News from January 1. New Orleans released Reggie Williams. Atlanta activated Ryan Kelly and placed Taurean Prince on IL. The LA Lakers activated Ivica Zubac and placed Metta World Peace on IL. Orlando activated Arinze Onuaku and placed Stephen Zimmerman on IL. Atl 114, SA 112 OT at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 32 points including 7-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 16 points and 10 assists. Tim Hardaway (Atl) had 29 points including 11-13 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 27 points including 12-17 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points including 10-18 FG and 6 assists. Det 107, Mia 98 at Mia Andre Drummond (Det) had 25 points including 12-19 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 27 points including 10-17 FG. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. James Johnson (Mia) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Josh McRoberts (Mia, stress fracture left foot), Hassan Whiteside (Mia, right rentinal contusion), and Justise Winslow (Mia, right shoulder injury) did not play. Ind 117, Orl 104 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Myles Turner (Ind) had 23 points and 12 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 12 points and 9 assists. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Ind shot 22-24 FT and Orl shot 10-11 FT. Damjan Rudez (Orl, strained right calf) did not play. Por 95, Min 89 at Min C.J. McCollum (Por) had 43 points including 16-25 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 18 points including 6-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 11 points including 3-15 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tor 123, LAL 114 at LAL Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 31 points including 11-13 FT. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 41 points including 12-16 FG, 6-7 3-pointers, and 11-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nick Young (LAL) had 26 points including 7-9 3-pointers. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 28 points including 6-12 3-pointers and 5 assists. Tor shot 56% (42-75) FG and LAL shot 40.2% (37-92) FG. Patrick Patterson (Tor, strained left knee) did not play. Schedule for Monday, January 2 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Milwaukee 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Utah @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Washington @ Houston 7:00 pm Phoenix @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Denver @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 3 (All times Central) Minnesota @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah @ Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Indiana @ Detroit 6:30 pm Washington @ Dallas 7:30 pm Toronto @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Denver 8:00 pm Miami @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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