News from January 29. Orlando signed Keith Appling to a 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix elected not to sign Lorenzo Brown for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Phoenix signed Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Michael-Kidd Gilchrist and placed Cody Zeller on IL. Dallas activated Zaza Pachulia and placed John Jenkins on IL. The LA Lakers activated Louis Williams and Robert Sacre and placed Kobe Bryant and Tarik Black on IL. Miami activated Josh McRoberts and Goran Dragic and placed Hassan Whiteside (strained left hip) and Tyler Johnson (strained left shoulder) on IL. New York placed Jose Calderon (sore right groin) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestis and placed Cameron Payne on IL. Dal 91, Bro 79 at Dal Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 28 points including 8-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Bro) had 11 points including 4-13 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals. Dal shot 46.3% (37-80) FG and Bro shot 30.9% (28-78) FG. LAC 105, LAL 93 at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 7 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 6 points and 17 rebounds. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 17 points. Julius Randle (LAL) had 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Paul Pierce (LAC, rest) did not play. Por 109, Cha 91 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 20 points. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Tyler Hansbrough (Cha) had 12 points including 8-10 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Por shot 48.9% (45-92) FG and Cha shot 38.8% (31-80) FG. Uta 103, Min 90 at Uta Rodney Hood (Uta) had 22 points. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 20 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 32 points including 13-17 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Zach LaVine (Min) had 19 points including 9-12 FG. Mia 107, Mil 103 at Mil Chris Bosh (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 10-13 FT, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Luol Deng (Mia) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 24 points including 10-11 FT and 5 turnovers. John Henson (Mil, sore lower back) did not play. OKC 116, Hou 108 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points including 11-18 FG and 12 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points including 7-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 14 assists, and 8 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points on 8-22 FG and 15-17 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 17 points. NY 102, Pho 84 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 19 points including 5-14 FG, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Arron Afflalo (NY) had 17 points. Langston Galloway (NY) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Devin Booker (Pho) had 21 points. Jordan McRae (Pho) had 12 points. NY shot 23-26 FT and Pho shot 7-12 FT. Brandon Knight (Pho, left abductor strain) did not play. Cle 114, Det 106 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 29 point including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 29 points including 11-19 FG. Andre Drummond (Det) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Bos 113, Orl 94 at Bos Marcus Smart (Bos) had 16 points and 3 steals. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 16 points. Evan Turner (Bos) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 8 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 12 points including 3-9 FG and 9 rebounds. ---- 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