News from January 14. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) is expected to be out for at least 2 weeks with a sprain and bone bruise in his right foot. Orlando released Joe Harris. Denver signed Sean Kilpatrick to a 10-day contract on January 12. Chicago activated Cristiano Felicio and placed Pau Gasol (rest) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Metta World Peace and placed Brandon Bass on IL. San Antonio activated Rasual Butler and placed Ray McCallum on IL. Tor 106, Orl 103 OT at London Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points on 5-20 FG and 12-14 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cory Joseph (Tor) had 19 points including 9-11 FG. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 13 points including 4-19 FG and 11 rebounds. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 21 points including 8-11 FG. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 27 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tor shot 24-31 FT and Orl shot 6-8 FT. Chi 115, Phi 111 OT at Phi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 53 points including 21-25 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 6 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 17 points. Ish Smith (Phi) had 24 points and 6 assists. Robert Covington (Phi) had 25 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi, left knee patellar tendinitis) and Jerami Grant (Phi, strained left calf) did not play. Mem 103, Det 101 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and the game winning jumper with .8 seconds left, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 18 points on 6-6 3-pointers (and 0-1 2-pointers). Ersan Ilyasova (Det) had 17 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Stanley Johnson (Det) had 19 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Mike Conley (Mem, sore left Achilles) did not play. SA 99, Cle 95 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 3 steals. David West (SA) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sac 103, Uta 101 at Uta Rudy Gay (Sac) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 36 points including 14-21 FT and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marco Bellineli (Sac) had 11 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 21 points on 4-17 FG, 0-8 3-pointers, and 13-16 FT and 8 rebounds. Trey Lyles (Uta) had 19 points. Derrick Favors (Uta, sore lower back) did not play. GS 116, LAL 96 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 26 points including 8-16 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Shaun Livingston (GS) had 17 points. Leandro Barbosa (GS) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Louis Williams (LAL) had 21 points including 0-11 FT. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 22 points including 10-17 FG. ---- 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