News from January 5. An MRI revealed that Kevin Love (Min) has a fractured 3rd metacarpal bone in his right hand. Miami released Terrel Harris. Milwaukee activated Doron Lamb and placed Ersan Ilyasova (injured right ankle) on IL. NO 99, Dal 96 OT at Dal Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Greivis Vasquez (NO) had 25 points including 11-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Hou 112, Cle 104 at Cle Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 20 points and 5 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 29 points on 6-17 FG and 14-15 FT, 7 steals, and 5 turnovers. Patrick Patterson (Hou) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Alonzo Gee (Cle) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 14 points and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 30 points, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. Den 110, Uta 91 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 26 points on 7-11 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 18 points including 8-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 15 points including 4-12 FG, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 12 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Den shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Uta shot 35.9% (28-78) FG. Enes Kanter (Uta, sprained right ankle) and Maurice Williams (Uta, right thumb surgery) did not play. Ind 95, Mil 80 at Ind David West (Ind) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 20 points, 15 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 5 blocks. George Hill (Ind) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 12 points, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 21 points and 3 steals. Ind out-rebounded Mil 59-39 including 22-13 FT. Sam Young (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. SA 109, Phi 86 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 11 points on 5-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (SA, sprained right ankle) did not play. Bro 113, Sac 93 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Bro) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Andray Blatche (Bro) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 15 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bro shot 51.8% (44-85) FG and Sac shot 40% (36-90) FG. Marcus Thornton (Sac, sprained left ankle) did not play. Bos 89, Atl 81 at Atl Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 17 points and 3 steals. Louis Williams (Atl) had 28 points including 9-12 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Bos out-scored Atl 33-9 in the 3rd quarter. Anthony Morrow (Atl, strained right hip) did not play. NY 114, Orl 106 at Orl Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 40 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Kidd (NY) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. J.R. Smith (NY) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Vuvevic (Orl) had 11 points and 18 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 29 points including 10-14 FG. Rasheed Wallace (NY, sore left foot), Gustavo Ayon (Orl, right thigh contusion), and E'Twaun Moore (Orl, sprained left elbow) did not play. Por 102, Min 97 at Min Nicolas Batum (Por) had 26 points including 9-11 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points and 6 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Derrick Williams (Min) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Malcolm Lee (Min, hyperextended right knee), Ricky Rubio (Min, back spasms), and Kevin Love (Min, broken right hand) did not play. LAC 115, GS 89 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 27 points including 10-12 FG including 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 17 points. David Lee (GS) had 10 points including 3-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 14 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC, injured foot) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, January 6 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Toronto 12:00 pm Washington @ Miami 5:00 pm Charlotte @ Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis @ Phoenix 7:00 pm Denver @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm Schedule for Monday, January 7 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Washington 6:00 pm Boston @ New York 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ Utah 8:00 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Orlando @ Portland 9:00 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