News from January 25. Utah claimed Malcolm Thomas off waivers after San Antonio released him on Thursday. Dallas assigned Ricky Ledo to the NBADL. Minnesota activated Gorgui Dieng and placed Shabazz Muhammad on IL. Utah activated Derrick Favors and placed Ian Clark on IL. Atlanta activated Jared Cunningham and placed Pero Antic (stress fractured right ankle) on IL. Cunningham was recalled from the NBADL. Stats Leaders Points Kevin Durant (OKC) 31.1 Carmelo Anthony (NY) 27.0 LeBron James (Mia) 26.2 Rebounds DeAndre Jordan (LAC) 13.8 Kevin Love (Min) 13.0 Andre Drummond (Det) 12.8 Assists Stephen Curry (GS) 9.3 Ty Lawson (Den) 9.0 John Wall (Was) 8.5 Por 115, Min 104 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Por) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 30 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Uta 104, Was 101 at Uta Derrick Favors (Uta) had 11 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Enes Kanter (Uta) had 24 points including 11-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (Was) had 23 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nene (Was) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Den 109, Ind 96 at Den Wilson Chandler (Den) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 14 points including 4-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov (Den) had 15 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Paul George (Ind) had 18 points on 6-18 FG and 6-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 23 points including 10-16 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Darrell Arthur (Den, strained left hip) and Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Atl 112, Mil 87 at Mil Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Atl) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (Atl) had 18 points and 5 assists. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 27 points on 11-15 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 11 points including 5-15 FG and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jeff Teague (Atl, sprained left ankle) and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Mem 99, Hou 81 at Mem Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points. Kosta Koufos (Mem) had 14 points on 7-8 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 16 points. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Hou, right calf), Francisco Garcia (Hou, left knee), and Greg Smith (Hou, right knee) did not play. OKC 103, Phi 91 at Phi Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 12-17 FG, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 25 points including 12-16 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Nick Collison (OKC) had 11 points. James Anderson (Phi) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds Evan Turner (Phi) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. OKC shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and Phi shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. LAC 126, Tor 118 at Tor Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points including 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 18 points. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 37 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 11 assists. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 51 points on 16-29 FG, 10-17 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Chi 89, Cha 87 at Cha Joakim Noah (Chi) had 11 points including 4-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. D.J. Augustin (Chi) had 28 points including 6-12 3-pointers. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Cha) had 32 points including 15-26 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jannero Pargo (Cha) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Chi shot 16-22 FT and Cha shot 7-10 FT. Kemba Walker (Cha, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, January 26 (All times Central) San Antonio @ Miami 12:00 pm ABC LA Lakers @ New York 2:30 pm ABC Orlando @ New Orleans 5:00 pm Phoenix @ Cleveland 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Boston 5:30 pm ESPN Detroit @ Dallas 6:30 pm Portland @ Golden State 8:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 8:00 pm Schedule for Monday, January 27 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Utah 8:00 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