News from January 20. The NBA fined Sidney Lowe (Was) $5,000 and fined Washington $15,000 for Lowe standing on the court near the end of Thursday's Was-NY game. Brooklyn signed Quincy Acy to a 2nd 10-day contract. Philadelphia signed Chasson Randle to a 2nd 10-day contract. Philadelphia claimed Maurice Williams off waivers and then released him. Pau Gasol (SA) underwent surgery on his fractured left ring finger. Charlotte activated Christian Wood and placed Derek Hood on IL. Chicago activated Taj Gibson and placed Isaiah Canaan on IL. Golden State activated James Michael McAdoo and placed David West (fractured left thumb) on IL. New Orleans activated Cheick Diallo and placed Alexis Ajinca on IL. Sacramento activated Georgios Papagiannis and placed Rudy Gay (ruptured left Achilles) on IL. Toronto activated Delon Wright and placed Patrick Patterson on IL. Uta 112, Dal 107 OT at Dal Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 26 points including 8-22 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 27 points on 8-11 FG and 11-17 FT and 25 rebounds including 10 offensive. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 15 points on 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Dal) had 16 points and 8 assists. LAL 108, Ind 96 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Louis Williams (LAL) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9-10 FT. Paul George (Ind) had 19 points including 6-18 FG. Al Jefferson (Ind) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Atl 102, Chi 93 at Atl Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 25 points including 11-14 FG and 6 assists. Paul Millsap (Atl) had 14 points including 4-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Atl) had 11 points including 3-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Atl out-scored Chi 36-15 in the 4th quarter. GS 125, Hou 108 at Hou Kevin Durant (GS) had 32 points including 12-19 FG and 7 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 24 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 7 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. James Harden (Hou) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 7 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 22 points including 101-6 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Bro 143, NO 114 at NO Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Carvis LeVert (Bro) had 17 points on a perfect 6-6 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Anthony Davis (NO) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Dante Cunningham (NO) had 14 points on 5-7 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Bro shot 57.8% (48-83) FG and NO shot 41% (43-105) FG. Mem 107, Sac 91 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Sac) had 13 points and 5 assists. Mem out-rebounded Sac 58-35 including 15-5 offensive. Chandler Parsons (Mem, rest) did not play. Orl 112, Mil 96 at Orl Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Orl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points including 6-17 FG, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Evan Fournier (Orl, sore right foot), Jodie Meeks (Orl, sprained right thumb), C.J. Wilcox (Orl, left Achilles tendinitis) did not play. Cha 113, Tor 78 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 32 points including 11-16 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 3-10 3-pointers. Cha shot 50% (40-80) FG and Tor shot 33.7% (29-86) FG. Jeremy Lamb (Cha, metatarsal inflammation) did not play. Phi 93, Por 92 at Phi Robert Covington (Phi) had 22 points including 5-12 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 30 points and 5 rebounds. Mason Plumlee (Por) had 14 points on 4-14 FG and 6-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Saturday, January 21 (All times Central) Portland @ Boston 4:00 pm Washington @ Detroit 5:00 pm Brooklyn @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Philadelphia @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Phoenix @ New York 6:30 pm Milwaukee @ Miami 6:30 pm Houston @ Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Cleveland 7:30 pm ABC LA Clippers @ Denver 8:00 pm Indiana @ Utah 8:00 pm Sacramento @ Chicago 8:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 22 (All times Central) Golden State @ Orlando 11:00 am LA Lakers @ Dallas 2:30 pm Phoenix @ Toronto 5:00 pm Denver @ Minnesota 6:00 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