News from January 27. The NBA fined Matt Barnes (LAC) $25,000 for inappropriate language directed towards a fan during Sunday's LAC-Pho game. The NBA announced the contestants of the Rookie-Sophomore game, to take place February 13 in New York City on TNT at 8 pm Central. The format this year will be the Team USA vs Team World (instead of a rookie team vs a sophomore team). The players are: Team USA Team World Trey Burke (Uta) Steven Adams (OKC) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) Zach LaVine (Min) Gorgui Dieng (Min) Shabazz Muhammad (Min) Dante Exum (Uta) Nerlens Noel (Phi) Rudy Gobert (Uta) Victor Oladipo (Orl) Nikola Mirotic (Chi) Elfrid Payton (Orl) Kelly Olynyk (Bos) Mason Plumlee (Bro) Dennis Schroder (Atl) Cody Zeller (Cha) Andrew Wiggins (Min) Coach: Alvin Gentry (GS) Coach: Kenny Atkinson (Atl) The NBA announced the contestants for the Slam Dunk contest to take place February 14 in New York City. The contestants are: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) Zach LaVine (Min) Victor Oladipo (Orl) Mason Plumlee (Bro) Utah elected not to sign Elijah Millsap for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Chicago placed Jimmy Butler on IL. Detroit activated Gigi Datome and placed Brandon Jennings (torn left Achilles) on IL. Miami placed Luol Deng (calf injury) on IL. Washington activated DeJuan Blair and placed Paul Pierce (sore left big toe) on IL. Mem 109, Dal 90 at Dal Zach Randolph (Mem) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 15 points and 6 assists. Nick Calathes (Mem) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 19 points. Mem shot 15-20 FT and Dal shot 7-10 FT. Mike Conley (Mem, sprained left wrist) did not play. Was 98, LAL 92 at LAL Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points including 1-6 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 5-12 FT, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 11 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds. Wayne Ellington (LAL) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 3 steals. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 18 points. Was out-scored LAL 52-35 in the 2nd half. Kobe Bryant (LAL, torn right rotator cuff) and Nick Young (LAL, sprained right ankle) did not play. Chi 113, GS 111 OT at GS Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30 points on 13-33 FG and 4-12 3-pointers and the game winning long jumper with 8.4 seconds left, 7 rebounds, and 11 turnovers. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 18 points, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, 8 assists, and 4 blocks. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 18 points, 15 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 30 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points including 9-23 FG, 9 assists, and 3 steals. David Lee (GS) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrew Bogut (GS, flu) did not play. Mil 109, Mia 102 at Mia Khris Middleton (Mil) had 17 points on 7-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jerryd Bayless (Mil) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 7 assists. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 26 points. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 16 points and 16 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 21 points including 8-12 FT and 8 assists. Larry Sanders (Mil, suspended) did not play. Cle 103, Det 95 at Det LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points including 10-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 39 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 4 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Greg Monroe (Det) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points on 6-17 FG, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 blocks. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 19 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tor 104, Ind 91 at Ind DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 24 points including 10-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Patrick Patterson (Tor) had 13 points. Rodney Stuckey (Ind) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. [All 6 home teams lost] Schedule for Wednesday, January 28 (All times Central) Portland @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Sacramento @ Toronto 6:30 pm Dallas @ Houston 7:00 pm Boston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ New York 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ San Antonio 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ Utah 8:00 pm Washington @ Phoenix 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 29 (All times Central) Milwaukee @ Orlando 7:00 pm Denver @ Memphis 7:00 pm New York @ Indiana 7:00 pm TNT Chicago @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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