News from January 26. The NBA named Kevin Garnett (Min) and Carlos Boozer (Cle) as Players of the Week. Garnett averaged 24.5 points, 15 rebounds, and 5.8 assists as Minnesota went 4-0. Boozer averaged 20.7 points and 15.3 rebounds as Cleveland went 2-1. New Jersey fired head coach Byron Scott and named Lawrence Frank as interim coach and Brian Hill as an assistant coach. Dallas elected not to re-signed Mamadou N'diaye after N'diaye completed his 2nd 10-day contract. New Orleans signed Tierre Brown to a 10-day contract. New Jersey signed Hubert Davis to a 10-day contract and released Robert Pack. Cleveland activated J.R. Bremer and placed Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje on IR with a sprained left ankle. Minnesota released Anthony Goldwire. Washington signed Torraye Braggs to a 2nd 10-day contract. Philadelphia activated Willie Green and placed Derrick Coleman on IR with a fractured right ring finger on Jan. 23. [thanks to Jed Tai] Uta 98, LAC 93 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 13 points including 3-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Greg Ostertag (Uta) had 18 points, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 blocks. Carlos Arroyo (Uta) had 20 points and 6 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 15 points and 5 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Matt Harpring (Uta, right knee surgery) and Maurice Williams (Uta, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mil 93, SA 92 at Mil Tim Thomas (Mil) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Brian Skinner (Mil) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points including the game winning basket with 21.9 seconds left. Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. He had a dunk that replay showed came after time expired. Tony Parker (SA) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 6 assists. Hedo Turkoglu (SA, left quad contusion) did not play. Min 97, Den 95 at Den Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 13 points including 6-17 FG and the game winning putback with 16 seconds left and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 31 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Sam Cassell (Min) had 22 points including 9-24 FG, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Den) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Chris Andersen (Den) had 15 points including 6-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Voshon Lenard (Den, strained right quad) did not play. Por 94, Was 83 at Was Zach Randolph (Por) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 16 points. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 18 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 11 assists. Kwame Brown (Was) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Juan Dixon (Was) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Por shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Was shot 40.2% (33-82) FG. Larry Hughes (Was, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Cle 99, Orl 98 at Cle Carlos Boozer (Cle) had 23 points including 9-12 FT and 16 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Dajuan Wagner (Cle) had 21 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Juwan Howard (Orl) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 36 points including 11-19 FG and 8-10 3-pointers. Tony Battie (Cle, bruised left knee) and Keith Bogans (Orl, bruised right quad) did not play. Mia 95, Hou 81 at Mia Lamar Odom (Mia) had 20 points and 15 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Mia) had 15 points and 8 assists. Eddie Jones (Mia) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7-11 FT and 5 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Maurice Taylor (Hou) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Mia shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Hou shot 37.1% (26-70) FG.