News from January 15. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Boston traded Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks and received Joel Anthony, cash, a protected 2015 1st round draft pick, and a 2016 2nd round draft pick; Golden State traded away Toney Douglas and received Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks; and Miami traded Joel Anthony, cash, a protected 2015 1st round draft, and a 2016 2nd round draft pick and received Toney Douglas. The 1st round draft pick originally comes from Philadelphia and is lottery protected for 2015 and 2016 - if Philly is in the lottery both years, then it becomes a 2017 2nd round draft pick. None of the traded players were available for Wednesday's games. Cleveland activated Henry Sims and placed Sergey Karasev on IL. Dallas activated Shane Larkin and placed Gal Mekel (bruised knee) on IL. The LA Clippers activated Reggie Bullock and placed Maalik Wayns on IL. Miami activated Shane Battier and Greg Oden and placed Chris Anderson and Mario Chalmers on IL. Minnesota activated Shabazz Muhammed and placed A.J. Price on IL. San Antonio placed Danny Green (fractured left index finger) on IL. Toronto activated Dwight Buycks and placed Austin Daye on IL. LAC 129, Dal 127 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 23 points including 13-16 FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 33 points including 10-14 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 25 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points including 8-22 FG and 8 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Dal) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds (all offensive. Por 108, Cle 96 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 32 points and 18 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 28 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 15 points. Luol Deng (Cle) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 1-7 3-pointers. Pho 121, LAL 114 at Pho Channing Frye (Pho) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Gerald Green (Pho) had 28 points including 12-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Wesley Johnson (LAL) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Kaman (LAL) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, right shoulder sprain), Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmar (LAL, left hamstring tear), and Xavier Henry (LAL, right knee bruise) did not play. SA 109, Uta 105 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points and 9 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Alec Burke (Uta) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 25 points including 12-15 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Hou 103, NO 100 at NO Terrence Jones (Hou) had 25 points on 10-17 FG and 5-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. James Harden (Hou) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 24 points including 8-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 35 points including 11-17 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Omer Asik (Hou, right knee injury), Tyreke Evans (NO, sprained left ankle), and Jrue Holiday (NO, stress fracture right ankle). Sac 111, Min 108 at Min Rudy Gay (Sac) had 33 points including 12-19 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min) had 27 points including 9-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Sac shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and Min shot 44.3% (39-88) FG. Mem 82, Mil 77 at Mil Mike Conley (Mem) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ed Davis (Mem) had 14 points including 7-8 FG and 9 rebounds. James Johnson (Mem) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Larry Sanders (Mil) had 10 points including 4-12 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Bos 88, Tor 83 at Bos Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 25 points including 10-14 FT and 20 rebounds including 8 offensive. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kris Humphries (Bos) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Keith Bogans (Bos, personal reasons) did not play. Was 114, Mia 97 at Was Nene (Was) had 19 points, 9 assists, and 3 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 25 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Was shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Mia shot 44% (37-84) FG. Phi 95, Cha 92 at Phi Evan Turner (Phi) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 17 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Lavoy Allen (Phi, right calf injury) did not play. Chi 128, Orl 125 3OT at Orl Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 23 points including 11-17 FG. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 26 points including 8-10 FT, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 21 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists in 60 minutes. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 16 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 35 points including 15-24 FG, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers in 57 minutes. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 31 points including 13-30 FG and 3-13 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists, in 54 minutes. Arron Afflalo (Orl, strained right foot) and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, concussion) did not play. Den 123, GS 116 at GS Wilson Chandler (Den) had 22 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 13 points and 24 rebounds. Randy Foye (Den) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 22 points including 9-12 FT, 11 assists, and 3 steals. David Lee (GS) had 28 points including 12-13 FT and 11 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 21 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 4-13 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Den shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and GS shot 43.3% (39-90) FG. Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, January 16 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Atlanta 2:00 pm NBATV at London, England New York @ Indiana 6:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City @ Houston 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, January 17 (All times Central) LA Clippers @ New York 6:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Toronto 6:00 pm Chicago @ Washington 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Boston 6:30 pm Utah @ Detroit 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Memphis 7:00 pm Portland @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Cleveland @ Denver 8:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Golden State @ Oklahoma City 8:30 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