News from January 26. Mike D'Antoni (Hou) will coach Team Curry in the All-Star game as Houston clinched having the 2nd best record in the Western Conference through February 4 - Steve Kerr (GS) is ineligible to coach as he coach in the All-Star game last season. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) suffered a torn left Achilles near the end of Friday's NO-Hou game. He is out for the rest of the season. Cleveland activated Channing Frye and placed Dwyane Wade (personal reasons) on IL. Indiana activated Darren Collison and placed T.J. Leaf (sprained right ankle) on IL. The LA Clippers placed Jawun Evans (sore lower abdominal) on IL. Memphis activated Tyreke Evans and placed Kobi Simmons on IL. Milwaukee activated Giannis Antetokounmpo and placed Malcolm Brogdon (sore right calf) on IL. New York activated Kyle O'Quinn and placed Joakim Noah (personal reasons) on IL. Phoenix activated Marquese Chriss and placed Alex Len (sore right ankle) on IL. Portland placed Evan Turner (personal reasons) on IL. Por 107, Dal 93 at Dal Damian Lillard (Por) had 29 points including 8-11 FT. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 5 assists. Ed Davis (Por) had 15 points including 6-7 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 21 points, 7 rebounds. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Por shot 49.4% (39-79) FG and Dal shot 39.3% (35-89) FG. Cha 121, Atl 110 at Cha Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 18 points including 10-14 FT, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 19 points and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 3 steals. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 21 points. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Cle 115, Ind 108 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including 11-17 FG, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 11 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Cle) had 23 points including 7-13 3-pointers and 4 steals. Kevin Love (Cle) had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 25 points including 4-10 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Darren Collison (Ind) had 19 points, 7 assist, and 6 steals. Uta 97, Tor 93 at Tor Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 28 points including 12-16 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 19 points including 7-22 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rodney Hood (Uta, lower leg contusion) did not play. LAL 108, Chi 103 at Chi Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brook Lopez (LAL) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson (LAL) had 19 points. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 16 points including 46 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Nikola Mirotic (Chi) had 18 points including 4-9 3-pointers. LAC 109, Mem 100 at Mem Milos Teodosic (LAC) had 18 points. Lou Williams (LAC) had 40 points on 12-19 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 12-14 FT, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 blocks. Jarell Martin (Mem) had 17 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mem) had 17 points and 10 assists. James Ennis (Mem, right calf), Tyreke Evans (Mem, ill), and Ben McLemore (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Mil 116, Bro 91 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 21 points including 9-14 FG. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 41 points on 14-20 FG and 10-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 13 points. Mil shot 51.8% (43-83) FG and Bro shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. NO 115, Hou 113 at NO Anthony Davis (NO) had 27 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 15 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darius Miller (NO) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers. James Harden (Hou) had 23 points on 5-16 FG, 1-9 3-pointers, and 12-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 11 assist. Chris Paul (Hou) had 38 points on 11-19 FG, 4-5 3-pointers, and 12-12 FT and 8 assists. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Phi 97, SA 78 at SA Joel Embiid (Phi) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 21 points including 10-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dario Saric (Phi) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 18 points. Dejounte Murray (SA) had 10 points including 4-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Phi out-scored SA 50-31 in the 1st half. NY 107, Pho 85 at Pho Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (NY) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 20 points. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. NY shot 48.2% (41-85) FG and Pho shot 35.1% (33-94) FG. 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 Schedule for Sunday, January 28 (All times Central) Milwaukee at Chicago 2:30 pm Phoenix at Houston 2:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers at New Orleans 3:00 pm Detroit at Cleveland 5:00 pm LA Lakers at Toronto 5:00 pm Philadelphia at Oklahoma City 5:00 pm ESPN Sacramento 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