News from January 10. New York fined Derrick Rose an undisclosed amount for missing Monday's NY-NO game. Brooklyn signed Quincy Acy to a 10-day contract. Philadelphia signed Chasson Randle to a 10-day contract. Brooklyn activated Chris McCullough and placed Trevor Booker on IL. Charlotte activated Nicolas Batum. Chicago activated Denzel Valentine and placed Jimmy Butler (ill) and Nikola Mirotic (strep throat) on IL. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed Klay Thompson (rest) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Metta World Peace and placed Ivica Zubac on IL. Milwaukee activated Rashad Vaughn and placed Steve Novak on IL. Sac 100, Det 94 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 17 points including 4-11 FG. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 11 points including 3-11 FG, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 21 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 19 points. GS 107, Mia 95 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 8-21 FG and 4-13 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 28 points including 13-17 FG and 20 rebounds. Tyler Johnson (Mia) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Josh Richardson (Mia, left foot injury) and Justise Winslow (Mia, right shoulder surgery) did not play. Por 108, LAL 87 at LAL C.J. McCollum (Por) had 25 points including 10-18 FG. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points including 7-21 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 8 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Luol Deng (LAL) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 11 points. Por shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and LAL shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Uta 100, Cle 92 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 28 points including 10-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 11 points including 5-7 FG, 14 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 20 points including 5-18 FG. Uta shot 48.1% (38-79) FG and Cle shot 36.5% (31-85) FG. Mil 109, SA 107 at SA Jabari Parker (Mil) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 30 points on 10-16 FG and 8-10 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (S) had 14 points and 7 assists. Hou 121, Cha 114 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 40 points including 7-14 3-pointers and 11-14 FT, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 16 points. Corey Brewer (Hou) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 25 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Hou shot 24-33 FT and Cha shot 7-9 FT. Eric Gordon (Hou, injury), Nicolas Batum (Cha, hyperextended right knee), and Cody Zeller (Cha, ill) did not play. Atl 117, Bro 97 at Bro Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 19 points and 10 assists. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 14 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 20 points. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Tor 114, Bos 106 at Tor Jonas Valaniciunas (Tor) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 23 rebounds including 11 offensive. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 41 points including 16-29 FG and 13 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 9 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 27 points and 7 assists. Marcus Smart (Bos) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Was 101, Chi 99 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 19 points and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points. John Wall (Was) had 26 points including the game winning jumper with 5.9 seconds left, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 19 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Michael Carter-Williams (Chi) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Was shot 50.6% (42-83) FG and Chi shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Was shot 6-9 FT and Chi shot 19-21 FT. Dwyane Wade (Chi, rest) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, January 11 (All times Central) New York @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Cleveland @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 12 (All times Central) Indiana @ Denver 2:00 pm NBATV New Orleans @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Chicago @ New York 7:00 pm TNT LA Lakers @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Detroit @ Golden State 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