News from January 9. Dallas activated Josh McRoberts. Sacramento placed Georgios Papagiannis (upset stomach) on IL. Toronto activated Lorenzo Brown and Alfonzo McKinnie and placed Kyle Lowry (bruised tailbone) on IL. Dal 114, Orl 99 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Por 117, OKC 106 at OKC Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 7 assists. Shabazz Napier (Por) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Paul George (OKC) had 22 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 7-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mia 90, Tor 89 at Tor Goran Dragic (Mia) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 13 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bam Adebayo (Mia) had 16 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 15 points on 6-17 FG and 3-12 3-pointers, and the game winning layup with .3 seconds left. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points including 10-29 FG and 6 assists. Delon Wright (Tor) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Mia out-rebounded Tor 64-37 including 20-7 offensive. Tyler Johnson (Mia, strained left shoulder) and Justise Winslow (Mia, strained left knee) did not play. LAL 99 Sac 86 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 18 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Lonzo Ball (LAL) had 5 points on 2-10 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 15 points and 4 steals. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 19 points. LAL shot 48.1% (37-77) FG and Sac 34.5% (30-87) FG. Schedule for Wednesday, January 10 (All times Central) Dallas at Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami at Indiana 6:00 pm Utah at Washington 6:00 pm Detroit at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Chicago at New York 6:30 pm Portland at Houston 7:00 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm Orlando at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Minnesota 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta at Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 11 (All times Central) Boston at Philadelphia 2:00 pm at London, England NBATV Cleveland at Toronto 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers at Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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