had 14 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mia 89, Ind 87 at Mia Luol Deng (Mia) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 6 turnovers. David West (Ind) had 12 points including 5-14 FG, 9 rebounds and 5 turnovers. Luis Scola (Ind) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Cle 129, Cha 90 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 21 points on 7-11 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 22 points including 10-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Cle out-scored Cha 75-40 in the 1st half. Cle shot 51.7% (46-89) FG and Cha shot 40.4% (36-89) FG. Atl 103, OKC 93 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points and 9 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points including 8-22 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Tor 91, Phi 86 at Phi Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Greivis Vasquez (Tor) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points including 5-15 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 12 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Schedule for Saturday, January 24 (All times Central) New York @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ Milwaukee 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn @ Utah 8:00 pm Washington @ Portland 9:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Sunday, January 25 (All times Central) Miami @ Chicago 12:00 pm ABC Oklahoma City @ Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC LA Clippers @ Phoenix 5:00 pm Dallas @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Minnesota @ Atlanta 5:00 pm Indiana @ Orlando 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Detroit @ Toronto 6:00 pm Boston @ Golden State 7:00 pm Washington @ Denver 7:00 pm NBATV Houston @ LA Lakers 8:30 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