News from January 7. TRADE: The LA Clippers traded Jared Cunningham, the rights to 2005 draft pick (#59) Cenk Arkyol, and cash to Philadelphia for the rights to 2004 draft pick (#49) Sergei Lishoukd. TRADE: Denver traded Timofey Mozgov and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to Cleveland for a 2015 1st round draft pick (originally belonging to Oklahoma City) and a 2015 1st round draft pick (originally belonging to Memphis). Cleveland released A.J. Price. Minnesota released Jeff Adrien. New York released Louis Amundson, Lance Thomas, and Alex Kirk and signed Langston Galloway to a 10-day contract. Utah signed Elliot Williams to a 10-day contract. Washington released Glen Rice. Boston activated Marcus Thornton and placed James Young on IL. Golden State activated Andrew Bogut. The LA Clippers activated C.J. Wilcox and placed Chris Douglas-Roberts on IL. New York placed Amare Stoudemire (sore right knee) on IL. Oklahoma City placed Grant Jerrett on IL. Utah placed Rodney Hood on IL. Washington activated DeJuan Blair and placed Paul Pierce (rest) on IL. Det 108, Dal 95 at Dal Greg Monroe (Det) had 27 points including 11-16 FG, 18 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 6 points on 3-11 FG and 19 rebounds including 7 offensive. D.J. Augustin (Det) had 26 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitkzi (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Monta Ellis (Dal) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Cha 98, NO 94 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Gerald Henderson (Cha) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 31 points. Anthony Davis (NO) had 32 points including 15-24 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Lance Stephenson (Cha, pelvic sprain) did not play. Hou 105, Cle 93 at Cle James Harden (Hou) had 21 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 17 points including 5-11 FT and 19 rebounds including 10 offensive. Josh Smith (Hou) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 38 points including 15-26 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points and 16 rebounds. Hou out-scored Cle 32-19 in the 4th quarter. Iman Shumpert (Cle, dislocated left shoulder) did not play. Mil 97, Phi 77 at Phi Khris Middleton (Mil) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 5 steals. Brandon Knight (Mil) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. O.J. Mayo (Mil) had 15 points and 6 assists. KJ McDaniels (Phi) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. JaKarr Sampson (Phi) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mil shot 53.9% (41-76) FG and Phi shot 30.1% (25-83) FG. Mil shot 7-11 FT and Phi shot 25-29 FT. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil, concussion), Luc Mbah a Moute (Phi, turf toe), and Hollis Thompson (Phi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. Was 101, NY 91 at Was Nene (Was) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Was) had 12 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jose Calderon (NY) had 17 points. Jason Smith (NY) had 13 points including 7-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (NY, sore right calf) did not play. Atl 96, Mem 86 at Atl Jeff Teague (Atl) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kyle Korver (Atl) had 14 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Pero Antic (Atl) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Mike Conley (Mem) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Atl shot 19-23 FT and Mem shot 11-11 FT. Elton Brand (Atl, personal reasons) did not play. Bos 89, Bro 81 at Bro Tyler Zeller (Bos) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Avery Bradley (Bos) had 21 points. Evan Turner (Bos) had 6 points on 3-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Joe Johnson (Bro) had 17 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Mason Plumlee (Bro) had 16 points including 6-11 FT and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Uta 97, Chi 77 at Chi Derrick Favors (Uta) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 18 points and 5 assists. Trey Burke (Uta) had 17 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Tag Gibson (Chi) had 15 points and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Uta shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Chi shot 33.3% (28-84) FG. Enes Kanter (Uta, sprained right ankle) did not play. Den 93, Orl 90 at Den Arron Afflalo (Den) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 23 points including 9-14 FG, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. J.J. Hickson (Den) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Orl) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Pho 113, Min 111 at Min Goran Dragic (Pho) had 25 points including 11-16 FG. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Gerald Green (Pho) had 21 points. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Maurice Williams (Min) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 11 assists. Sac 104, OKC 83 at Sac Rudy Gay (Sac) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 23 points on 6-23 FG and 11-13 FT, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Darren Collison (Sac) had 24 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 7 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 blocks. GS 117, Ind 102 at GS Marreese Speights (GS) had 18 points. Klay Thompson (GS) had 40 points including 14-25 FG and 6-11 3-pointers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 15 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Solomon Hill (Ind) had 21 points. David West (Ind) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. George Hill (Ind, strained left groin) and Rodney Stuckey (Ind, sore right groin) did not play. LAC 114, LAL 89 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 27 points on 9-13 FG and 9-13 FT, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Matt Barnes (LAC) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers including 5-10 3-pointers. Chris Paul (LAC) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Jordan Hill (LAL) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 14 points. Wesley Johnson (LAL, strained right hip flexor) and Ronnie Price (LAL, fractured nose) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, January 8 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Toronto 6:30 pm Houston @ New York 7:00 pm TNT Miami @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, January 9 (All times Central) Boston @ Indiana 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Detroit 6:30 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Chicago @ Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Minnesota @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Phoenix @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Denver @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Cleveland @ Golden State 9:30 pm ESPN Orlando @ LA Lakers 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