News from January 15. Ronnie Price (Pho) underwent surgery on his right big toe to remove loose bodies and is expected to be out a month. Joakim Noah (Chi) left Friday's game with a separated left shoulder. Dallas activated Wesley Matthews and Chandler Parsons and placed Justin Anderson and John Jenkins on IL. Chicago activated Pau Gasol and placed Cristiano Felicio on IL. Denver activated J.J. Hickson and placed Jusuf Nurkic on IL. Houston activated K.J. McDaniels. Milwaukee activated Jerryd Bayless and placed Damien Ingis on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Garnett and placed Kevin Martin on IL. Dal 83, Chi 77 at Chi Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 9 points and 10 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points. Was 118, Ind 104 at Ind John Wall (Was) had 28 points including 12-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. DeJuan Blair (Was) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. George Hill (Ind) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 21 points including 6-19 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Was shot 5-10 FT and Ind shot 25-32 FT. Otto Porter (Was, sore right hip) and Rodney Stuckey (Ind, sprained right foot) did not play. OKC 113, Min 93 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 20 points. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 15 points. OKC shot 52.8% (47-89) FG and Min shot 40% (34-85) FG. Bos 117, Pho 103 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 19 points and 5 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 16 points. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Alex Len (Pho, sprained left hand) did not play. Por 116, Bro 104 at Bro Damian Lillard (Por) had 33 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 10 assists. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 19 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ed Davis (Por) had 14 points including 6-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 25 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Donald Sloan (Bro) had 15 points including 5-6 FG, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Willie Reed (Bro, personal reasons) did not play. NO 109, Cha 107 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points including the game winning dunk with 2 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 32 points including 12-19 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 25 points and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 point including 5-7 3-pointers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha, strained right big toe) did not play. Mil 108, Atl 101 OT at Mil Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 28 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 26 points and 3 steals. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 15 points including 5-15 FG, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Mil shot 25-37 FT and Atl shot 6-6 FT. Jerryd Bayless (Mil sprained left ankle) and O.J. Mayo (Mil, sore left hamstring) did not play. Mia 98, Den 95 at Den Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-13 FG. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 19 points, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 11 blocks. Beno Udrih (Mia) had 11 points and 11 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 16 points. Chris Andersen (Mia, sore left knee) and Dwyane Wade (Mia, shoulder soreness) did not play. Cle 91, Hou 77 at Hou LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points. Kevin Love (Cle) had 11 points on 4-13 FG, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 14 points including 6-10 FT and 11 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 11 points including 2-10 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. ---- 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