News from January 30. The NBA suspended Renaldo Balkman (NY) for 1 game for his flagrant foul on Sasha Vujacic (LAL) during Tuesday's NY-LAL game. The NBA announced the contestants of the Rookie-Sophomore game. The teams are: Rookies Sophomores Kevin Durant (Sea) LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) Mike Conley (Mem) Andrea Bargnani (Tor) Jeff Green (Sea) Ronnie Brewer (Uta) Al Horford (Atl) Jordan Farmar (LAL) Jamario Moon (Tor) Rudy Gay (Mem) Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) Daniel Gibson (Cle) Luis Scola (Hou) Paul Millsap (Uta) Sean Williams (NJ) Rajon Rondo (Bos) Yi Jianlian (Mil) Rudy Gay (Por) Chicago named Mike Brown as an assistant coach. Memphis elected not to signed Bobby Jones for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio elected not to signed Jeremy Richardson for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Cedric Simmons and placed Anderson Varejao on IL. Varejao is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks with a sprained left ankle. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed James Augustine on IL. New York activated Fred Jones and placed Jerome James on IL. Minnesota activated Mark Madsen and placed Rashad McCants on IL with the flu. New Orleans activated Adam Haluska and placed Morris Peterson on IL with a viral infection. Toronto activated Maceo Baston and placed Darrick Martin on IL. GS 116, NO 103 at NO Stephen Jackson (GS) had 26 points including 10-16 FG. Baron Davis (GS) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. David West (NO) had 24 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 28 points and 12 assists. Sac 105, Cha 91 at Sac Ron Artest (Sac) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 22 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points including 7-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Cle 84, Por 83 at Por LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 8-12 FT and the game winning layup with .3 seconds left and 14 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 7 points including 3-9 FG and 13 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. LAC 95, Atl 88 at LAC Tim Thomas (LAC) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 14 points and 5 assists. Al Thornton (LAC) had 33 points including 13-20 FG. Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC, bruised left shin) and Corey Maggette (LAC, flu-like symptoms) did not play. Uta 100, NY 89 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 12 points including 5-17 FG, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 22 points including 9-13 FG, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (NY) had 23 points on 7-11 FG and 9-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 26 points including 8-22 FG and 9 assists. Jason Hart (Uta, lower back inflammation) and Renaldo Balkman (NY, suspended) did not play. Min 83, Chi 67 at Min Ryan Gomes (Min) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Min) had 26 points and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 14 points including 5-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. Thabo Sefolosha (Chi) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Joe Smith (Chi, flu-like symptoms) did not play. Tor 122, Was 83 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 16 points and 3 blocks. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 16 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Tor shot 56.6% (47-83 FG and Was shot 36.6% (26-71) FG. Caron Butler (Was, hip flexor strain) did not play. Den 106, Mem 102 at Mem Marcus Camby (Den) had 13 points including 6-7 FG, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Anthony Carter (Den) had 18 points on 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Den) had 32 points including 10-12 FT, 12 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Mike Miller (Mem) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 30 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 14 points, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den, sprained left ankle), Nene (Den, tumor surgery), Stromile Swift (Mem, suspended), and Pau Gasol (Mem, sore back) did not play. Orl 107, Mia 91 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 27 points including 11-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 8-12 FT, 13 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Luke Jackson (Mia) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Mia) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Orl out-rebounded Mia 52-29 including 12-5 offensive. Udonis Haslem (Mia, sprained left ankle) and Dwyane Wade (Mia, flu) did not play. Phi 112, Mil 69 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 1-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Miller (Phi) had 14 points and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 14 points. Royal Ivey (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Phi shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Mil shot 38% (27-71) FG. Phi shot 22-36 FT and Mil shot 11-13 FT. Michael Redd (Mil, strained left knee) did not play.