News from January 25. The NBA named DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) and Kemba Walker (Cha) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 24. Cousins averaged 36 points and 14.7 rebounds as Sacramento went 3-0. Walker averaged 34.8 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists as Charlotte went 3-1. Jason Kidd (Mil coach) returned to his head coaching duties after being out 5 weeks while recovering from hip surgery. Milwaukee went 8-9 under assistant coach Joe Prunty. Andre Roberson (OKC) is expected to be out at least 3 weeks with a sprained right knee. Atlanta activated Paul Millsap and placed Walter Tavares on IL. Boston activated James Young and placed R.J. Hunter on IL. Minnesota activated Damjan Rudez and Tyus Jones and placed Kevin Garnett and Adreian Payne on IL. San Antonio activated LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Tim Duncan on IL. Washington activated Drew Gooden. Former NBA player Bobby Wanzer died at age 94. He played 10 seasons from 47-48 - 56-57 with Rochester. GS 120, SA 90 at GS Stephen Curry (GS) had 37 points including 12-20 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 5 steals. Draymond Green (GS) had 11 points 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Marreese Speights (GS) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Boban Marjanovic (SA) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Cha 129, Sac 128 2OT at Sac Marvin Williams (Cha) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists in 50 minutes. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 24 points on 5-25 FG, 1-8 3-pointers, and 13-15 FT, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Troy Daniels (Cha) had 28 points on 10-15 FG and the game winning 3-pointer with 9 seconds left and 7 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 56 points on 21-30 FG and 13-16 FT, 12 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 7 points, 10 rebounds, and 20 assists. Cha shot 40% (44-110) FG and Sac shot 52.7% (48-91) FG. Nicolas Batum (Cha, sprained right second toe), Jeremy Lamb (Cha, sprained right great toe), and Cody Zeller (Cha, strained right shoulder) did not play. Det 95, Uta 92 at Uta Reggie Jackson (Det) had 29 points including 12-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Ersan Ilyasova (Det) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 7-23 FG, 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 23 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Atl 119, Den 105 at Den Paul Millsap (Atl) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 12 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Atl shot 50% (43-88) FG and Den shot 39.3% (33-84) FG. Hou 112, NO 111 at NO Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 31 points including 11-16 FG and 8-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 35 points including 10-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Patrick Beverley (Hou) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 32 points including 13-21 FG, 16 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Hou, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 108, Orl 102 OT at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points including 7-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Jeff Green (Mem) had 30 points including 11-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mem out-scored 8-2 in overtime. Mia 89, Chi 84 at Chi Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Justise Winslow (Mia) had 8 points including 3-4 FG and 9 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Bos 116, Was 91 at Was Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 23 points and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jared Dudley (Was) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Cle 114, Min 107 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points including 11-15 FG, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Matthew Dellavedova (Cle) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points. Zach LaVine (Min) had 21 points and 6 assists. 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