News from January 30. The NBA promoted Mark Tatum to deputy commissioner, starting February 1 when David Stern retires and Adam Silver becomes commissioner. The NBA rescheduled the 1/29 Detroit at Atlanta game for April 8 at 6:30 pm Central time. The NBA announced the reserves for the All-Star game. The reserves were selected by coaches in each conference who were asked to select 2 guards, 3 front court players, and 2 from any position (and could not vote for players on their own team). The All-Star game takes place February 16 in New Orleans. The reserves are: Western Conference Eastern Conference LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) Chris Bosh (Mia) James Harden (Hou) DeMar DeRozan (Tor) Dwight Howard (Hou) Roy Hibbert (Ind) Damian Lillard (Por) Joe Johnson (Bro) Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) Paul Millsap (Atl) Tony Parker (SA) Joakim Noah (Chi) Chris Paul (LAC) John Wall (Was) Pho 102, Ind 94 at Ind Goran Dragic (Pho) had 28 points and 7 assists. Gerald Green (Pho) had 16 points. Marcus Morris (Pho) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 18 points. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 26 points including 8-11 FT and 6 rebounds. NY 117, Cle 86 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 29 points including 10-12 FT and 5 rebounds. J.R. Smith (NY) had 19 points. Timothy Hardaway (NY) had 29 points including 11-17 FG and 6-12 3-pointers. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Cle) had 21 points. NY shot 56.6% (43-76) FG and Cle shot 35.6% (31-87) FG. Kenyon Martin (NY, sprained left ankle), Iman Shumpert (NY, sprained right shoulder), and Beno Udrih (NY, ill) did not play. GS 111, LAC 92 at GS David Lee (GS) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (GS) had 14 points on 7-11 FG, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Stephen Curry (GS) had 22 points including 8-10 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points and 3 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 9 points on 3-4 FG and 3-9 FT and 20 rebounds including 5 offensive. Darren Collison (LAC) had 22 points and 5 assists. GS out-scored LAC 26-11 in the 3rd quarter. 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 Schedule for Saturday, February 1 (All times Central) Brooklyn @ Indiana 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Washington 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Sacramento @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Miami @ New York 7:30 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Toronto @ Portland 9:00 pm Utah @ LA Clippers 9:30 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