News from January 5. Sacramento fired head coach Paul Westphal. Assistant coach Keith Smart was named as head coach. Milwaukee activated Darington Hobson and placed Andrew Bogut (personal reasons) on IL. SA 93, Dal 71 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Gary Neal (SA) had 12 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Matt Bonner (SA) had 17 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Delonte West (Dal) had 10 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 12 points including 4-14 FG. SA shot 16-33 3-pointers and Dal shot 1-19 3-pointers. Mia 116, Atl 109 3OT at Atl Chris Bosh (Mia) had 33 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points including 7-20 FG. Mia shot 18-23 FT and Atl shot 31-46 FT. Mia out-scored Atl 7-0 in the 3rd overtime. Mickell Gladness (Mia, left foot infection), LeBron James (Mia, sprained left ankle), and Dwyane Wade (Mia, left foot contusion) did not play. Por 107, LAL 96 at Por Gerald Wallace (Por) had 31 points including 13-19 FG and 5 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 28 points and 10 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 17 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 30 points and 8 rebounds. Sac 103, Mil 100 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Marcus Thornton (Sac) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 26 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 31 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 18 points including 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Mil shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Sac shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. Sac out-rebounded Mil 55-31 including 23-7 offensive. Donte Greene (Sac, personal reasons), Mike Dunleavy (Mil, groin pain), and Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Schedule for Friday, January 6 (All times Central) New Jersey at Toronto 6:00 pm Detroit at Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York at Washington 6:00 pm Atlanta at Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana at Boston 6:30 pm Chicago at Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN Denver at New Orleans 7:00 pm Houston at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Cleveland at Minnesota 7:00 pm Memphis at Utah 8:00 pm Portland at Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Golden State at LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, January 7 (All times Central) Chicago at Atlanta 6:00 pm Charlotte at Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Miami at New Jersey 6:30 pm New York at Detroit 6:30 pm Toronto at Philadelphia 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Houston 7:00 pm Denver at San Antonio 7:30 pm New Orleans at Dallas 8:00 pm Milwaukee at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Utah at Golden State 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