News from January 22. The LA Clippers signed JamesOn Curry to a 10-day contract and released Kareem Rush. Atlanta signed Mario West to a 2nd 10-day contract. San Antonio released Marcus Haislip so that he could sign with Panathinaikos of the Greek league. Brandon Roy (Por) is expected to miss 4 games with a strained right hamstring. Dallas activated Josh Howard and placed Eduardo Najera on IL. Sacramento placed Kenny Thomas on IL. Toronto activated Patrick O'Bryant and placed Andrea Bargnani (sore lower back) on IL. Miami activated James Jones and placed Daequan Cook on IL. Boston activated Kevin Garnett and placed J.R. Giddens on IL. Indiana activated Luther Head and placed Travis Diener on IL. Detroit activated Tayshaun Prince and placed Ben Gordon (groin injury) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Nick Collison and placed D.J. White on IL. New Orleans activated Sean Marks and placed Morris Peterson on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Love and placed Nathan Jawai on IL. The LA Lakers activated Adam Morrison and placed DJ Mbenga on IL. Phi 92, Dal 81 at Phi Louis Williams (Phi) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 22 points including 9-12 FG. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 14 points, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Dal) had 14 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Hou 116, SA 109 at SA Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 23 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Carl Landry (Hou) had 19 points. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points including 15-21 FT and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points and 10 assists. Hou shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and SA shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. LAL 115, NY 105 at NY Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points including 8-24 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 20 points. David Lee (NY) had 31 points and 17 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 28 points including 13-22 FG. Mem 86, OKC 84 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points including the game winning jumper with 1.3 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points including 7-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 10-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Bos 98, Por 95 OT at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 24 points including 9-13 FG. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 19 points including 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rasheed Wallace (Bos) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Andre Miller (Por) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bos shot 48.7% (38-78) FG and Por shot 38.2% (34-89) FG. Brian Scalabrine (Bos, sore right shoulder) and Brandon Roy (Por, strained right hamstring) did not play. Atl 103, Cha 89 at Atl Al Horford (Atl) had 23 points including 10-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points including 8-13 FT and 6 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Atl shot 14-14 FT and Cha shot 22-30 FT. Tor 101, Mil 96 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Jackson (Tor) had 27 points on 7-9 FG and 11-12 FT. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 27 points including 9-13 FG. Ind 105, Det 93 at Det Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points including 14-14 FT. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 14 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Orl 100, Sac 84 at Orl Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 11-12 FT, 15 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 15 points. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 10 points including 2-8 FG and 10 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points. Mia 112, Was 88 at Was Michael Beasley (Mia) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 12-19 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 10 assists. Randy Foye (Was) had 14 points. Andray Blatche (Was) had 19 points including 8-10 FT and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. NO 96, Min 94 at Min David West (NO) had 14 points including 3-4 FG. Chris Paul (NO) had 23 points and 9 assists. Darius Songaila (NO) had 13 points and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Min) had 25 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 20 points including 9-13 FG. NO shot 28-34 FT and Min shot 14-16 FT. Chi 115, Pho 104 at Pho Luol Deng (Chi) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 32 points including 15-21 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Channing Frye (Pho) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Pho shot 38.5% (37-96) FG and Chi shot 50.6% (43-85) FG. GS 111, NJ 79 at GS Corey Maggette (GS) had 29 points on 9-14 FG and 10-12 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Martin (GS) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Courtney Lee (NJ) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. GS shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and NJ shot 35.6% (26-73) FG. Anthony Morrow (GS, sprained right knee), Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles), and C.J. Watson (GS, right hand laceration) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 23 (All times Central) Orlando @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Portland @ Detroit 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Miami 6:30 pm Chicago @ Houston 7:30 pm NBATV Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Denver 8:00 pm Golden State @ Phoenix 8:00 pm New Jersey @ Utah 8:00 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