News from January 11. The NBA fined Justin Anderson (Dal) $25,000 for hitting Kris Dunn (Min) in the head during Monday's Dal-Min game. The NBA fined Kyle O'Quinn (NY) $25,000 for striking and push Anthony Davis (NO) during Monday's NO-NY game. Houston placed Eric Gordon (left big toe) on IL. Minnesota placed Zach LaVine (left hip contusion) on IL. New York activated Mindaugas Kuzmaskas and placed Maurice Ndour on IL. Oklahoma City activated Kyle Singler and placed Semaj Christon on IL. Por 102, Cle 86 at Por C.J. McCollum (Por) had 27 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 4 blocks. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 11 points including 5-16 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 24 points including 9-11 FG. LeBron James (Cle) had 20 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 17 points including 5-15 FG and 8 rebounds. LAC 105, Orl 96 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Paul (LAC) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl, sore right shoulder) did not play. Bos 117, Was 108 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Al Horford (Bos) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 38 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Otto Porter (Was) had 20 points on 9-12 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 35 points including 6-10 3-pointers. Jaylen Brown (Bos, sprained right ankle) and Amir Johnson (Bos, sprained left ankle) did not play. Min 119, Hou 105 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 28 points including 11-20 FG. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 23 points including 10-17 FG, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 10 points including 1-5 FG and 17 assists. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Ryan Anderson (Hou) had 18 points including 5-14 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 33 points including 2-11 3-pointers and 11-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Min shot 54.3% (44-81) FG and Hou shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. OKC 103, Mem 95 at OKC Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points on 6-19 FG, 0-7 3-pointers, and 12-15 FT, 13 rebounds, 12 assists, and 6 turnovers. Victor Oladipo (OKC) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Enes Kanter (OKC) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 14 points. Phi 98, NY 97 at Phi Joel Embiid (Phi) had 21 points including 7-20 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 16 points including 5-16 FG and 1-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. T.J. McConnell (Phi) had 8 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 28 points. Derrick Rose (NY) had 25 points including 11-16 FG. Phi shot 17-21 FT and NY shot 9-10 FT. 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 Schedule for Friday, January 13 (All times Central) Charlotte @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Toronto 6:30 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Memphis @ Houston 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Boston @ Atlanta 7:00 pm ESPN Orlando @ Portland 9:00 pm Cleveland @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Detroit @ Utah 9:30 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