News from January 3. Chicago placed Jimmy Butler (personal reasons) and Mike Dunleavy (right ankle injury) on IL. Portland activated Meyers Leonard and placed Victor Claver on IL. Utah activated Toure Murry and placed Patrick Christopher on IL. Stats Leaders Points James Harden (Hou) 27.2 LeBron James (Cle) 25.2 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 23.9 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.7 Andre Drummond (Det) 13.0 Tyson Chandler (Dal) 12.1 Assists John Wall (Was) 10.4 Ty Lawson (Den) 10.2 Rajon Rondo (Dal) 10.0 LAC 127, Phi 91 at LAC J.J. Redick (LAC) had 17 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 15 points. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 27 points including 9-10 FT, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Robert Covington (Phi) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. LAC shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and Phi shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. Hollis Thompson (Phi, upper respiratory infection) and Michael Carter-Williams (Phi, shoulder injury) did not play. Atl 115, Por 107 at Por Paul Millsap (Atl) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 22 points and 6 assists. Thabo Sefolosha (Atl) had 13 points including 3-4 FG and 12 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 30 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 19 points on 5-15 FG and 4-11 3-pointers. Atl shot 23-31 FT and Por shot 10-12 FT. Den 114, Mem 85 at Den Kenneth Faried (Den) had 13 points and 13 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 23 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 25 points including 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jon Leuer (Mem) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Den shot 25-31 FT and Mem shot 9-13 FT. Beno Udrih (Mem, lower left leg contusion) did not play. SA 101, Was 92 at SA Cory Joseph (SA) had 19 points including 8-10 FG. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 16 points including 7-8 FG. Patrick Mills (SA) had 15 points on 6-8 FG and 5 assists. John Wall (Was) had 15 points and 8 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 15 points. Uta 101, Min 89 at Min Trey Burke (Uta) had 28 points including 10-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 13 points including 5-7 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 8 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points. Maurice Williams (Min) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Uta shot 50.7% (38-75) FG and Min shot 39.5% (34-86) FG. Rodney Hood (Uta, left foot inflammation), Enes Kanter (Uta, sprained right ankle), and Chase Budinger (Min, ill) did not play. Hou 115, Mia 79 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 13 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Hou) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 15 points including 4-12 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 15 points. Alexey Shved (Hou, sprained left ankle) did not play. Chi 109, Bos 104 OT at Chi Pau Gasol (Chi) had 29 points including 10-11 FT, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 19 points. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 12 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Evan Turner (Bos) had 29 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 16 points and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chi shot 29-40 FT and Bos shot 9-11 FT. Jameer Nelson (Bos, right ankle) did not play. Cha 98, Orl 90 at Orl Kemba Walker (Cha) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gary Neal (Cha) had 16 points. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 21 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Cha out-scored Orl 30-9 in the 2nd quarter. Lance Stephenson (Cha, pelvic sprain) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, January 4 (All times Central) Dallas @ Cleveland 12:00 pm Sacramento @ Detroit 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Miami 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ New York 6:30 pm Toronto @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Indiana @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, January 5 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Boston 6:30 pm Dallas @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Houston @ Chicago 7:00 pm New York @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Indiana @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Portland 9:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Atlanta @ 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