News from January 6. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. Dallas activated Justin Anderson and Salah Mejri and placed Dirk Nowitkzi (rest) and Deron Williams (rest) on IL. Miami activated Hassan Whiteside and placed Josh Richardson on IL. Minnesota activated Nikola Pekovic and placed Tyus Jones on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kevin Durant and placed Steve Novak on IL. Portland activated Luis Montero and placed C.J. McCollum on IL. San Antonio activated Rasual Butler and placed LaMarcus Aldridge (rest) on IL. Toronto activated Delon Wright. Washington activated Nene and placed Kris Humphries on IL. Dal 100, NO 91 at NO Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Raymond Felton (Dal) had 22 points and 6 assists. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 26 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wesley Matthews (Dal, rest), Zaza Pachulia (Dal, rest), and Rajon Rondo (Sac, back spasms) did not play. LAC 109, Por 98 at Por DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points including 6-7 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 20 points. Chris Paul (LAC) had 21 points and 19 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 7-25 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. OKC 112, Mem 94 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points and 17 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 15 points. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem, sore left Achilles) and Jordan Adams (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Pho 111, Cha 102 at Pho Brandon Knight (Pho) had 18 points and 7 assists. Devin Booker (Pho) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mirza Teletovic (Pho) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points including 9-24 FG and 6 assists. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nicolas Batum (Cha, sprained right toe) did not play. SA 123, Uta 98 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. David West (SA) had 14 points on 7-8 FG and 13 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points. Trey Burke (Uta) had 21 points including 10-17 FG. SA shot 60.5% (52-86) FG and Uta shot 46.8% (37-79) FG. Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms) did not play. Den 78, Min 74 at Min Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Den) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 12 points including 3-4 FG. Den "out-scored" Min 12-9 in the 4th quarter. Tor 91, Bro 74 at Bro Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 17 points including 0-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (Tor) had 24 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Thaddeus Young (Tor) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Det 99, Bos 94 at Bos Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 24 points and 6 assists. Stanley Johnson (Det) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 22 points on 6-20 FG and 9-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Cle 121, Was 115 at Was LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 25 points on 10-16 FG and 5-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 32 points including 14-22 FG and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 20 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Garrett Temple (Was) had 21 points including 7-10 FG. Drew Gooden (Was strained right calf) did not play. Ind 95, Orl 86 at Orl Paul George (Ind) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 19 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. George Hill (Ind) had 16 points. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 17 points. NY 98, Mia 90 at Mia Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Robin Lopez (NY) had 19 points including 9-12 FG. Derrick Williams (NY) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. ---- 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