News from January 28. The NBA fined LeBron James (Cle) $25,000 for kicking a water bottle during Wednesday's Min-Cle game. The NBA announced the reserves for the All-Star game. The reserves were selected by coaches in each conference who were asked to select 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center, and 2 from any position (and could not vote for players on their own team). The All-Star game takes place February 14 in Dallas. The reserves are: Western Conference Eastern Conference Kevin Durant (OKC) Chris Bosh (Tor) Pau Gasol (LAL) Al Horford (Atl) Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) Joe Johnson (Atl) Chris Paul (NO) Rajon Rondo (Bos) Zach Randolph (Mem) Derrick Rose (Chi) Brandon Roy (Por) Paul Pierce (Bos) Deron Williams (Uta) Gerald Wallace (Cha) George Karl (Den) will coach the Western Conference team for the All-Star game as Denver clinched the 2nd best record in the conference for Jan. 31 [Phil Jackson (LAL) is ineligible to coach as he coached last year]. Pho 112, Dal 106 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points including 8-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 11 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 17 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 5 assists. Orl 96, Bos 94 at Orl Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 23 points including the game winning layup with 1.3 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 3-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Rasheed Wallace (Bos) had 17 points and 3 steals. Orl shot 26-40 FT and Bos shot 12-18 FT. Tor 106, NY 104 at NY Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 26 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 27 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Antonio Wright (Tor) had 13 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 29 points including 13-21 FG and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Harrington (NY) had 20 points on 5-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, January 29 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Indiana 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Boston @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami @ Detroit 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington @ New Jersey 7:00 pm Chicago @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Portland @ Houston 7:30 pm Memphis @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 pm Charlotte @ Golden State 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