News from January 22. Orlando signed Anthony Brown to a 10-day contract. Denver activated Gary Harris and placed Emmanuel Mudiay (sore lower back) on IL. Golden State activated Damian Jones and placed Shaun Livingston (rest) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Larry Nance and Luol Deng and placed Metta World Peace and D'Angelo Russell (sprained right knee) on IL. Minnesota placed Ricky Rubio (personal reasons) on IL. Orlando placed Jodie Meeks (sprained right thumb) on IL. Toronto activated Patrick Patterson and placed Delon Wright (right shoulder) on IL. Dal 122, LAL 73 at Dal Deron Williams (Dal) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Justin Anderson (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jordon Clarkson (LAL) had 10 points. Louis Williams (LAL) had 15 points including 4-11 FG and 1-6 3-pointers. Dal out-scored LAL 38-11 in the 2nd quarter. Dal shot 49.4% (43-87) FG and LAL shot 38.4% (28-73) FG. J.J. Barea (Dal, strained left calf) did not play. GS 118, Orl 98 at Orl Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points on 7-9 3-pointers and 0-2 2-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (GS) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 23 points on 11-18 FG and 10 assists. Bismack Biyombo (Orl) had 12 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Pho 115, Tor 103 at Tor Devin Booker (Pho) had 20 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 40 points on 11-17 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and 14-14 FT, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 9 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points on 6-17 FG and 10-11 FT. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pho out-scored Tor 33-18 in the 4th quarter. Pho shot 50.6% (40-79) FG and Tor shot 39.8% (33-83) FG. Min 111, Den 108 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 24 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 32 points including 13-19 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 20 points on 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Schedule for Monday, January 23 (All times Central) Washington @ Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Golden State @ Miami 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Detroit 6:30 pm Houston @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Cleveland @ New Orleans 7:00 pm New York @ Indiana 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 24 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Toronto 6:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Boston @ Washington 6:00 pm Chicago @ Orlando 6:00 pm Utah @ Denver 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Phoenix 8:00 pm ---- 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