News from January 17. Gal Mekel (Dal) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair a torn lateral meniscus. He is out indefinitely. Kenyon Martin (NY) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained left ankle. Amare Stoudemire (NY) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained left ankle. Oklahoma City signed Royal Ivey to a 10-day contract. Boston signed Chris Johnson to a 10-day contract. Boston activated Rajon Rondo and placed Keith Bogans on IL. The LA Clippers placed Byron Mullens on IL. Miami activated Mario Chalmers and placed Toney Douglas on IL. Minnesota activated A.J. Price and placed Gorgui Dieng on IL. Oklahoma City placed Andre Roberson on IL. Dal 110, Pho 107 at Pho Monta Ellis (Dal) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Shane Larkin (Dal) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5 assists. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 28 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Pho) had 23 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, sprained right shoulder) did not play. OKC 127, GS 121 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 54 points on 19-28 FG, 5-9 3-pointers, and 11-13 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (OKC) had 14 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Curry (GS) had 37 points on 11-18 FG, 6-10 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 6-9 3-pointers. Cle 117, Den 109 at Den Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 20 points including 8-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 23 points and 6 assists. C.J. Miles (Cle) had 19 points. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 23 points including 5-12 3-pointers. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points including 5-16 FG and 11 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den, left hip strain) and Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Por 109, SA 100 at SA LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points and 13 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 24 points on 9-14 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 29 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mem 91, Sac 90 at Mem Mike Conley (Mem) had 25 points and 6 assists. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 4 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 22 points on 6-20 FG and 10-13 FT and 17 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 19 points. Uta 110, Det 89 at Det Trey Burke (Uta) had 20 points, 12 assists, and 7 turnovers. Marvin Williams (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 10 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Uta shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Det shot 43.2% (32-74) FG. LAL 107, Bos 104 at Bos Pau Gasol (LAL) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kendall Marshall (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 14 assists, and 7 turnovers. Ryan Kelly (LAL) had 20 points. Jeff Green (Bos) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 25 points including 11-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. LAL shot 21-28 FT and Bos shot 9-11 FT. Steve Blake (LAL, torn ligament), Jordan Farmar (LAL, left hamstring tear), Xavier Henry (LAL, bone bruise right knee), and Nick Young (LAL, suspension) did not play. Was 96, Chi 93 at Was John Wall (Was) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 11 assists. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Martell Webster (Was) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tor 94, Min 89 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 15 points including 5-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 18 points. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Mia 101, Phi 86 at Phi LeBron James (Mia) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 25 points including 11-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Shane Battier (Mia) had 13 points. Tony Wroten (Phi) had 13 points including 4-13 FG. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Mia shot 47.5% (38-80) FG and Phi shot 36.9% (31-84) FG. Lavoy Allen (Phi, left calf injury) did not play. Cha 111, Orl 101 at Orl Al Jefferson (Cha) had 30 points including 13-17 FG, 16 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points and 10 assists. Josh McRoberts (Cha) had 17 points on 6-8 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Arron Afflalo (Orl) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tobias Harris (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points and 8 assists. Ronnie Price (Orl, sprained right foot) and Nikola Vucevic (Orl, concussion) did not play. LAC 109, NY 95 at NY Blake Griffin (LAC) had 32 points including 12-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 11 points, 16 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 10-11 FT. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 26 points on 4-23 FG and 16-1 FT and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. J.R. Smith (NY) had 24 points. Kenyon Martin (NY, sprained left ankle) and Amare Stoudemire (NY, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 18 (All times Central) Miami @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Clippers @ Indiana 6:00 pm NBATV Detroit @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Houston 7:00 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Golden State @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Portland @ Dallas 7:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 19 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Toronto 12:00 pm Boston @ Orlando 5:00 pm Sacramento @ Oklahoma City 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Denver @ Phoenix 7:00 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