News from January 29. The Detroit at Atlanta game was postponed due to a snow storm. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich. Miami activated Toney Douglas and placed Roger Mason on IL. Minnesota activated A.J. Price and Nikola Pekovic (bursitis right ankle) on IL. Orlando activated Tyler Hansbrough and placed DeMar DeRozan on IL. Sacramento activated Rudy Gay. San Antonio placed Manu Ginobili on IL. Ginobili is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks with a strained left hamstring. The NBA announced the contestants of the Rookie-Sophomore game, to take place February 14 in New Orleans on TNT at 8 pm Central. Two "GMs" will be announced who will select the makeup of each of the two teams from the below players (instead of a rookie team vs a sophomore team). The players are: Rookies Sophomores Steven Adams (OKC) Harrison Barnes (GS) Pero Antic (Atl) Bradley Beal (Was) Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) Anthony Davis (NO) Trey Burke (Uta) Andre Drummond (Det) Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) Terrence Jones (Hou) Tim Hardaway (NY) Damian Lillard (Por) Victor Oladipo (Orl) Jared Sullinger (Bos) Kelly Olynyk (Orl) Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) Mason Plumlee (Bro) Dion Waiters (Cle) Hou 117, Dal 115 at Dal Chandler Parsons (Hou) had 26 points and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Jeremy Lin (Hou) had 18 point, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 38 points on 13-21 FG and 11-11 FT and 17 rebounds. Vince Carter (Dal) had 22 points including 10-11 FT. Francisco Garcia (Hou, sore left knee), James Harden (Hou, bruised left thumb), and Greg Smith (Hou, sore right knee) did not play. OKC 112, Mia 95 at Mia Kevin Durant (OKC) had 33 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 22 points and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jeremy Lamb (OKC) had 18 points on 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. LeBron James (Mia) had 34 points including 12-20 FG. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Tor 98, Orl 83 at Tor Amir Johnson (Tor) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 33 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 13 points including 5-15 FG. Tor Shot 10-13 FT and Orl shot 21-26 FT. Patrick Patterson (Tor, broken nose) and Ronnie Price (Orl, sprained right foot) did not play. Phi 95, Bos 94 at Bos Evan Turner (Phi) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Spencer Hawes (Phi) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jeff Green (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 24 points including 9-25 FG and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. Brandon Davies (Phi, fractured right finger) and Rajon Rondo (Bos, rest) did not play. Pho 126, Mil 117 at Mil Gerald Green (Pho) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 30 points including 9-13 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnover. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 16 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 27 points including 10-10 FT. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 24 points including 11-11 FT and 8 assists. Pho shot 53.8% (42-78) FG and Mil shot 42.7% (38-89) FG. O.J. Mayo (Mil, ill) and Ekpe Udoh (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 88, NO 77 at Min Kevin Love (Min) had 30 points, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Kevin Martin (Min) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dante Cunningham (Min) had 12 points on 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Al-Farouq Aminu (NO) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Eric Gordan (NO) had 14 points including 5-17 FG. Anthony Davis (NO, injured finger), Jrue Holiday (NO, stress fractured right tibia), and Jason Smith (NO, right knee injured) did not play. Cha 101, Den 98 at Den Al Jefferson (Cha) had 35 points including 9-12 FT and 11 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ramon Sessions (Cha) had 16 points including 8-10 FT and 7 assists. Randy Foye (Den) had 33 points including 12-21 FG and 7 assists. Evan Fourmier (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Cha shot 30-42 FT and Den shot 11-13 FT. Ben Gordon (Cha, ill), Kemba Walker (Cha, sprained left ankle), Andre Miller (Den, personal reasons), and Ty Lawson (Den, strained left rotator cuff) did not play. Chi 96, SA 86 at SA Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 6 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Mem 99, Sac 89 at Sac Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 27 points and 10 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points including 10-16 FG, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Isaiah Thomas (Sac) had 24 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Mem shot 13-16 FT and Sac shot 8-8 FT. LAC 110, Was 103 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points on 4-5 FG and 6-10 FT and 17 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points on 4-12 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 20 points. John Wall (Was) had 19 points and 11 assists. LAC shot 32-42 FT and Was shot 10-17 FT. Antawn Jamison (LAC, ill) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, January 30 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Indiana 6:00 pm Cleveland @ New York 7:00 pm TNT LA Clippers @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, January 31 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Orlando 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Dallas 7:30 pm Toronto @ Denver 8:00 pm Charlotte @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Golden State @ Utah 9:30 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