News from January 16. The NBA suspended Larry Sanders (Mil) at least 10 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy. After 10 games, he will not be eligible to return until after he is in full compliance to his treatment program. It was Sanders' 2nd suspension for violating the policy in the past year (the first was for marijuna use). The LA Clippers released Jordan Farmar. Philadelphia signed Larry Drew to a 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Al Horford and Kyle Korver and placed Adreian Payne on IL. Chicago placed Joakim Noah (sprained right ankle) on IL. Golden State placed Andrew Bogut (rest) on IL. Memphis activated Russ Smith and placed Mike Conley (sprained ankles) on IL. Miami placed Josh McRoberts on IL. Phoenix activated Zoran Dragic and placed Archie Goodwin on IL. Sacramento activated Omri Casspi and placed Rudy Gay (sore knee) on IL. San Antonio activated Kawhi Leonard and placed Austin Daye. Utah activated Rodney Hood and placed Elliot Williams on IL. Former NBA player Ray Lumpp died at age 91. He played with New York from 1949 through 1953. Dal 97, Den 89 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 11 points including 4-4 FG and 16 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 11 points including 3-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 12 assists. Det 98, Ind 96 at Ind Brandon Jennings (Det) had 37 points including 8-13 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points including the game winning putback with .3 seconds left and 16 rebounds including 10 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 11 points including 4-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 14 points on 7-11 FG. David West (Ind) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Det shot 21-24 FT and Ind shot 10-12 FT. Mem 106, Orl 96 at Orl Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Mem) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 22 points and 12 assists. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Phi 96, NO 81 at Phi Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Eric Gordon (NO) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Tony Wroten (Phi, sprained right knee) and Anthony Davis (NO, sprained left toe) did not play. Bro 102, Was 80 at Was Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 26 points including 12-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points including 10-12 FG. Mason Plumlee (Bro) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 13 points and 6 assists. Kris Humphries (Was) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Chi 119, Bos 103 at Bos Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 steals. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 29 points on 12-20 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 10 assists. Jared Sullinger (Bos) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Chi out-scored Bos 64-45 in the 2nd half. James Young (Bos, ill) did not play. Atl 110, Tor 89 at Tor Paul Millsap (Atl) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 22 points including 8-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 25 points including 11-18 FG. James Johnson (Tor) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Atl shot 60.9% (42-69) FG and Tor shot 42.7% (35-82) FG. OKC 127, GS 115 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 36 points including 14-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 27 points including 12-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 17 points, 15 rebounds, 17 assists, and 4 steals. Dion Waiters (OKC) had 21 points and 3 steals. Marreese Speights (GS) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Klay Thompson (GS) had 32 points. Stephen Curry (GS) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Andre Iguodala (GS, rest) did not play. SA 110, Por 96 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 20 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Green (SA) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 7 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points and 5 assists. Pho 110, Min 99 at Pho Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points on 10-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 16 points including 4-12 FG. Gerald Green (Pho) had 19 points. Maurice Williams (Min) had 26 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min, outer oblique strain) did not play. Uta 94, LAL 85 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Trey Burke (Uta) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Nick Young (LAL) had 23 points including 13-13 FT. Kobe Bryant (LAL, rest) and Ronnie Price (LAL, fractured nose) did not play. Mia 95, Sac 83 at Sac Luol Deng (Mia) had 25 points including 11-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 30 points and 7 rebounds. Shabazz Napier (Mia) had 12 points including 3-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 17 points including 4-12 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 13 points and 6 assists. Chris Andersen (Mia, ill) and Carl Landry (Sac, sprained right wrist) did not play. Cle 126, LAC 121 at LAC LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 7-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 9 turnovers. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 24 points including 10-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 37 points including 12-18 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 34 points and 10 rebounds. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points on 7-8 FG and 5-12 FT and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points including 4-15 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Min, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 17 (All times Central) Indiana @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Detroit 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Chicago 7:00 pm Golden State @ Houston 7:00 pm NBATV Portland @ Memphis 7:00 pm Washington @ Brooklyn 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 18 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Toronto 2:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Orlando 5:00 pm Utah @ San Antonio 6:00 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