News from January 12. The NBA fined Rodney Hood (Uta) $35,000 for slapping the phone out a fan's hand while exiting the court after his ejection from Wednesday's Uta-Was game. Dion Waiters (Mia) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left ankle and is for 8 to 10 months. Indiana signed Ben Moore to a 2-way contract. Detroit converted Dwight Buycks' contract to a regular season contract. The LA Lakers released Vander Blue. Atlanta activated Luke Babbitt and placed Marco Belinelli (sprained left ankle) on IL. Brooklyn activated DeMarre Carroll. Golden State activated Klay Thompson and Quinn Cook and placed Omri Casspi (sore lower back) on IL. Minnesota activated Jeff Teague. New York activated Michael Beasley and Tim Hardaway and placed Damyean Dotson and Ramon Sessions on IL. Phoenix activated Alec Peters and placed Marquese Chriss (strained right hip) and Josh Jackson (strained right hip) on IL. Cha 99, Uta 88 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 22 points including 5-14 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Cha) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 16 points. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 35 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Royce O'Neal (Uta) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Ind 97, Cle 95 at Ind Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 15 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 19 points. Darren Collison (Ind) had 22 points including 9-11 FG. Lance Stephenson (Ind) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas (Cle, rest) and Dwyane Wade (Cle, rest) did not play. Was 125, Orl 119 at Was Bradley Beal (Was) had 30 points including 12-17 FG and 7 assists. John Wall (Was) had 30 points including 13-21 FG, 9 assists, and 3 blocks. Ian Mahinmi (Was) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Elfrid Payton (Orl) had 27 points including 9-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jonathon Simmons (Orl) had 23 points including 8-11 FG and 5 assists. Bismack Biyombo (Orl) had 21 points including 8-9 FG and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Bro 110, Atl 105 at Atl Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Jahlil Okafor (Bro) had 17 points including 6-8 FG. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 34 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 16 points. GS 108, Mil 94 at Mil Kevin Durant (GS) had 26 points on 12-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Draymond Green (GS) had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 21 points and 4 steals. GS shot 55% (44-80) FG and Mil shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. Min 118, NY 108 at Min Taj Gibson (Min) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds including 5 offensive. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 16 points including 7-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 17 points including 6-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jarrett Jack (NY) had 18 points and 8 assists. NO 119, Por 113 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 36 points including 16-3 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 24 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 25 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Al-Farouq Aminu (Por) had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 23 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Damian Lillard (Por) had 23 points including 2-11 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. NO shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and Por shot 44.6% (45-101) FG. Den 87, Mem 78 at Den Will Barton (Den) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Trey Lyles (Den) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 22 points and 11 rebounds. James Ennis (Mem) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Gary Harris (Den, personal reasons) did not play. Hou 112, Pho 95 at Pho Clint Capela (Hou) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (Hou) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 21 points on 10-17 FG. Devin Booker (Pho) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 9 turnovers. Hou shot 19-22 FT and Pho shot 7-9 FT. Schedule for Saturday, January 13 (All times Central) LA Lakers at Dallas 1:00 pm Sacramento at LA Clippers 2:30 pm Oklahoma City at Charlotte 4:00 pm Brooklyn at Washington 6:00 pm Golden State at Toronto 6:30 pm Detroit at Chicago 7:00 pm Denver at San Antonio 7:30 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 14 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Miami 12:00 pm New Orleans at New York 2:30 pm Indiana at Phoenix 7:00 pm Portland at Minnesota 8:00 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