News from January 10. Brooklyn fired head coach Lionel Hollins and named assistant coach Tony Brown as interim coach. Brooklyn also reassigned GM Billy King to a different position. Boston activated Avery Bradley. Denver placed Jameer Nelson on IL. Houston placed K.J. McDaniels and Donatas Motiejunas on IL. Dal 93, Min 87 at Min Chandler Parsons (Dal) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Dal) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. LAC 114, NO 111 OT at LAC Chris Paul (LAC) had 25 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 21 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 12 points including 4-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (NO) had 26 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anthony Davis (NO, back contusion) did not play. Cle 95, Phi 85 at Phi LeBron James (Cle) had 37 points including 15-22 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Love (Cle) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 10 points and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Ish Smith (Phi) had 18 points including 7-21 FG, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem 101, Bos 98 at Mem Tony Allen (Mem) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 18 points including 11-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 25 points and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 35 points including 11-19 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 8 assists. Amir Johnson (Bos) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem, sore left Achilles) and Courtney Lee (Mem, left hip contusion) did not play. Hou 107, Ind 103 OT at Hou Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 17 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Paul George (Ind) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 steals. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Hou shot 15-23 FT and Ind shot 8-10 FT. Ty Lawson (Hou, suspended) did not play. NY 100, Mil 88 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 24 points including 10-16 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Robin Lopez (NY) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Greg Monroe (Mil) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 20 points including 7-10 FG. O.J. Mayo (Mil, sore left hamstring) did not play. Den 95, Cha 92 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 27 points including 11-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Emmanual Mudiay (Den) had 11 points including 5-15 FG and 6 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Cody Zeller (Cha) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Por 115, OKC 110 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points including 8-23 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 31 points including 8-14 FG, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 7 turnovers. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 16 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 25 points including 9-11 FT, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, and 3 steals. Uta 86, LAL 74 at LAL Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 25 points and 3 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 10 points including 3-3 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Louis Williams (LAL) had 18 points including 5-17 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 14 points including 6-19 FG and 4 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms), Brandon Bass (LAL, corneal abrasion right eye), Kobe Bryant (LAL, strained right Achilles), and D'Angelo Russell (LAL, sprained right ankle) did not play. ---- 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