News from January 2. The NBA named Lou Williams (LAC) and Bradley Beal (Was) as Players of the Week for thee week ending December 31. Williams averaged 28 points as the Clippers went 3-0. Beal averaged 26.3 points and 6.3 rebounds as Washington went 3-1. Charlotte activated Julyan Stone. Cleveland activated Isaiah Thomas and placed Ante Zizic on IL. New York activated Damyean Dotson and placed Ron Baker on IL. Phoenix activated Danuel House and placed Jared Dudley (ill) on IL. Portland activated Damian Lillard. Sacramento activated De'Aaron Fox and placed Frank Mason (right heel contusion) on IL. Cle 127, Por 110 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 19 points including 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 23 points including 10-12 FT and 7 rebounds. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Damian Lillard (Por) had 25 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers. Cle shot 28-37 FT and Por shot 13-19 FT. SA 100, NY 91 at NY Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 29 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Pau Gasol (SA) had 11 points including 2-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 13 points including 5-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Michael Beasley (NY) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Pho 104, Atl 103 at Pho T.J. Warren (Pho) had 31 points on 15-21 FG and 5 rebonds. Marquese Chriss (Pho) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 34 points including 14-15 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Atl) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 20 points including the game winning layup with .9 seconds left, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Cha 131, Sac 111 at Sac Dwight Howard (Cha) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 21 points. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 17 points and 15 rebounds including 7 offensive. LAC 113, Mem 105 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. C.J. Williams (LAC) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Lou Williams (LAC) had 33 points including 15-15 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 18 points including 7-13 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. JaMychal Green (Mem) had 11 points including 3-10 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC, sore right Achilles) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, January 3 (All times Central) Houston at Orlando 6:00 pm San Antonio at Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York at Washington 6:00 pm Minnesota at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Detroit at Miami 6:30 pm Cleveland at Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Toronto at Chicago 7:00 pm Indiana at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Golden State at Dallas 7:30 pm Phoenix at Denver 8:00 pm New Orleans at Utah 8:00 pm Oklahoma City at LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 4 (All times Central) Golden State at Houston 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City at LA Clippers 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