News from January 14. Indiana activated Josh McRoberts and Lance Stephenson and placed Solomon Jones and A.J. Price on IL. Philadelphia activated Darius Songaila and placed Craig Brackins on IL. Toronto activated Solomon Alabi and placed Sonny Weems (sore back) on IL. Charlotte activated Derrick Brown and placed Sherron Collins on IL. Boston activated Kevin Garnett and placed Avery Bradley on IL. Bradley was assigned to the NBADL. Sacramento activated Tyreke Evans and placed Luther Head on IL. New Orleans activated David Andersen and placed Marco Belinelli (sprained right ankle) on IL. Houston activated Chuck Hayes and Kevin Martin and placed Brad Miller (sore right knee) and Ish Smith on IL. Cleveland activated Joey Graham and Daniel Gibson and placed Anthony Parker (strained lower back) and Anderson Varejao (torn tendon right ankle - out for season) on IL. Phoenix activated Grant Hill and placed Garret Siler on IL. SA 101, Dal 89 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 6 assists. Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 13 points and 5 assists. Pho 115, Por 111 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Grant Hill (Pho) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (Pho) had 17 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 26 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Andre Miller (Por) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. LAL 100, NJ 88 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 35 points on 13-19 FG and 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Kris Humphries (NJ) had 6 points on 3-12 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. LAL shot 25-35 FT and NJ shot 11-17 FT. NO 110, Hou 105 OT at Hou David West (NO) had 29 points including 11-12 Ft, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 17 points including 7-8 FG and 15 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (NO) had 23 points and 7 assists. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 26 points and 3 steals. Uta 121, Cle 99 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 20 points. Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 21 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 9 turnovers. Christian Eyenga (Cle, sprained right ankle), Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained left ankle), and Joey Graham (Cle, strained right quad) did not play. Chi 99, Ind 86 at Ind Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Danny Granger (Ind) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 6 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 13 points. Chi shot 45.5 (40-88) FG and Ind shot 32.6% (30-92) FG. Bos 99, Cha 94 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points. Shaquille O'Neal (Bos) had 23 points including 10-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 19 points and 6 assists. Bos shot 52.2% (36-69) FG and Cha shot 42.1% (32-76) FG. Kevin Garnett (Bos, strained right leg) and Jermaine O'Neal (Bos, sore left knee) did not play. Phi 95, Mil 94 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 15 points including 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 25 points including 9-11 FT. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 10 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Corey Maggette (Mil) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil, left foot surgery) did not play. Sac 93, NY 83 at NY DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 16 points including 7-20 FG, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 29 points including 11-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Carl Landry (Sac) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 25 points on 6-22 FG and 12-14 FT, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Toney Douglas (NY) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Sac shot 42.4% (39-92) FG and NY shot 31.5% (29-92) FG. Det 101, Tor 95 at Tor Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 19 points. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 22 points and 5 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 31 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. GS 122, LAC 112 at GS Monta Ellis (GS) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 6 assists. David Lee (GS) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 7 assists. Schedule for Saturday, January 15 (All times Central) Houston @ Atlanta 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Detroit 6:30 pm Miami @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Dallas @ Memphis 7:00 pm Orlando @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Denver 8:00 pm New Jersey @ Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 16 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm Denver @ San Antonio 10:00 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html