News from January 26. Orlando released Jason Williams. Toronto released Sundiata Gaines (who was on a 2nd 10-day contract) and signed Trey Johnson to a 10-day contract. San Antonio signed Larry Owens to a 2nd 10-day contract. Charlotte activated Sherron Collins and placed Derrick Brown on IL. The LA Clippers activated Willie Warren. Minnesota activated Sebastian Telfair and placed Lazar Hayward on IL. Atlanta activated Al Horford and Marvin Williams and placed Josh Powell and Jordan Crawford on IL. Milwaukee placed Drew Gooden (plantar fasciitis left foot) IL. Denver activated Renaldo Balkman and placed Nene (strained right calf) on IL. Detroit activated Charlie Villanueva and placed Richard Hamilton (flu) on IL. Toronto activated Alexis Ajinca and placed Linas Kleiza (sore right knee) on IL. Memphis activated Xavier Henry and placed DeMarre Carroll on IL. SA 112, Uta 105 at Uta Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 39 points including 16-24 FG and 9 assists. OKC 118, Min 117 OT at Min Kevin Durant (OKC) had 47 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 13-14 FT and 18 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. Michael Beasley (Min) had 30 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min) had 31 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 21 rebounds including 8 offensive. Den 109, Det 100 at Det Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 18 points including 5-16 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 26 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Tracy McGrady (Det) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Will Bynum (Det) had 19 points. Kenyon Martin (Den) did not play. Cha 114, Pho 107 at Pho Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 23 points including 7-20 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 27 points including 11-15 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Vince Carter (Pho) had 22 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Hou 96, LAC 83 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 16 points including 5-14 FG. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points including 5-16 FG and 11 rebounds. Randy Foye (LAC) had 20 points. Eric Gordon (LAC, sprained right wrist) did not play. Mil 98, Atl 90 at Mil Corey Maggette (Mil) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Earl Boykins (Mil) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Carlos Delfino (Mil) had 15 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points including 7-9 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 20 points including 4-11 FG. John Salmons (Mil, strained right hip) did not play. Phi 107, Tor 94 at Tor Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points including 7-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Marreese Speights (Phi) had 23 points including 10-12 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 29 points including 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Orl 111, Ind 96 at Ind Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 19 points including 5-14 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 27 points on 6-19 FG and 12-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Darren Collison (Ind) had 21 points. NJ 93, Mem 88 at NJ Brook Lopez (NJ) had 17 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 9 assists. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Zach Randolph (NJ) had 20 points including 8-22 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. NO 112, GS 103 at GS Trevor Ariza (NO) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. David West (NO) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points including 7-9 FG, 17 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dorell Wright (GS) had 25 points including 10-15 FG. Monta Ellis (GS) had 26 points including 9-11 FT and 5 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. NO shot 62.2% (46-74) FG and GS shot 50.7% (38-75) FG. Schedule for Thursday, January 27 (All times Central) Miami @ New York 7:00 pm TNT Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Boston @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, January 28 (All times Central) New Jersey @ Indiana 6:00 pm Memphis @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Denver @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Detroit @ Miami 6:30 pm Orlando @ Chicago 7:00 pm Washington @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Utah 8:00 pm Boston @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Golden State 9:30 pm Sacramento @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ---- 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