News from January 30. Commissioner Adam Silver selected Andre Drummond (Det) to replace the injured John Wall (Was) for Team James for the All-Star game. The LA Lakers elected not to sign Nigel Hayes to a 2nd 10-day contract after he completed his 1st 10-day contract. New Orleans elected not to sign DeAndre Liggins for the rest of the season after he completed his 2nd 10-day contract. Kevin Love (Cle) suffered a broken bone in his left hand during Tuesday's Cle-Det game. John Wall (Was) is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks. Brooklyn activated D'Angelo Russell and placed Caris LeVert (groin) on IL. Cleveland activated Dwyane Wade and placed Cedi Osman on IL. Denver placed Mason Plumlee (strained right calf) on IL. Golden State activated Patrick McCaw and placed Kevon Looney (flu) and Damian Jones on IL, Houston activated Markel Brown and placed Trevor Ariza (sprained left hamstring), R.J. Hunter, and Troy Williams on IL. The LA Clippers activated Danilo Gallinari. New Orleans activated Charles Cooke and placed DeMarcus Cousins (ruptured left Achilles) on IL. Portland activated Evan Turner. Toronto activated Lornzo Brown and placed C.J. Miles (sore right knee) on IL. Utah activated Georges Niang. [Note: none if the LAC-Det traded players played in Tuesday's games.] Hou 114, Orl 107 at Hou James Harden (Hou) had 60 points on 19-30 FG, 5-14 3-pointers, and 17-18 FT, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 12 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Gerald Green (Hou) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 17 points. Marreese Speights (Orl) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 23-28 FT and Orl shot 8-10 FT. Chris Paul (Hou, sore right groin) and Aaron Gordon (Orl, strained left hip flexor) on IL. Det 125, Cle 114 at Det Stanley Johnson (Det) had 26 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony Tolliver (Det) had 20 points. Andre Drummond (Det) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 22 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Reggie Bullock (Det) had 22 points on 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Ish Smith (Det) had 19 points and 7 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Isaiah Thomas (Cle) had 19 points on 3-10 FG and 12-13 FT, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Channing Frye (Cle) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Cle) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sac 114, NO 103 at NO Zach Randolph (Sac) had 26 points and 12 rebounds. Kosta Koufos (Sac) had 17 points and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. DeAaron Fox (Sac) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Anthony Davis (NO) had 23 points including 9-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 blocks. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 21 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Ian Clark (NO) had 20 points including 9-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Malachi Richardson (Sac, sprained left ankle) on IL. SA 106, Den 104 at SA Kyle Anderson (SA) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 30 points including 14-23 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Pau Gasol (SA) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jamal Murray (Den) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. SA shot 5-5 FT and Den shot 14-14 FT. Uta 129, GS 99 at Uta Joe Ingles (Uta) had 20 points on 7-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points on 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Donovan Mitchell (Uta) had 20 points and 4 steals. Ricky Rubio (Uta) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Klay Thompson (GS) had 27 points including 12-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant (GS) had 17 points. Uta shot 58.2% (53-91) FG and GS shot 45.9% (39-85) FG. Por 104, LAC 96 at LAC Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 14 points and 20 rebounds including 7 offensive. Damian Lillard (Por) had 28 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 11-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ed Davis (Por) had 14 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 8 points and 19 rebounds. Lou Williams (LAC) had 20 points including 5-26 FG and 5 assists. Tor 109, Min 104 at Tor Jonas Valancinas (Tor) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 23 points on 6-18 FG, 1-6 3-pointers, and 10-11 FT and 8 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 15 points and 9 assists. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 25 points including 5-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Was 102, OKC 96 at Was Otto Porter (Was) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Markieff Morris (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Paul George (OKC) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (OKC) had 19 points including 7-21 FG and 2-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. NY 111, Bro 95 at NY Kristaps Porzingis (NY) had 28 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Enens Kanter (NY) had 20 points including 8-10 FG, 20 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Michael Beasley (NY) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 13 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Bro) had 13 points including 1-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jarrett Allen (Bro) had 12 points on 6-6 FG. 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 Schedule for Thursday, February 1 (All times Central) Memphis at Detroit 6:00 pm Toronto at Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee at Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston at San Antonio 7:00 pm TNT Oklahoma City at Denver 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