News from January 1. Denver activated Jordan Hamilton and placed DeMarre Carroll on IL. Memphis activated Xavier Henry and assigned Hamed Haddadi to the NBADL. New Orleans activated Gustova Ayon. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed Daniel Orton on IL. Sacramento activated Hassan Whiteside and placed DeMarcus Cousins on IL after he requested to be traded. Washington activated Maurice Evans and placed Hamady N'Diaye on IL. Min 99, Dal 82 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 25 points including 9-16 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 14 points and 7 assists. Anthony Toliver (Min) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points. Delonte West (Dal) had 13 points. Malcolm Lee (Min, torn left meniscus) did not play. Den 99, LAL 90 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 20 points and 5 steals. Ty Lawson (Den) had 17 points and 10 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points including 4-10 FT and 16 rebounds. Sac 96, NO 80 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 13 points. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 27 points. Al Thornton (Sac) had 25 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Trevor Ariza (NO) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Kaman (NO) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO, bruised right knee) did not play. LAC 93, Por 88 at LAC Caron Butler (LAC) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 8-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 17 points and 7 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 23 points and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (LAC, sore right groin), Eric Bledsoe (LAC, torn right lateral meniscus), and Reggie Evans (LAC, sprained right foot) did not play. Chi 104, Mem 64 at Chi Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 16 points and 6 assists. Ronnie Brewer (Chi) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 8 points including 2-6 FG and 10 rebounds. Josh Davis (Mem) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Chi shot 46.4% (39-84) FG and Mem shot 31% (26-84) FG. Chi shot 21-29 FT and Mem shot 11-14 FT. Richard Hamilton (Chi, sore left groin), Mike Conley (Mem, sprained left ankle), and Xavier Henry (Mem, sprained right ankle) did not play. Orl 102, Tor 96 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 24 points including 9-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 21 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 13 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Tor, sprained ankle) did not play. Mia 129, Cha 90 at Mia LeBron James (Mia) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 22 points and 6 assists. D.J. White (Cha) had 21 points on 10-12 FG. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 17 points. Mia shot 60% (48-80) FG and Cha shot 38% (35-92) FG. Tyrus Thomas (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 94, Was 86 at Was Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 13 points. JaVale McGee (Was) had 16 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 blocks. John Wall (Was) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Cle 98, NJ 82 at Cle Antawn Jamison (Cle) had 23 points on 10-15 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 19 point including 5-7 3-pointers. Deron Williams (NJ) had 16 points, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (NJ) had 15 points. Cle shot 48.7% (38-78) FG and NJ shot 38% (27-71) FG. Cle shot 6-11 FT and NJ shot 21-28 FT. Schedule for Monday, January 2 (All times Central) Golden State at Phoenix 2:30 pm Washington at Boston 6:30 pm Indiana at New Jersey 6:30 pm Toronto at New York 6:30 pm Atlanta at Miami 6:30 pm Orlando at Detroit 6:30 pm San Antonio at Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Dallas 7:30 pm NBATV Milwaukee at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 3 (All times Central) Charlotte at Cleveland 6:00 pm Atlanta at Chicago 7:00 pm Sacramento at Memphis 7:00 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Milwaukee at Utah 8:00 pm Houston at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV ---- 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