News from January 19. The NBA named Maurice Williams (Min) and Al Horford (Atl) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 18. Williams averages 30.3 points and 6.3 assists as Minnesota went 2-1. Horford averaged 21.7 points, 8 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as Atlanta went 4-0. Milwaukee signed Kenyon Martin to a 2nd 10-day contract. Minnesota signed Miroslav Raduljica to a 2nd 10-day contract. Golden State signed James Michael-McAdoo to a 10-day contract. Atlanta activated Pero Antic and placed Shelvin Mack on IL. Boston activated Tayshuan Prince and placed James Young on IL. Memphis activated Mike Conley and placed Russ Smith on IL. Milwaukee placed Kendall Marshall (torn ACL) on IL. New Orleans activated Al Jefferson and placed Kemba Walker on IL. Phoenix activated Tyler Ennis and placed Reggie Bullock on IL. Washington activated Drew Gooden and placed DeJuan Blair on IL. Dal 103, Mem 95 at Mem Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 10 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 25 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 18 points and 15 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points. Cha 105, Min 80 at Cha Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Brian Roberts (Cha) had 16 points and 5 assists. Gary Neal (Cha) had 12 points. Thaddeus Young (Min) had 18 points and 3 steals. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 12 points including 3-14 FG and 1-6 3-pointers. Shabazz Muhammad (Min, strained outer oblique) did not play. Was 111, Phi 76 at Was Marcin Gortat (Was) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 8 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 11 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Seraphin (Was) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Henry Sims (Phi) had 13 points. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Was shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Phi shot 32.9% (28-85) FG. Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, left knee contusion) and Tony Wroten (Phi, right knee sprain) did not play. Atl 93, Det 82 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Mike Scott (Atl) had 20 points on 9-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Det) had 16 points, 20 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 13 points including 3-12 FT and 18 rebounds. LAC 102, Bos 93 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 19 points including 8-9 FG, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 16 points. Evan Turner (Bos) had 10 points including 2-6 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points. GS 122, Den 79 at GS Klay Thompson (GS) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 20 points and 8 assists. James Michael-McAdoo (GS) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 19 points and 6 assists. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 14 points and 5 assists. GS shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Den shot 34.5% (30-87) FG. Hou 110, Ind 98 at Hou Dwight Howard (Hou) had 14 points on 4-6 FG and 6-12 FT and 17 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 45 points on 12-18 FG, 7-12 3-pointers, and 14-15 FT, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Ind) had 23 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Donald Sloan (Ind) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Terrence Jones (Hou, left leg nerve inflammation) did not play. NY 99, NO 92 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points including 7-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Langston Galloway (NY) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Omer Asik (NO) had 11 points and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 20 points and 5 assists. Anthony Davis (NO, sprained left toe) did not play. Cle 108, Chi 94 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 28 points on 7-11 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Timofey Mozgov (Cle) had 15 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 18 points and 12 assists. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points including 5-14 FG. Tor 92, Mil 89 at Mil Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points including 8-25 FG and 1-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Tor) had 15 points including 4-12 FG and 4 steals. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 20 points including 7-21 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Larry Sanders (Mil, suspended) did not play. Por 98, Sac 94 at Por Damian Lillard (Por) had 22 points on 6-19 FG and 8-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Wesley Matthews (Por) had 17 points including 7-20 FG and 2-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 10 points (in 14 minutes, left thumb injury). Rudy Gay (Sac) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 22 points including 8-12 FT, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Pho 115, LAL 100 at Pho Goran Dragic (Pho) had 24 points including 11-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Isaiah Thomas (Pho) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lin (LAL) had 10 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Nick Young (LAL) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL, rest) and Ronnie Price (LAL, fractured nose) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, January 20 (All times Central) Oklahoma City @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV San Antonio @ Denver 8:00 pm Schedule for Wednesday, January 21 (All times Central) Miami @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah @ Cleveland 6:00 pm New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Indiana @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Orlando @ Detroit 6:30 pm Toronto @ Memphis 7:00 pm Dallas @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Portland @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Brooklyn @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Houston @ Golden State 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