News from January 20. Milwaukee suspended Stephen Jackson for 1 game for missing Friday morning's shootaround. Detroit signed Walker Russell. Cleveland activated Anthony Parker and placed Mychel Thompson on IL. Denver activated Rudy Fernandez and placed Jordan Hamilton on IL. Detroit placed Charlie Villanueva (sore right ankle) on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Curry and placed Chris Wright on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Cook and placed Caron Butler (hyperextended right knee) on IL. Milwaukee activated Mike Dunleavy and Luc Mbah a Moute and placed Darington Hobson and Stephen Jackson (suspended) on IL. Orlando activated Jason Richardson and placed DeAndre Liggins on IL. Portland activated Marcus Camby and placed Armon Johnson on IL. Sac 88, SA 86 at SA DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points and 6 assists. Chuck Hayes (SA, dislocated left shoulder) did not play. Orl 92, LAL 80 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 9-17 FT and 23 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 15 points and 6 assists. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points and 8 assists. Pho 79, Bos 71 at Bos Marcin Gortat (Pho) had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 12 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 12 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (Bos, sprained right wrist) did not play. Den 108, Was 104 at Was Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Harrington (Den) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 13 points including 4-17 FG, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. Nick Young (Was) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 4 steals. Jordan Crawford (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nene (Den, bruised right heel) did not play. Por 94, Tor 84 at Tor LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 33 points including 9-14 FT, 23 rebounds including 9 offensive, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Por) had 14 points and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 10 points including 3-10 FG. James Johnson (Tor) had 23 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 22 points on 7-21 FG and 8-10 FT. Andrea Bargnani (Tor, strained left calf) did not play. Mil 100, NY 86 at NY Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 36 points on 15-26 FG and 6-12 3-pointers and 5 assists. Shaun Livingston (Mil) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 10 points including 2-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 35 points including 11-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mil shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and NY shot 37% (27-73) FG. Mem 98, Det 81 at Det Rudy Gay (Mem) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 14 points on 7-9 FG, 11 assists, and 4 steals. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 10-10 FT. Mem shot 57.4% (39-68) FG and Det shot 43.9% (29-66) FG. Hamed Haddadi (Mem, personal reasons), Will Bynum (Det, strained right foot), and Rodney Stuckey (Det, sore groin) did not play. Chi 114, Cle 75 at Cle Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 14 rebounds. C.J. Watson (Chi) had 15 points and 7 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Chi shot 55.4% (46-83) FG and Cle shot 30.3% (27-89) FG. Phi 90, Atl 76 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 10 points, 16 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 12 points, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Willie Green (Atl) had 14 points on 6-7 FG. Phi shot 16-19 FT and Atl shot 7-8 FT. Spencer Hawes (Phi, strained left Achilles) did not play. Ind 94, GS 91 at GS Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. David West (Ind) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 10 points and 16 rebounds. Dorell Wright (GS) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 25 points and 6 assists. Jeff Foster (Ind, lower back) did not play. Min 101, LAC 98 at LAC Kevin Love (Min) had 17 points including 5-16 FG and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer and 14 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Min) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 13 points including 3-11 FG and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points including 7-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (LAC) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (LAC) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 assists. J.J. Barea (Min, sprained left ankle), Michael Beasley (Min, sprained right mid foot), and Chris Paul (LAC, strained left hamstring) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 21 (All times Central) Cleveland at Atlanta 6:00 pm Denver at New York 6:30 pm NBATV Philadelphia at Miami 6:30 pm Portland at Detroit 6:30 pm Oklahoma City at New Jersey 7:00 pm Charlotte at Chicago 7:00 pm Sacramento at Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas at New Orleans 7:00 pm San Antonio at Houston 7:00 pm Minnesota at Utah 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 22 (All times Central) Boston at Washington 12:00 pm NBATV Toronto at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Charlotte at New Jersey 5:00 pm Milwaukee at Miami 5:00 pm Indiana at LA Lakers 8:30 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