News from January 25. LeBron James (Cle) and Stephen Curry (GS) selected their two teams for the All-Star game. In a new format, instead of the East playing the West, as top fan voters for each conference (James and Curry) are the captains of the two teams and each selected their teams from first the starters and then the reserves, with James picking first as having received more fans votes [the order of selections was not published and the below is alphabetical - with the 1st 5 being the starters]. The starters and reserves from which the two players selected were previously announced. The All-Star game will take place February 18 in Los Angeles. Team LeBron Team Curry DeMarcus Cousins (NO) Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) Anthony Davis (NO) Stephen Curry (GS) Kevin Durant (GS) DeMar DeRozan (Tor) Kyrie Irving (Bos) Joel Embiid (Phi) LeBron James (Cle) James Harden (Hou) LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) Jimmy Butler (Min) Bradley Beal (Was) Draymond Green (GS) Kevin Love (Cle) Al Horford (Bos) Victor Oladipo (Ind) Damian Lillard (Por) Kristaps Porzingis (NY) Kyle Lowry (Tor) John Wall (Was) Klay Thompson (GS) Russell Westbrook (OKC) Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) The NBA fined Kevin Durant (GS) $15,000 for verbally criticizing the refs following Tuesday's GS-NY game. New York activated Damyean Dotson and placed Tim Hardaway and Joakim Noah (personal reasons) on IL. Sac 89, Mia 88 at Mia Zach Randolph (Sac) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. De'Aaron Fox (Sac) had 14 points including the game winning putback with 3.3 seconds. Buddy Hield (Sac) had 24 points on 10-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 23 points. Wyane Ellington (Mia) had 20 points including 6-13 3-pointers. Udonis Haslem (Mia, personal reasons) did not play. OKC 121, Was 112 at OKC Paul George (OKC) had 18 points including 6-19 FG and 4 steals. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 46 points on 19-29 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 12 points, 10 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Markieff Morris (Was) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 41 points including 15-26 FG and 6-11 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 21 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Den 130, NY 118 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Gary Harris (Den) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Trey Lyles (Den) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Enes Kanter (NY) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Beasley (NY) had 21 points on 6-8 FG and 8-10 FT. GS 126, Min 113 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 25 points on 9-13 FG and 7-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 31 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (Min) had 21 points and 5 assists. GS shot 21-37 3-pointers and Min shot 6-20 3-pointers. Jimmy Butler (Min, sore right knee) did not play. Schedule for Friday, January 26 (All times Central) Atlanta at Charlotte 6:00 pm Indiana at Cleveland 6:30 pm Utah at Toronto 6:30 pm LA Lakers at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Clippers at Memphis 7:00 pm Brooklyn at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Houston at New Orleans 7:00 pm ESPN Portland at Dallas 7:30 pm Philadelphia at San Antonio 7:30 pm New York at Phoenix 8:00 pm Schedule for Saturday, January 27 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Detroit 6:00 pm Orlando at Indiana 6:00 pm Washington at Atlanta 6:30 pm Charlotte at Miami 6:30 pm Boston at Golden State 7:30 pm ABC Brooklyn at Minnesota 8:00 pm Dallas at Denver 8:00 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