News from January 28. The NBA named Tony Parker (SA) and Kyrie Irving (Cle) as Players of the Week. Parker averaged 24.5 points and 9.5 assists as San Antonio went 4-0. Irving averaged 35.7 points as Cleveland went 3-0. Dallas signed Mike James for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Indiana elected not to signed Dominic McGuire for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Indiana signed Sam Young. Philadelphia signed Shelvin Mack to a 2nd 10-day contract. Minnesota head coach Rick Adelman returned to the team after missing the last 11 games while tending to his ill wife. Dallas assigned Jared Cunningham to the NBADL. Phoenix recalled Diante Garrett from the NBADL. Brooklyn activated Tyshawn Taylor. Denver activated Julyan Stone and placed JaVale McGee (sore left shin) on IL. Golden State activated Andrew Bogut and placed Jeremy Tyler on IL. Houston activated Donatas Motiejunas. Indiana activated Gerald Green. Orlando activated Hedo Turkoglu and placed Arron Afflalo on IL. GS 114, Tor 102 at Tor David Lee (GS) had 21 points including 10-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 17 points and 5 assists. Aaron Gray (Tor) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points and 9 assists. Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore right knee) and Kyle Lowry (Tor, back spasms) did not play. Mem 103, Phi 100 at Phi Rudy Gay (Mem) had 26 points including 10-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 27 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jerryd Bayless (Mem) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Evan Turner (Phi) had 27 points including 12-18 FG and 7 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 23 points including 11-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 18 points and 10 assists. Mem shot 15-19 FT and Phi shot 6-9 FT. Mike Conley (Mem, sprained left ankle) and Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee synovitis) did not play. Sac 96, Was 94 at Was Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 7 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (Was) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 15 rebounds. Martell Webster (Was) had 18 points. John Wall (Was) had 19 points including 9-16 FG and 6 assists. Bro 97, Orl 77 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 16 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points and 5 assists. Deron Williams (Bro) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 9 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Maurice Harkless (Orl) had 16 points on 7-10 FG and 3 steals. Chi 93, Cha 85 at Chi Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 blocks. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Nate Robinson (Chi) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Ben Gordon (Cha) had 18 point including 4-5 3-pointers. Den 102, Ind 101 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points including 9-16 FG. Ty Lawson (Den) had 18 points, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 13 points on 4-11 FG and 5-10 FT and the game winning free throw with .4 seconds left, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Paul George (Ind) had 23 points including 9-17 FG and 4-9 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den, strained groin) did not play. Hou 125, Uta 80 at Uta James Harden (Hou) had 25 points. Omer Asik (Hou) had 4 points and 19 rebounds. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Randy Foye (Uta) had 12 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Hou shot 52.8% (47-89) FG and Uta shot 39.5% (32-81) FG. Gordon Hayward (Uta, sprained right shoulder) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, January 29 (All times Central) Golden State @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 6:30 pm Dallas @ Portland 9:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Wednesday, January 30 (All times Central) Washington @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Detroit @ Indiana 6:00 pm Sacramento @ Boston 6:30 pm Orlando @ New York 6:30 pm Toronto @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Miami @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Charlotte @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Houston @ Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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