News from February 1. The NBA named Steve Kerr (GS) and Scott Brooks (Was) as Coaches of the Month for January. Golden State went 12-2 and Washington went 12-4. Brooklyn activated Joe Harris and placed Chris McCullough on IL. Chicago activated Taj Gibson and placed Denzel Valentine on IL. Denver activated Emmanuel Mudiay and placed Nikola Jokic and Will Barton on IL. Indiana activated Rodney Stuckey and Kevin Seraphin and placed Rakeem Christmas and Georges Niang on IL. Memphis activated Deyonta Davis and placed Wade Baldwin on IL. Milwaukee activated Steve Novak and placed Rashad Vaughn on IL. Oklahoma City activated Josh Huestas and placed Alex Abrines on IL. Phoenix activated Dragan Bender and placed Jared Dudley and Ronnie Price on IL. Utah activated Raul Neto and placed Derrick Favors on IL. Dal 113, Phi 95 at Dal Seth Curry (Dal) had 22 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Salah Mejri (Dal) had 16 points including 7-9 FG and 17 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jahlil Okarfor (Phi) had 16 points. Ersan Ilyasova (Phi) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Dal, strained right hamstring), Robert Covington (Phi, right wrist contusion) and Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion) did not play. Ind 98, Orl 88 at Orl C.J. Miles (Ind) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Jeff Teague (Ind) had 13 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Glen Robinson (Ind) had 14 points on s perfect 5-5 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT and 7 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cle 125, Min 97 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 11-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 23 points. Karl-Anthony (Min) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds. Cle shot 53.9% (48-89) FG and Min shot 43.6% (41-94) FG. Cle shot 14-22 FT and Min shot 8-10 FT. Kevin Love (Cle, lower back spasms) did not play. Bos 109, Tor 104 at Bos Jae Crowder (Bos) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 41 points including 5-13 3-pointers and 15-16 FT and 7 assists. Al Horford (Bos) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 32 points including 12-20 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jared Sullinger (Tor) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Bos shot 41.4% (36-87) FG and Tor shot 52.6% (41-78) FG. Kelly Olynyk (Bos, sore left shoulder) did not play. NY 95, Bro 90 at Bro Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Willy Hermangomez (NY) had 16 points and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Bojan Bogdanovic (Bro) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. NY shot 19-31 FT and Bro shot 11-16 FT. Mia 116, Atl 93 at Mia Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 18 points and 18 rebounds. Dion Waiters (Mia) had 20 points on 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 27 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 14 points. Mike Dunleavy (Atl) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot) did not play. Det 118, NO 98 at Det Andre Drummond (Det) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 38 points including 12-18 FG and 8-11 3-pointers and 4 steals. Tobias Harris (Det) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 11 assists. Mem 119, Den 99 at Den Marc Gasol (Mem) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem) had 18 points and 5 assists. Vince Carter (Mem) had 14 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kenneth Faried (Den) had 11 points including 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Emmanuel Mudiay (Den) had 14 points , 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Uta 104, Mil 88 at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 27 points including 8-10 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 26 points on 9-13 FG and 8-10 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joe Johnson (Uta) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Thon Maker (Mil) had 12 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LAC 124, Pho 114 at Pho Devin Booker (LAC) had 20 points and 6 assists. Eric Bledsoe (LAC) had 41 points on 13-22 FG and 13-15 FT, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. P.J. Tucker (LAC) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 14 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Pho) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (Pho) had 29 points on 10-14 FG and 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAC shot 52.4% (44-84) FG and Pho shot 40.6% (39-96) FG. Chi 128, OKC 100 at OKC Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 14 points on 7-8 FG. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jerami Grant (OKC) had 15 points. Chi shot 60.5% (49-81) FG and OKC shot 38% (38-100) FG. GS 126, Cha 111 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 18 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 29 points including 6-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 39 points on 14-20 FG and 11-15 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Marco Belinelli (Cha) had 16 points and 7 assists. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Schedule for Thursday, February 2 (All times Central) LA Lakers @ Washington 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Houston 7:00 pm TNT Philadelphia @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, February 3 (All times Central) Toronto @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Minnesota @ Detroit 6:30 pm Chicago @ Houston 7:00 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Lakers @ Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee @ Denver 8:00 pm Phoenix @ Sacramento 9:30 pm Dallas @ Portland 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