News from January 1. LeBron James (Cle) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a strained left knee. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich. Sacramento placed Omri Casspi on IL. Chi 106, Den 101 at Chi Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 17 points including 7-25 FG and 8 assists. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 blocks. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 22 points. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 18 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 19 points. Ty Lawson (Den) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Sac 110, Min 107 at Min Rudy Gay (Sac) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Darren Collison (Sac) had 21 points and 6 assists. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 27 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 steals. Schedule for Friday, January 2 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Orlando 6:00 pm Dallas @ Boston 6:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ New York 6:30 pm Houston @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Washington @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Utah 8:00 pm Toronto @ Golden State 9:30 pm Memphis @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Schedule for Saturday, January 3 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Orlando 6:00 pm Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm Miami @ Houston 7:00 pm Utah @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Memphis @ Denver 8:00 pm Atlanta @ Portland 9:00 pm Philadelphia @ 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