News from January 22. The NBA named Damian Lillard (Por) and Joel Embiid (Phi) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 21. Lillard averaged 29.3 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists as Portland went 3-0. Embiid averaged 29.7 points and 12 rebounds as Philadelphia went 3-0. Milwaukee fired head coach Jason Kidd. Assistant coach Joe Prunty was named as interim coach. Atlanta activated Isaiah Taylor and placed Josh Magette on IL. Dallas activated Jalen Jones and placed Devin Harris (concussion) on IL. Denver activated Juan Hernangomez and placed Kenneth Faried (left ankle) on IL. Memphis activated Brandan Wright and placed JaMychal Green (right ankle) on IL. Milwaukee activated Malcolm Brogdon and placed Xavier Munford on IL. Dal 98, Was 75 at Dal Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 17 points and 6 assists. Yogi Ferrell (Dal) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points on 4-14 FG and 7-12 FT. John Wall (Was) had 11 points including 4-15 FG and 5 assists. Dal shot 44.2% (38-86) FG and Was shot 30.6% (26-85) FG. Den 104, Por 101 at Den Jamal Murray (Den) had 38 points including 14-19 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 16 points including 5-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mason Plumlee (Den) had 11 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 19 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Damian Lillard (Por) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 assists. Min 128, LAC 118 at LAC Nemanja Bjelica (Min) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 11 points on 1-7 FG and 9-10 FT and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 40 points including 16-28 FG and 6 rebounds. Jeff Teague (Min) had 30 points including 16-17 FT and 6 assists. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 32 points including 13-22 FG, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists. Lou Williams (LAC) had 20 points and 7 assists. Montrezl Harrell (LAC) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min, sore right knee), Jamal Crawford (Min, sprained left big toe), DeAndre Jordan (LAC, sprained left ankle), and Jawan Evans (LAC, sore lower abdominal) did not play. NO 132, Chi 128 2OT at NO E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis (NO) had 34 points including 14-23 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 44 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 13-14 FT, 24 rebounds including 7 offensive, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers in 52 minutes. Lauri Markkanen (Chi) had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Robin Lopez (Chi) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 5 turnovers. Zach Lavine (Chi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jerian Grant (Chi) had 22 points including 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mil 109, Pho 105 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 35 points including 13-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 32 points including 11-14 FG, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Eric Bledsoe (Mil) had 19 points including 7-11 FT, 7 assists, and 4 steals. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 23 points including 11-20 FG. Greg Monroe (Pho) had 19 points including 9-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mem 105, Phi 101 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 18 points and 8 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 17 points and 3 steals. Robert Covington (Phi) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 4-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dario Saric (Phi) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Phi) had 20 points including 6-8 3-pointers. James Ennis (Mem, right calf) did not play. Hou 99, Mia 90 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 28 points including 5-13 3-pointers, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Paul (Hou) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Clint Capela (Hou) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 22 points on 11-16 FG, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Wayne Ellington (Mia) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 3-13 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 12-18 FT and Mia shot 5-9 FT. Goran Dragic (Mia, bruised left knee) did not play. Atl 104, Uta 90 at Atl Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 20 points. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 17 points and 3 steals. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 11 points. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Alec Burks (Uta) had 17 points. Atl shot 12-12 FT and Uta shot 20-28 FT. Rodney Hood (Uta, lower leg contusion) did not play. Cha 112, Sac 107 at Cha Kemba Walker (Cha) had 26 points on 6-20 FG, 5-14 3-pointers, and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 14 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Skal Labissiere (Sac) had 23 points including 10-15 FG. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha, right auxillary abscess) did not play. Schedule for Tuesday, January 23 (All times Central) Sacramento at Orlando 6:00 pm Brooklyn at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Cleveland at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT New York at Golden State 9:30 pm Boston at LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, January 24 (All times Central) New Orleans at Charlotte 6:00 pm Utah at Detroit 6:00 pm Phoenix at Indiana 6:00 pm Chicago at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Toronto at Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston at Dallas 7:00 pm ESPN San Antonio at Memphis 7:00 pm Minnesota at Portland 9:00 pm Boston at LA Clippers 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