News from January 29. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and Khris Middleton (Mil) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 28. Curry averaged 35.3 points and 7 assists as Golden State went 3-0. Middleton averaged 25.3 points and 5.3 rebounds as Milwaukee went 3-0. TRADE: The LA Clippers traded Blake Griffin, Brice Johnson, and Willie Reed to Detroit for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic, a protected 1st round draft pick, and a 2019 2nd round draft pick. The 1st round draft pick is top 4 protected in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and unprotected in 2021. Dallas activated Devin Harris and placed J.J. Barea (left oblique strain) and Johnathan Motley on IL. Denver activated Kenneth Faried and placed Wilson Chandler (ill) on IL. Indiana activated T.J. Leaf and placed Ben Moore on IL. Memphis placed James Ennis (right calf) on IL. Milwaukee activated Malcolm Brogdon. Philadelphia placed Joel Embiid (rest) on IL. Phoenix activated Alex Len and Davon Reed and placed Devin Booker (right rib contusion) and Marquese Chriss (sprained left ankle) and Danuel House on on IL. Mia 95, Dal 88 at Dal Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Josh Richardson (Mia) had 14 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 4 blocks. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 13 points. Harrison Barnes (Dal) had 20 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Bos 111, Den 110 at Den Jayson Tatum (Bos) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 27 points including 11-17 FG and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Will Barton (Den) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Bos shot 8-10 FT and Den shot 16-21 FT. Shane Larkin (Bos, sore right knee) did not play. Mil 107, Phi 95 at Mil Khris Middleton (Mil) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 31 points including 10-10 FT, 18 rebounds, and 6 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 13 points. Dario Saric (Phi) had 19 points including 0-8 3-pointers, and 9 rebounds. Ben Simmons (Phi) had 16 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mem 120, Pho 109 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Wayne Seldon (Mem) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Tyreke Evans (Mem) had 27 points including 11-17 FG. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Josh Jackson (Pho) had 20 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Mem shot 56.6% (47-83) FG and Pho shot 46.3% (38-82) FG. Mem shot 15-18 FT and Pho shot 26-36 FT. Atl 105, Min 100 at Atl Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 18 points including 5-15 FG, 11 assists, and 7 turnovers. Dewayne Dedmon (Atl) had 10 points on a perfect 3-3 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 2-2 FT and 6 rebounds. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 18 points. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Ind 105, Cha 96 at Ind Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 25 points including 11-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 16 points. Myles Turner (Ind) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Cha) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Cha) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 23 points. Schedule for Tuesday, January 30 (All times Central) Oklahoma City at Washington 6:00 pm Brooklyn at New York 6:30 pm Minnesota at Toronto 6:30 pm Cleveland at Detroit 7:00 pm TNT Orlando at Houston 7:00 pm Sacramento at New Orleans 7:00 pm Denver at San Antonio 7:30 pm Golden State at Utah 8:00 pm Portland at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, January 31 (All times Central) Memphis at Indiana 6:00 pm LA Lakers at Orlando 6:00 pm Charlotte at Atlanta 6:30 pm Philadelphia at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Miami at Cleveland 6:30 pm New York at Boston 7:00 pm ESPN Chicago at Portland 9:30 pm Dallas at Phoenix 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