News from January 8. Memphis signed Elliot Williams to a 10-day contract. Phoenix signed Lorenzo Brown to a 10-day contract and placed Ronnie Price on IL. Dallas activated Dirk Nowitzki and Deron Williams and placed John Jenkins and Salah Mejri on IL. Denver activated Emmanuel Mudiay and placed Kenneth Faried (birth of child) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Robert Sacre and Metta World Peace and placed Tarik Black and Ryan Kelly on IL. Memphis activated James Ennis and placed Jordan Adams on IL. Portland activated C.J. McCollum and placed Luis Montero on IL. San Antonio activated Tony Parker and LaMarcus Aldridge and placed Rasual Butler and Ray McCallum on IL. Mil 96, Dal 95 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 27 points including the game winning short jumper with 9.9 seconds left and 5 assists. Michael Carter-Williams (Mil) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals. John Henson (Mil) had 16 points on 8-9 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points on 6-17 FG and 4-10 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 19 points. Tyler Ennis (Mil, ill) and Miles Plumlee (Mil, sore left knee) did not play. Tor 97, Was 88 at Was DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 35 points including 12-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Luis Scola (Tor) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 21 points, 3 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Orl 83 Bro 77 at Bro Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 9 points including 3-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points. Orl shot 4-6 FT and Bro shot 12-20 FT. Mem 91, Den 84 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (Mem) had 16 points including 4-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Matt Barnes (Mem) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 29 points including 11-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem, sore left Achilles), Courtney Lee (Mem, left hip contusion), and Emmanuel Mudiay (Den, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cle 125, Min 99 at Min Kevin Love (Cle) had 20 points on 4-11 FG and 10-11 FT and 9 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 27 points including 10-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Iman Shumpert (Cle) had 23 points and 4 steals. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 22 points on 11-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 35 points on 12-19 FG and 8-12 FT. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 22 points including 8-10 FT. Ind 91, NO 86 at NO Ian Mahinmi (Ind) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 13 points including 3-13 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Tyree Evans (NO) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 21 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. SA 100, NY 99 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 20 points on 5-15 FG and 8-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Kristas Porzingis (NY) had 28 points and 11 rebounds. Mia 103, Pho 95 at Pho Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points on 9-14 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 22 points and 7 assists. Gerald Green (Mia) had 21 points including 7-11 FG. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 26 points. Devin Booker (Pho) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. GS 128, Por 108 at Por Brandon Rush (GS) had 20 points on 8-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Draymond Green (GS) had 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 31 points on 13-22 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 40 points including 6-15 3-pointers and 10-12 FT and 10 assists. Alan Crabbe (Por) had 18 points. GS shot 52.9% (46-87) FG and Por shot 39.6% (38-96) FG. OKC 117, LAL 113 at LAL Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 36 points including 13-16 FT, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 19 points and 6 assists. Louis Williams (LAL) had 44 points including 5-14 3-pointers and 15-15 FT. ---- 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