News from January 26. The NBA postponed the New York and Brooklyn games that were scheduled for January 26 due to an expected blizzard in the area. The Sac@NY game was rescheduled for March 3 and the Por@Bro game was rescheduled to April 6. The NBA named Klay Thompson (GS) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 25. Thompson averaged 33 points including 21-38 3-pointers as Golden State went 4-0. James averaged 27.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 6.8 assists as Cleveland went 4-0. Brandon Jennings (Det) is expected to be out for the rest of the season with a torn left Achilles. Kobe Bryant (LAL) is expected to undergo surgery on his torn right rotator cuff on Wednesday and is expected to be out for the rest of the season. Kemba Walker (Cha) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee to repair a torn lateral meniscus. It is not known yet how long he will be out. Memphis activated Jordan Adams and placed Tony Allen on IL. Oklahoma City activated Grant Jerrett and placed Kevin Durant (sprained left big toe) on IL. Orlando activated Dewayne Dedmon and placed Maurice Harkless on IL. Mem 103, Orl 94 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Mem) had 15 points including 6-8 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. NO 99, Phi 74 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 32 points including 12-19 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 13 points and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 19 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. KJ McDaniels (Phi) had 16 points and 3 steals. Henry Sims (Phi) had 14 points. NO shot 45.3% (39-86) FG and Phi shot 34.6% (28-81) FG. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. OKC 92, Min 84 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points including 7-22 FG and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 13 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 14 points including 5-7 FG and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Min) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 6 points, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points including 9-12 FT. Bos 99, Uta 90 at Uta Tayshaun Prince (Bos) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 5 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Bos out-scored Uta 38-14 in the 2nd quarter (and Uta out-scored Bos 35-16 in the 3rd quarter). LAC 102, Den 98 at LAC Matt Barnes (LAC) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 23 points. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points and 11 assists. Schedule for Tuesday, January 27 (All times Central) Toronto @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Detroit 6:30 pm NBATV Milwaukee @ Miami 6:30 pm Memphis @ Dallas 7:30 pm Chicago @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Washington @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, January 28 (All times Central) Portland @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Toronto 6:30 pm Dallas @ Houston 7:00 pm Boston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ New York 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ San Antonio 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm Washington @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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