News from January 30. The NBA fined Doc Rivers (Bos) $15,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Friday's Pho-Bos game. The NBA fined Josh Smith (Atl) $25,000 for making an obscene gesture during Friday's Atl-NY game. Indiana fired head coach Jim O'Brien and named assistant Frank Vogel as interim coach. Utah activated Kyrylo Fesenko and placed Mehmet Okur (strained back) on IL. Phoenix activated Garret Siler and placed Goran Dragic (9 stitches in left foot) on IL. Denver activated Chris Andersen and Renaldo Balkman and placed Al Harrington and Kenyon Martin (sore knee) on IL. Miami activated Chris Bosh and placed Jamaal Magloire on IL. Bos 109, LAL 96 at LAL Paul Pierce (Bos) had 32 points including 11-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 113 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 16 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 21 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 41 points including 16-29 FG. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Bos shot 60.3% (44-73) FG and LAL shot 44.4% (36-81) FG. Mia 108, OKC 103 at OKC LeBron James (Mia) had 23 points including 7-11 FT, 13 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 13-22 FG, 9 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points on 7-20 FG and 16-19 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jeff Green (OKC) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 21 points including 7-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Mia shot 52% (39-75) FG and OKC shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. GS 96, Uta 81 at GS Dorell Wright (GS) had 16 points and 5 turnovers. David Lee (GS) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. GS shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Uta shot 37.2% (32-86) FG. Deron Williams (Uta, strained tendon right wrist) did not play. Pho 104, NO 102 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 16 points on 7-10 FG. Steve Nash (Pho) had 10 points including 3-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 15 assists. Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 25 points including 9-10 FG and 11 rebounds. David West (NO) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points including 10-10 FT and 12 assists. Phi 110, Den 99 at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 24 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Elton Brand (Phi) had 15 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 21 points including 10-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Orl 103, Cle 87 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 17 points. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 23 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 16 rebounds including 9 offensive. Manny Harris (Cle) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Samardo Samuels (Cle) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Orl out-rebounded Cle 61-35 including 24-6 offensive. Gilbert Arenas (Orl, left knee contusion) did not play. NY 124, Det 106 at NY Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 33 points on 11-19 FG and 11-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (NY) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. Ben Gordon (Det) had 35 points including 12-21 FG and 7-11 3-pointers. Shawne Williams (NY, suspended), Wilson Chandler (NY, sore left calf), Rodney Stuckey (Det, contused right shoulder), and Ben Wallace (Det, family matter) did not play. Schedule for Monday, January 31 (All times Central) Toronto @ Indiana 6:00 pm Denver @ New Jersey 6:00 pm NBATV Cleveland @ Miami 6:30 pm Orlando @ Memphis 7:00 pm Washington @ Dallas 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Utah 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Schedule for Tuesday, February 1 (All times Central) Washington @ New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Portland 9:00 pm Boston @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston @ 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