News from January 17. The NBA suspended Trevor Ariza (Hou) and Gerald Green (Hou) for 2 games for entering the LA Clipper's lockerroom following Monday's Hou-LAC game. Brooklyn placed Milton Doyle and James Webb on IL. Denver activated Juan Hernangomez and placed Jamal Murray (concussion) on IL. Golden State activated Omri Casspi and placed Draymond Green (sore right shoulder) and Andre Iguodala (left calf contusion) on IL. The LA Lakers activated Alex Caruso and placed Lonzo Ball (sore left knee) on IL. Memphis placed Brandan Wright (ill), Myke Henry, and Kobi Simmons on IL. Miami placed Tyler Johnson (sprained left ankle) on IL. New York activated Tim Hardaway and placed Joakim Noah on IL. Oklahoma City activated Andre Robinson and placed Kyle Singler on IL. Sacramento activated Malachi Richardson and Georgios Papagiannis and placed Skal Labissiere (strained left shoulder) on IL. San Antonio placed Kawhi Leonard on IL. Leonard is out indefinitely as he continues to recover from a right leg injury. Toronto activated Kyle Lowry and placed Fred VanVleet (right knee contusion) on IL. Washington activated Chris McCollough. GS 119, Chi 112 at Chi Kevin Durant (GS) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 38 points including 7-13 3-pointers. Stephen curry (GS) had 30 points including 10-18 FG and 6-11 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 24 points including 9-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 stals. Cha 113, Was 109 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 21 point including 8-11 FG and 3 steals. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 18 points and 15 rebounds. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Mike Scott (Was) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Atl 94, NO 93 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points including 1-7 3-pointers and the game winning jumper with 3.6 seconds left. Dennis Schorder (Atl) had 13 points including 4-16 FG and 15 assists. John Collins (Atl) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 22 points. SA 100, Bro 95 at Bro LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 34 points and 8 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Patty Mills (SA) had 25 points including 7-10 FG and 7-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Joe Harris (Bro) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Tor 96, Det 91 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 17 points and 16 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. C.J. Miles (Tor) had 21 points including 5-12 3-pointers. Andre Drummond (Det) had 25 points including 12-15 FG, 17 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Avery Bradley (Det) had 19 points. Mem 105, NY 99 at Mem Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem, ill) did not play. Mia 106, Mil 101 at Mil Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 27 points including 10-12 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 15 points, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 22 points including 8-15 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. OKC 114, LAL 90 at OKC Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 21 points including 10-12 FG and 10 rebounds including 7 offensive. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points including 8-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 16 points on 8-11 FG. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 10 points. OKC shot 10-12 FT and LAL shot 4-4 FT. Uta 120, Sac 105 at Sac Derrick Favors (Uta) had 14 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 34 points including 14-19 FG and 3 steals. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Bogdon Bogdanovic (Sac) had 25 points including 9-11 FG and 6-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 10 rebounds. George Hill (Sac) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 3 steals. LAC 109, Den 104 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 20 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Lou Williams (LAC) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 5 assists. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 18 points including 6-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points including 1-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Mason Plumlee (Den) had 16 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Gary Harris (Den) had 19 points and 4 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Thursday, January 18 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Boston 6:00 pm TNT Orlando at Cleveland 6:00 pm Minnesota at Houston 8:30 pm TNT Indiana at Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Friday, January 19 (All times Central) San Antonio at Toronto 6:00 pm Miami at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Washington at Detroit 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento at Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix at Denver 8:00 pm New York at Utah 9:30 pm ESPN Indiana at LA Lakers 9:30 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