News from January 21. With the LA Lakers' win, Phil Jackson will coach the Western Conference team for the All-Star game that will take placed February 14. The coaches for the All-Star game are the coaches for the teams with the best record in each conference on February 1 (with the coach who coached the previous all-star game ineligible). New Orleans signed Anthony Toliver to a 10-day contract. Kris Humphries (Tor) is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his right leg. The LA Lakers activated Luke Walton and placed DJ Mbenga on IL. Sacramento activated Bobby Brown and Shelden Williams and placed Quincy Douby and Kenny Thomas on IL. Utah activated Morris Almond and placed Andrei Kirilenko (right ankle injury) on IL. New Jersey activated Stromile Swift and placed Trenton Hassell on IL. New Orleans activated Ryan Bowen and placed Hilton Armstrong (sore left knee) and Tyson Chandler (injured left ankle) on IL. Phoenix placed Courtney Sims on IL. Boston activated Kendrick Perkins and placed Bill Walker on IL. Miami activated Shawn Marion and placed Marcus Banks on IL. Charlotte activated DeSagana Diop and placed Sean May on IL. Mil 133, Dal 99 at Mil Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 32 points including 12-17 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 27 points including 10-16 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Ramon Sessions (Mil) had 21 points including 7-7 FG, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 30 points including 16-17 FT and 5 rebounds. Mil shot 57.8% (48-83) FG and Dal shot 36.6% (30-82) FG. LAL 108, LAC 97 at LAC Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 42 points including 8-11 FT, 15 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 18 points including 5-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Al Thornton (LAC) had 20 points including 7-20 FG and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordon (LAC) had 23 points including 11-12 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jason Hart (LAC, sore right elbow) and Baron Davis (LAC, bruised tailbone) did not play. OKC 122, GS 121 at GS Kevin Durant (OKC) had 27 points on 8-22 FG and 11-12 FT, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (OKC) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and the game winning turn around jumper at the buzzer. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 21 points including 9-10 FG and 5 fouls. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 29 points including 11-11 FT, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS, sprained left wrist) did not play. Was 110, Sac 107 at Sac Antawn Jamison (Was) had 33 points on 12-21 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 20 points including 7-10 FG. Caron Butler (Was) had 32 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. John Salmons (Sac) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 22 points including 5-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 24 points including 8-11 FG. Cle 104, Por 98 at Por LeBron James (Cle) had 34 points, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 33 points including 12-19 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points including 8-20 FG. Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points including 8-23 FG. Cle shot 52.6% (41-78) FG and Por shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Hou 108, Uta 99 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Von Wafer (Hou) had 21 points. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 20 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 32 points on 10-17 FG and 10-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Luther Head (Hou, sore right foot) did not play. NO 102, NJ 92 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 29 points including 11-18 FG, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Rasual Butler (NO) had 14 points. Bobby Simmons (NJ) had 16 points. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. NY 114, Pho 109 at NY David Lee (NY) had 25 points including 12-21 FG and 16 rebounds. Chris Duhon (NY) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 20 points and 4 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points on 6-17 FG and 8-10 FT. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 21 points including 5-13 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 9 points including 3-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 19 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jerome James (NY, torn right Achilles) did not play. Bos 98, Mia 83 at Mia Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 27 points including 9-12 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eddie House (Bos) had 25 points on 9-15 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Bos shot 51.4% (37-72) FG and Mia shot 40% (32-80) FG. Det 95, Tor 76 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 25 points including 11-16 FG. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points and 7 assists. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor, strained right hamstring) Cha 101, Mem 86 at Cha Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 20 points including 8-12 FT, 15 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Raja Bell (Cha) had 25 points including 11-17 FG. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 19 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 7 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 13 points and 3 steals. Quinton Ross (Mem, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, January 22 (All times Central) Boston @ Orlando 7:00 pm TNT Washington @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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