News from February 1. The NBA named Tony Parker (SA) and LeBron James (Mia) as Players of the Month for January. Parker averaged 21.9 points and 7.9 assists as San Antonio went 12-3. James averaged 27 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.2 assists as Miami went 8-5. The NBA named George Karl (Den) and Tom Thibodeau (Chi) as Coaches of the Month for January. Denver went 12-3 and Chicago went 12-4. The NBA named Damian Lillard (Por) and Bradley Beal (Was) as Rookies of the Month for January. Lillard averaged 17.7 points and 6.8 assists points as Portland went 8-8. Beal averaged 15.1 points as Washington went 7-9. The NBA suspended Matt Barnes (LAC) for 1 game for striking Greg Stiemsma (Min) in the neck during Wednesday's LAC-Min game. Boston activated Chris Wilcox and Fab Melo and placed Jared Sullinger (back surgery) and Rajon Rondo (torn right ACL) on IL. Cleveland activated Kevin Jones. Detroit activated Sasha Kravtsov and Khris Middleton and placed Jose Calderon on IL. Indiana placed Miles Plumlee on IL. Milwaukee activated Larry Sanders and placed Joel Przybilla on IL. Portland activated Victor Claver and placed Joel Freeland on IL. Sacramento activated John Salmons and placed Tyler Honeycutt on IL. Toronto activated Jonas Valanciunas and placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Dal 109, Pho 99 at Pho Shawn Marion (Dal) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Darren Collison (Dal) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. O.J. Mayo (Dal) had 20 points and 3 steals. Luis Scola (Pho) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Shannon Brown (Pho) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, strained right adductor) did not play. LAL 111, Min 100 at Min Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 17 points on 4-13 FG and 8-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Antawn Jamison (LAL) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Alexey Shved (Min) had 18 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 6 assists. Derrick Williams (Min) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Dwight Howard (LAL, torn labrum right shoulder) and Kevin Love (Min, right hand surgery) did not play. Tor 98, LAC 73 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 16 rebounds and including 5 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points and 7 assists. Rudy Gay (Tor) had 20 points. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 17 points on 4-11 FG and 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 14 points including 5-17 FG and 5 assists. Tor shot 46.9% (38-81) FG and LAC shot 34.7% (25-72) FG. Matt Barnes (LAC, suspended), Chris Paul (LAC, bruised right knee), and Linas Kleiza (Tor, sore right knee) did not play. Mem 85, Was 76 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 13 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Tayshaun Prince (Mem) had 14 points on 7-11 FG. Nene (Was) had 14 points and 6 assists. John Wall (Was) had 9 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mem shot 14-17 FT and Was shot 3-3 FT. Bradley Beal (Was, sprained right wrist) did not play. Ind 102, Mia 89 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. David West (Ind) had 30 points including 12-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 15 points. LeBron James (Mia) had 28 points including 9-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ind shot 55.7% (39-70) FG and Mia shot 47.1% (33-70) FG. Bro 93, Chi 89 at Bro Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 13 points. MarShon Brooks (Bro) had 13 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Marco Belinelli (Chi) had 18 points. Kirk Hinrich (Chi, injured right elbow), Joakim Noah (Chi, foot injury), and Carlos Boozer (Chi, hamstring injury) did not play. Phi 89, Sac 80 at Phi Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 23 points including 11-17 FG and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Nick Young (Phi) had 20 points. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 5 assists. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 29 points including 11-18 FG. Jason Richardson (Phi, left knee synovitis) did not play. NY 96, Mil 86 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 25 points on 7-22 FG and 8-12 FT, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 9 points and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Monta Ellis (Mil) had 16 points on 7-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Uta 86, Por 77 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 15 points. Al Jefferson (Uta) had 21 points and 10 rebounds. Randy Foye (Uta) had 14 points including 4-17 FG and 3-11 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 26 points and 5 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta, sprained right shoulder) did not play. Bos 97, Orl 84 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Bos) had 17 points and 3 blocks. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 14 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 15 points and 5 assists. Bos shot 50% (42-84) FG and Orl shot 37.9% (36-95) FG. Glen Davis (Orl, fracture left foot) did not play. Det 117, Cle 99 at Det Kyle Singler (Det) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Det) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Marreese Speights (Cle) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Det shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Cle shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Daniel Gibson (Cle, sprained right big toe) and Luke Walton (Cle, personal reasons) did not play. Den 113, NO 98 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ty Lawson (Den) had 21 points and 13 assists. Andre Iguodala (Den) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (NO) had 21 points. Schedule for Saturday, February 2 (All times Central) Chicago @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Sacramento @ New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Cleveland 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Houston 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Minnesota 7:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Washington @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm Phoenix @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 3 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ Boston 12:00 pm NBATV LA Lakers @ Detroit 12:00 pm Miami @ Toronto 1:00 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