News from January 27. The NBA announced that Gregg Popovich (SA) and Tyronn Lue (Cle) will coach the All-Star game on February 14 in Toronto. The coaches of the All-Star game are determined by the team in each conference having the best record or second best record 2 weeks before the game - Golden State coach Steve Kerr is ineligible to coach this year's game as he coached last year and coaches are not allowed to coach in consecutive All-Star games. The NBA announced the contestants for the Rookie-Sophomore game. The teams were divided by US and World, instead of rookie-sophomore. US Team World Team Jordan Clarkson (LAL) soph Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) soph Rodney Hood (Uta) soph Clint Capela (Hou) soph Zach LaVine (Min) soph Mario Hezonja (Orl) rook Nerlens Noel (Phi) soph Nikola Jokic (Den) rook Jahlil Okafor (Phi) rook Nikola Mirotic (Chi) soph Jabari Parker (Mil) soph Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) rook Elfrid Payton (Orl) soph Raul Neto (Uta) rook D'Angelo Russell (LAL) rook Kristaps Porzingis (NY) rook Marcus Smart (Bos) soph Dwight Powell (Dal) soph Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) rook Andrew Wiggins (Min) soph Nikola Mirotic (Chi) underwent surgery to removed his appendix and is expected to be out at least 2 weeks. Cleveland named Mike Longabardi as an assistant coach. Boston activated R.J. Hunter and placed Terry Rozier on IL. Denver activated J.J. Hickson. Golden State activated Kevon Looney and placed Festus Ezeli on IL. GS 127, Dal 107 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 45 points on 14-20 FG, 7-12 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Harrison Barnes (GS) had 13 points. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, rest) did not play. Cle 115, Pho 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 9 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 18 points on 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 4 steals. Devin Booker (Pho) had 16 points and 5 assists. P.J. Tucker (Pho) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Jon Leuer (Pho, lower back spasms) and Brandon Knight (Pho, left abductor strain) did not play. Bos 111, Den 100 at Bos Avery Bradley (Bos) had 27 points including 5-13 3-pointers and 4 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 16 points and 5 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Will Barton (Den) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Det 110, Phi 97 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 25 points including 7-12 FT and 18 rebounds including 9 offensive. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Stanley Johnson (Det) had 18 points. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi, personal reasons) and JaKarr Sampson (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. LAC 85, Atl 83 at Atl DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points including 7-12 FT and 19 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 11 points including 5-15 FG, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 16 points on 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. OKC 126, Min 123 at Min Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 15 assists. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 21 points including 10-13 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 19 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 20 points. Zach LaVine (Min) had 35 points including 14-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Kevin Martin (Min, sore right wrist) did not play. SA 130, Hou 99 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 25 points including 9-13 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Danny Green (SA) had 18 points including 6-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. James Harden (Hou) had 20 points and 5 turnover. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. SA shot 55.6% (50-90) FG and Hou shot 38.4% (28-73) FG. Uta 102, Cha 73 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 12 points. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Brian Roberts (Cha) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Uta shot 49.4% (40-81) FG and Cha shot 36.8% (25-68) FG. Jeremy Lamb (Cha, sprained right big toe) and Cody Zeller (Cha, strained right shoulder) did not play. ---- 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