News from January 31. Isaiah Canaan (Pho) suffered a broken left ankle during Wednesday's Dal-Pho game. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) underwent surgery to repair his ruptured left Achilles. John Wall (Was) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is out 6 to 8 weeks. Boston elected not to sign Eddie Jarell to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. Boston activated Kadeem Allen and Guerschon Yabusele and placed Kyrie Irving (right quad contusion) on IL. Charlotte placed Marvin Williams (sprained left ankle) on IL. Chicago activated Antonio Blakeney and placed Nikola Mirotic on IL. Cleveland activated Cedi Osman and placed Kevin Love (fractured left hand) on IL. New York activated Damyean Dotson and placed Ron Baker on IL. Baker is out indefinitely with a dislocated right shoulder. Philadelphia activated J.J. Redick and Joel Embiid and placed Larry Drew on IL. Phoenix activated Marquese Chriss, Devin Booker, and Danuel House and placed Alex Len (sore right ankle) and Greg Monroe on IL. Former NBA player Rasual Butler died at age 38 in a car accident. He played 13 seasons in the NBA with 8 teams from 2002-2016. Pho 102, Dal 88 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 20 points on 10-16 FG. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 17 points and 6 assists. Pho shot 48.2% (40-83) FG and Dal shot 36.4% (32-88) FG. Por 124, Chi 108 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 50 points on 18-25 FG, 6-9 3-pointers, and 8-8 FT and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 13 points and 7 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Chi) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Por shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and Chi shot 41.4% (41-99) FG. Lauri Markkanen (Chi, personal reasons) did not play. Bos 103, NY 73 at Bos Terry Rozier (Bos) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 16 points and 3 blocks. Bos out-scored NY 53-28 in the 2nd half including 22-8 in the 4th quarter. Bos shot 48.2% (40-83) FG and NY shot 32.2% (28-87) FG. Cle 91, Mia 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Cle) had 13 points including 2-15 FG and 0-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Channing Frye (Cle) had 16 points. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 15 points. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 18 points and 6 assists. Bro 116, Phi 108 at Bro Jarrett Allen (Bro) had 16 points including 5-6 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 27 points including 13-15 FT. D'Angelo Russell (Bro) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 29 points including 12-14 FT and 14 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Phi) had 20 points including 9-10 FT. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 24 points including 11-16 FG and 7 assists. Cha 123, Atl 110 at Atl Dwight Howard (Cha) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 38 points including 12-20 FG and 9-13 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 25 points including 8-11 FG and 5 assists. Marco Belinelli (Atl) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Orl 127, LAL 105 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Marreese Speights (Orl) had 21 points. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Julius Randle (LAL) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Jordan Clarker (LAL) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Ind 105, Mem 101 at Ind Bojan Bogdanovic (Ind) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Myles Turner (Ind) had 15 points including 8-12 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Darren Collison (Ind) had 16 points and 3 steals. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Wayne Selden (Mem) had 24 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Ind shot 21-31 FT and Mem shot 11-15 FT. Mario Chalmers (Mem, left hamstring), Deyonta Davis (Mem, sore knees), and Tyreke Evans (Mem) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, February 1 (All times Central) Memphis at Detroit 6:00 pm Toronto at Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City at Denver 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 2 (All times Central) Indiana at Charlotte 6:00 pm Atlanta at Boston 6:30 pm LA Lakers at Brooklyn 7:30 pm Portland at Toronto 6:30 pm Miami at Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN New York at Milwaukee 7:00 pm New Orleans at Oklahoma City 8:00 pm Utah at Phoenix 8:00 pm Golden State at Sacramento 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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