News from January 16. The NBA fined Mark Cuban (Dal) $25,000 for improper interactions with J.R. Smith (Den) during Tuesday's Dal-Den game. Cuban (Dallas' owner) was complaining about a thrown elbow by Smith. TRADE: Dallas traded DeSagana Diop to Charlotte for Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins. San Antonio signed Austin Croshere to a 10-day contract and placed Jacque Vaughn on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Jackson and placed C.J. Watson (injured left big toe) on IL. Milwaukee activated Charlie Bell and placed Andrew Bogut (back spasms) on IL. Sacramento activated Shelden Williams and placed Quincy Douby on IL. Oklahoma City activated Mouhamed Sene and placed Nick Collison on IL. Utah activated C.J. Miles and placed Paul Millsap on IL. New Orleans activated Julian Wright and placed Melvin Ely on IL. Cleveland activated Ben Wallace and placed Delonte West on IL. West is expected to be out 6 weeks with a fractured right wrist. Toronto activated Jermaine O'Neal. Orl 109, LAL 103 at LAL Dwight Howard (Orl) had 25 points including 9-16 FT, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. GS 119, Atl 114 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 24 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 29 points. Corey Maggette (GS) had 24 points on 6-9 FG and 12-14 FT and 16 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 25 points and 6 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (GS, sprained right ankle) did not play. Mil 129, Sac 122 at Sac Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 44 points including 16-26 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 17 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. John Salmons (Sac) had 24 points on 7-9 FG and 7-10 FT and 6 assists. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 22 points on 4-5 FG and 14-15 FT and 11 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 20 points on 5-7 FG and 10-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 24 points. Min 105, Pho 103 at Pho Craig Smith (Min) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kevin Love (Min) had 13 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 22 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 22 points. OKC 89, Det 79 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 14-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Desmond Mason (OKC) had 11 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. OKC shot 15-20 FT and Det shot 3-8 FT. Uta 101, Mem 91 at Mem Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Deron Williams (Uta) had 27 points, 12 assists, and 8 turnovers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 23 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Quinton Ross (Mem, back spasms) did not play. Cle 92, NO 78 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Sasha Pavlovic (Cle) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points on 4-13 FG, 0-6 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT. David West (NO) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Was 96, NY 89 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points on 9-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Mike James (Was) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was_) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. David Lee (NY) had 15 points on a perfect 6-6 FG and 3-3 FT and 21 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 18 points including 5-14 FG. Etan Thomas (Was, torn left MCL), Tim Thomas (NY, flu), and Eddy Curry (NY, sore right knee) did not play. Phi 109, SA 87 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 6 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 10-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 12 points and 6 assists. Phi shot 50% (43-86) FG and SA shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Ind 111, Tor 104 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 23 points including 8-24 FG and 5 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 15 points on 6-9 FG and 15 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 22 points on 5-15 FG and 10-11 FT. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points on 9-14 FG and 7-12 FT and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Saturday, January 17 (All times Central) Boston @ New Jersey 12:00 pm Portland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Detroit 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ New York 6:30 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Chicago 7:30 pm Miami @ Houston 7:30 pm Utah @ Dallas 8:00 pm Orlando @ Denver 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html