News from January 7. The NBA suspended Ty Lawson (Hou) for 3 games for his DUI violation in California from July. Denver released Kostas Papanikolaou. Memphis released Ryan Hollins. Phoenix released Cory Jefferson and Bryce Cotton. Atlanta activated Justin Holiday and Tiago Splitter and placed Lamar Patterson and Walter Tavares on IL. The LA Lakers activated Kobe Bryant and D'Angelo Russell and placed Metta World Peace and Robert Sacre on IL. Utah activated Rudy Gobert. Atl 126, Phi 98 at Phi Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 12 points and 7 assists. Chi 101, Bos 92 at Chi Pau Gasol (Chi) had 17 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 19 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 3 steals. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos, sore left hip) did not play. Hou 103, Uta 94 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Terrence Jones (Hou) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Hou) had 12 points. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 15 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou, sore lower back), Ty Lawson (Hou, suspended), and Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms) did not play. Sac 118, LAL 115 at Sac DeMarcus Counsins (Sac) had 29 points including 11-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 18 points and 6 assists. Quincy Acy (Sac) had 18 points including 8-9 FG. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points. Louis Williams (LAL) had 28 points. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 27 points including 11-16 FG. Omri Casspi (Sac sore upper back) and Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac, lacerated right middle finger) 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