News from January 9. Atlanta activated Lamar Patterson and placed Thabo Sefolosha on IL. Utah activated Rudy Gobert. Stats Leaders Points Stephen Curry (GS) 29.5 James Harden (Hou) 28.3 Russell Westbrook (OKC) 25.5 Rebounds Andre Drummond (Det) 15.6 DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.5 Hassan Whiteside (Mia) 11.1 Assists Rajon Rondo (Sac) 11.6 John Wall (Was) 9.6 Chris Paul (LAC) 9.5 GS 128, Sac 116 at Sac Draymond Green (GS) had 25 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 38 points including 2-21 FG and 8-14 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 15 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 33 points and 10 rebounds. James Anderson (Sac, strained left hamstring) and Omri Casspi (Sac, sore upper back) did not play. Uta 98, Mia 83 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 34 points on 14-22 FG and 4-10 FT and 8 turnovers. Chris Johnson (Uta) had 14 points. Raul Neto (Uta) had 13 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 16 points. Uta shot 54.9% (39-71) FG and Mia shot 41.5% (34-82) FG. Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms) and Rodney Hood (Uta, sore right ankle) did not play. Tor 108, Phi 95 at Phi Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 25 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Det 103, Bro 89 at Det Ersan Ilyasova (Det) had 19 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Drummond (Det) had 23 points including 11-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 23 points on 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Donald Sloan (Bro) had 15 points and 10 assists. Marcus Morris (Det, left knee tendinitis) did not play. Was 105, Orl 99 at Orl John Wall (Was) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Otto Porter (Was) had 16 points and 4 steals. Jared Dudley (Was) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 23 points including 10-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Was shot 8-10 FT and Orl shot 18-24 FT. Nene (Was strained right triceps) did not play. Atl 120, Chi 105 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 33 points including 15-21 FG, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 27 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. LAC 97, Cha 83 at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 17 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 18 points and 13 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