News from January 9. Atlanta placed Mookie Blaylock (strained left groin) and Ed Gray (sprained right foot) on IR. Blaylock will be out 10 to 14 days. Golden State signed Carl Thomas to a 10-day contract. Today (Saturday) is the guaranteed contract date. The contract of any player who was signed to a non-guaranteed contract (if the player was cut, the team did not have to pay the player any more money) is now guaranteed for the rest of the season. [Well, it was all over the place (nba.com, local newspaper, USA Today) that Phoenix released Brooks Thompson, but he is still appearing in Phoenix's boxscores, so I guess they didn't release him.] Pho 100, SA 79 - at Pho Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Antonio McDyess (Pho) had 18 points including 8-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Rex Chapman (Pho) had 18 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 15 points including 5-17 FG and 16 rebounds. Pho shot 48.2% (40-83) FG and SA shot 34.9% (30-86) FG. Danny Manning (Pho, abdominal strain) and Sean Elliott (SA strained right groin) did not play. Det 101, GS 72 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 14 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Malik Sealy (Det) had 14 points. Joe Smith (GS) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Erick Dampier (GS) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Chi 90, NY 89 - at NY Luc Longley (Chi) had 11 points including 5-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 44 points including 9-10 FT and 3 steals. Ron Harper (Chi) had 15 points. Charles Oakley (NY) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 13 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 19 points and 6 turnovers. Toni Kukoc (Chi, flu) did not play. Mia 98, Den 79 - at Den P.J. Brown (Mia) had 19 points including 6-9 FG and 5 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 25 points including 11-15 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Voshon Lenard (Mia) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. LaPhonso Ellis (Den) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bobby Jackson (Den) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 5 rebounds. LAL 125, LAC 115 - at LAC Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 32 points including 14-20 FG and 7 rebounds. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 6 steals. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Darrick Martin (LAC) had 18 points on 3-10 FG and 11-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Taylor (LAC) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 5 rebounds in 24 minutes. Cha 98, Van 90 - at Van Glen Rice (Cha) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Anthony Mason (Cha) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 22 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Bryant Reeves (Van) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Dell Curry (Cha, tight right calf) did not play. Atl 82, Was 77 - at Atl Christian Laettner (Atl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 22 points and 6 turnovers. Alan Henderson (Atl) had 18 points including 6-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Was) had 19 points. Chris Webber (Was) had 20 points including 8-22 FG and 12 rebounds. Atl shot 49.2% (32-65) FG and Was shot 35.6% (32-90) FG. Sea 111, Bos 92 - at Bos Vin Baker (Sea) had 22 points on 7-10 FG and 8-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Gary Payton (Sea) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Dale Ellis (Sea) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 14 points including 6-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Travis Knight (Bos) had 21 points on 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Min 96, Por 91 - at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Stephon Marbury (Min) had 27 points including 7-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Sam Mitchell (Min) had 20 points including 7-9 FG. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Rider (Por) had 32 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min shot 29-40 FT and Por shot 15-18 FT. Doug West (Min, strained right hamstring) did not play.