News from January 28. Dallas signed Yogi Ferrell to a 10-day contract. Dallas released Pierre Jackson. The LA Clippers activated Blake Griffin and placed Chris Paul (torn ligament left thumb) on IL. Sac 109, Cha 106 at Cha DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 35 points including 13-22 FG and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. Darren Collison (Sac) had 17 points including 7-11 FG. Anthony Tolliver (Sac) had 14 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points and 7 assists. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha, metatarsal inflammation) did not play. Mia 116, Det 103 at Mia Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 19 points on 7-10 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. James Johnson (Mia) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Mia out-scored Det 26-12 in the 4th quarter. Mia shot 18-23 FT and Det shot 7-12 FT. Bos 112, Mil 108 OT at Mil Jae Crowder (Bos) had 20 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 37 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kelly Olynyk (Bos) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Giannias Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (Mil) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. GS 144, LAC 98 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 16 points on 7-11 FG. Stephen Curry (GS) had 43 points on 15-23 FG and 9-15 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Raymond Felton (LAC) had 10 points including 3-12 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. GS shot 62% (57-92) FG and LAC shot 43.9% (36-82) FG. Den 123, Pho 112 at Pho Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 32 points on 9-14 FG and 11-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Den) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Devin Booker (Pho) had 23 points including 7-11 FT. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 41 points including 14-15 FT, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mem 102, Uta 95 at Uta Mike Conley (Mem) had 23 points including 9-14 FG. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 28 points including 12-20 FG and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Min 129, Bro 109 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 37 points including 15-26 FG, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Zach LaVine (Min) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 18 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 13 points and 5 assists. Schedule for Sunday, January 29 (All times Central) New York @ Atlanta 2:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC Houston @ Indiana 5:00 pm Washington @ New Orleans 5:00 pm NBATV Orlando @ Toronto 5:00 pm Philadelphia @ Chicago 6:00 pm Dallas @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Golden State @ Portland 8:00 pm NBATV Schedule for Monday, January 30 (All times Central) Sacramento at Philadelphia 5:00 pm [rescheduled from 11/30] Brooklyn @ Miami 6:30 pm Orlando @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Detroit @ Boston 7:00 pm TNT Cleveland @ Dallas 7:30 pm Memphis @ Phoenix 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