News from January 19. The LA Lakers signed Nigel Hayes to a 10-day contact. Brooklyn activated D'Angelo Russell. Denver activated Jamal Murray and placed Juan Hernangomez on IL. Detroit activated Stanley Johnson and placed Kay Felder and Reggie Hearn on IL. The Lakers placed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (strained right Achilles) on IL. Memphis activated Brandan Wright and Myke Henry and placed James Ennis on IL. Phoenix activated Danuel House and T.J. Warren and placed Davon Reed on IL. Sacramento activated Skal Labissiere. Toronto activated Alfonzo McKinnie and Fred VanVleet and placed Lorenzo Brown and Malcolm Miller on IL. Utah activated Rudy Gobert and placed Tony Bradley on IL. Tor 86, SA 83 at Tor Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 24 points including 4-9 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 17 points including 6-25 FG and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (SA) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA, right thigh contusion) did not play. Bro 101, Mia 95 at Bro DeMarre Carrol (Bro) had 26 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Caris LeVert (Bro) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 22 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points. Was 122, Det 112 at Det Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 16 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kelly Oubre (Was) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 17 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 14 points including 4-5 FG, 21 rebounds including 6 offensive, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem 106, Sac 88 at Mem Dillon Brooks (Mem) had 22 points and 3 steals. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 14 points including 4-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben McLemore (Mem) had 21 points. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 16 points and 6 assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 15 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Pho 108, Den 100 at Den T.J. Warren (Pho) had 25 points including 11-17 FG. Devin Booker (Pho) had 30 points including 4-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Isaiah Canaan (Pho) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Jamal Murray (Den) had 30 points including 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 14 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. NY 117, Uta 115 at Uta Tim Hardaway (NY) had 31 points including 11-17 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 18 points and 3 blocks. Courtney Lee (NY) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 9-15 FT, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LAL 99, Ind 86 at LAL Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 13 points on 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 33 points including 14-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists Larry Nance (LAL) had 10 points on 5-5 FG a, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. LAL shot 55% (44-8) FG and Ind shot 38.1% (37-97) FG. LAL shot 2-14 FT and Ind shot 10-13 FT. Brandon Ingram (LAL, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, January 20 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Cleveland 2:30 pm ABC Chicago at Atlanta 4:00 pm Miami at Charlotte 6:00 pm Memphis at New Orleans 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Philadelphia 6:30 pm Golden State at Houston 7:30 pm ABC Toronto at Minnesota 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Utah 8:00 pm Dallas at Portland 9:00 pm Schedule for Sunday, January 21 (All times Central) Orlando at Boston 12:00 pm New York at LA Lakers 2:30 pm Brooklyn at Detroit 3:00 pm Indiana at San Antonio 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