News from January 15. Utah signed Sundiata Gaines to a 2nd 10-day contract. New Jersey released Shawne Williams. Gilbert Arenas (Was) pleaded guilty to a felony charge of possessing an unlicensed gun and sentencing will occur March 26. Arenas remains suspended by the league. Dallas activated Eduardo Najera and placed Matt Carroll (stomach virus) on IL. Orlando activated Vince Carter and placed Adonal Foyle on IL. The LA Lakers activated Pau Gasol and placed Adam Morrison on IL. Houston activated Joey Dorsey. Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Patrick O'Bryant on IL. New Jersey activated Keyon Dooling and placed Tony Battie and Bobby Simmons on IL. Sacramento activated Kevin Martin and placed Sean May on IL. Dal 99, OKC 98 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 32 points including 14-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 11 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 5 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points on 6-18 FG, 4-5 3-pointers, and 14-16 FT, 13 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points and 6 assists. Atl 102, Pho 101 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 24 points including 10-13 FT and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points including 8-22 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 21 points including the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Grant Hill (Pho) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points including 10-14 FT and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mia 115, Hou 106 at Hou Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rafer Alston (Mia) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 37 points including 15-24 FG, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Luis Scola (Hou) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Por 102, Orl 87 at Por Martell Webster (Por) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points and 9 assists. Steve Blake (Por) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points including 3-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por, strained right hamstring) did not play. LAL 126, LAC 86 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 12-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 17 points including 5-16 FG. Craig Smith (LAC) had 17 points including 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Det 110, NO 104 OT at Det Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 13 points including 5-6 FG, 21 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 32 points including 12-14 FT, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. David West (NO) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, and 4 steals. Ben Gordon (Det, strained right groin) and Morris Peterson (NO, back spasms) did not play. Tor 112, NY 104 at NY Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 11-14 FT. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 21 points on 9-14 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. David Lee (NY) had 25 points, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 31 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cha 92, SA 76 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 4 steals. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. DaJuan Blair (SA) had 11 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Chi 121, Was 119 2OT at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 6 offensive. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 37 points including the game winning bucket with 5.4 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists in 50 minutes. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 19 points. Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points and 8 rebounds in 56 minutes. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 34 points including 9-14 FG, 18 rebounds, and 5 assists in 55 minutes. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 20 rebounds including 9 offensive. Randy Foye (Was) had 22 points and 7 assists. Phi 98, Sac 86 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 12 points including 4-13 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 17 points including 7-7 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 19 points. Ind 121, NJ 105 at NJ Danny Granger (Ind) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 21 points and 14 rebounds. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 15 points on a perfect 5-5 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 22 points including 7-10 FT and 9 assists. Mem 135, Min 110 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points and 5 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 8 assists. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points including 10-13 FG. Corey Brewer (Min) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Mem shot 58.5% (55-94) FG and Min shot 47.8% (43-90) FG. Mil 113, GS 104 at GS Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 25 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 15 points and 8 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 32 points on 10-14 FG and 12-13 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Monta Ellis (GS) had 33 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), Anthony Randolph (GS, sprained left ankle), Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained right ankle), and C.J. Watson (GS, hand laceration) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 16 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Charlotte 6:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Washington 6:00 pm New York @ Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio @ Memphis 7:00 pm Miami @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Utah 8:00 pm Cleveland @ 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