News from January 14. New Orleans signed Mike James to a 2-way contract. Utah signed Georges Niang to a 2-way contract and released Nazareth Mitrou-Long. Indiana activated Ike Anigobogu and placed Ben Moore on IL. New York activated Tim Hardaway and placed Ron Baker on IL. Phoenix activated Josh Jackson, Davon Reed, and Isaiah Canaan and placed T.J. Warren (sore lower back) on IL. Min 120, Por 103 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 24 points on 7-11 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Min) had 22 points and 8 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Pat Connaughton (Por) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Ind 120, Pho 97 at Pho Darren Collison (Ind) had 19 points. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Cory Joseph (Ind) had 16 points on 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 15 points including 5-16 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ind shot 54.5 (48-88) FG and Pho shot 41.2% (35-85) FG. NO 123, NY 118 OT at NY Anthony Davis (NO) had 48 points on 17-30 FG and 12-15 FT, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 15 points on 4-16 FG and 7-12 FT, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 31 points including 12-19 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, and 5 steals. Jarrett Jack (NY) had 22 points including 9-14 FG, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 25 points including 2-10 3-pointers and 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Enes Kanter (NY) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Mia 97, Mil 79 at Mia Josh Richardson (Mia) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 15 points including 5-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 16 points on 3-16 FG, 1-8 3-pointers, and 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Mia shot 46.1% (35-76) FG and Mil shot 31.6% (25-79) FG. Schedule for Monday, January 15 (All times Central) Charlotte at Detroit 11:30 am NBATV Toronto at Philadelphia 12:00 pm Milwaukee at Washington 1:00 pm San Antonio at Atlanta 2:30 pm NBATV New York at Brooklyn 2:00 pm Miami at Chicago 2:30 pm LA Lakers at Memphis 4:30 pm TNT Sacramento at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Golden State at Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Indiana at Utah 8:00 pm Houston at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Tuesday, January 16 (All times Central) Minnesota at Orlando 6:00 pm New Orleans at Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Dallas at Denver 8:00 pm Phoenix at Portland 9:00 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