News from January 30. Commissioner Adam Silver named DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) to replace the injured Kobe Bryant (LAL) for the All-Star game. New York signed Louis Amundson for the rest of the season. Atlanta activated Adreian Payne and placed DeMarre Carroll (strained left Achilles) on IL. Miami placed Dwyane Wade (strained hamstring) on IL. Phoenix activated Zoran Dragic and placed Reggie Bullock on IL. Sacramento placed Reggie Evans on IL. Toronto activated Bruno Caboclo and placed Amir Johnson on IL. Dal 93, Mia 72 at Mia Tyson Chandler (Dal) had 11 points including 5-7 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 12 points and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Dal) had 20 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 24 rebounds including 10 offensive. James Ennis (Mia) had 15 points. Dal out-scored Mia 60-27 in the 2nd half. Chandler Parsons (Dal, ill) did not play. Pho 99, Chi 93 at Pho Markieff Morris (Pho) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 14 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 21 points. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 22 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 23 points including 8-23 FG and 0-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Chi) had 10 points on 5-14 FG and 19 rebounds including 6 offensive. Aaron Brooks (Chi) had 21 points. Uta 110, GS 100 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Trey Burke (Uta) had 15 points and 7 assists. Trevor Booker (Uta) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (GS) had 15 points on 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. NO 108, LAC 103 at NO Ryan Anderson (NO) had 24 points including 6-17 FG and 5-11 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Eric Gordon (NO) had 28 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Alexis Ajinca (NO) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 19 points and 6 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO, left abductor strain) did not play. Cle 101, Sac 90 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 21 points and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 21 points on 5-17 FG and 11-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 5 steals. Cle shot 47.5% (38-80) FG and Sac shot 35.7% (30-84) FG. Tor 127, Bro 122 OT at Bro DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 26 points and 9 assists. Amir Johnson (Tor) had 24 points including 10-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (Tor) had 25 points including 10-11 FT. Jarrett Jack (Bro) had 35 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 35 points, 12 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Hou 93, Bos 87 at Bos Donatas Motiejunas (Hou) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 14 points including 4-21 FG, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Josh Smith (Hou) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (Bos) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Atl 105, Por 99 at Atl Paul Millsap (Atl) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Atl) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 13 points on 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 37 points including 15-24 FG and 11 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 13 points on 6-20 FG and 1-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Atl shot 14-22 FT and Por shot 10-11 FT. Phi 103, Min 94 at Phi Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi) had 18 points. Michael Carter-Williams (Phi) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 14 points on 7-8 FG, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, and 6 blocks. Nikola Pekovic (Min) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Martin (Min) had 19 points including 5-18 FG and 5 assists. Maurice Williams (Min, sore left hip) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 31 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Indiana 6:00 pm Dallas @ Orlando 6:00 pm Toronto @ Washington 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston @ Detroit 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Memphis 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Charlotte @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Phoenix @ Golden State 9:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, February 1 (All times Central) Miami @ Boston 12:00 pm LA Lakers @ New York 1:00 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