News from January 8. The NBA named Stephen Curry (GS) and DeMar DeRozan (Tor) as Players of the Week for the week ending January 7. Curry averaged 35.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists as Golden State went 3-0. DeRozan averaged 35.7 points and 6 assists as Toronto went 3-0. The NBA fined Draymond Green (GS) $25,000 for publically criticizing the refs after Saturday's GS-LAC game. Indiana released Damien Wilkins. Milwaukee converted Sean Kilpatrick's 2-way contract to a regular contract. Milwaukee released Joel Bolomboy. New Orleansed released Jalen Jones. Atlanta activated Dewayne Dedmon and placed Luke Babbitt on IL. Brooklyn activated Carvis LeVert and placed DeMarre Carroll (sprained right knee) and Jacob Wiley on IL. Indiana activated Bojan Bogdanovic. The LA Clippers activated Brice Johnson and placed Blake Griffin (concussion) on IL. Sacramento activated Zach Randolph and placed Jack Cooley and JaKarr Sampson on IL. LAC 108, Atl 107 at LAC C.J. Williams (LAC) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer with 9.1 seconds left and 4 steals. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 25 points including 10-13 FG and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Lou Williams (LAC) had 34 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 18 points. Milos Teodosic (LAC, sore plantar fascitis) did not play. GS 124, Den 114 at GS Draymond Green (GS) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 32 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 9-10 FT, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Gary Harris (Den) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jamal Murray (Den) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 6 assists. Trey Lyles (Den) had 21 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. SA 107, Sac 100 at Sac LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 31 points including 13-20 FG and 12 rebounds. Davis Bertans (SA) had 28 points on 11-15 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Patty Mills (SA) had 14 points and 5 assists. Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Bogdan Bogdanovic (Sac) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA, rest) did not play. NO 112, Det 109 at NO E'Twaun Moore (NO) had 23 points on 11-14 FG. Anthony Davis (NO) had 30 points including 12-14 FG and 10 rebounds. DeMarcus Cousins (NO) had 20 points including 1-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rajon Rondo (NO) had 12 points and 15 assists. Tobias Harris (Det) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 16 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Avery Bradley (Det) had 24 points and 6 assists. NO shot 56.1% (46-82) FG and Det shot 44.1% (41-93) FG. Min 127, Cle 99 at Min Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 19 points including 8-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Jimmy Butler (Min) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Jeff Green (Cle) had 22 points including 9-15 FG. Kyle Korver (Cle) had 19 points on 7-11 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Min out-scored Cle 69-42 in the 1st half. Hou 116, Chi 107 at Chi Eric Gordon (Hou) had 24 points including 4-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Chris Paul (Hou) had 24 points including 3-11 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 turnovers. Gerald Green (Hou) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Clint Capela (Hou) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 16 rebounds. Denzel Valentine (Chi) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kris Dunn (Chi) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Bobby Portis (Chi) had 22 points. Hou shot 20-54 3-pointers and Chi shot 12-28 3-pointers. Tor 114, Bro 113 OT at Bro Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 13 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 35 points including 14-30 FG and 6 assists. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Bro) had 14 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Allen Crabbe (Bro) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie (Bro) had 31 points including 3-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ind 109, Mil 96 at Ind Thaddeus Young (Ind) had 15 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Victor Oladipo (Ind) had 15 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Domantas Sabonis (Ind) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 17 points including 11-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Schedule for Tuesday, January 9 (All times Central) Miami at Toronto 6:30 pm Portland at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm NBATV Orlando at Dallas 7:30 pm Sacramento at LA Lakers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Wednesday, January 10 (All times Central) Dallas at Charlotte 6:00 pm Miami at Indiana 6:00 pm Utah at Washington 6:00 pm Detroit at Brooklyn 6:30 pm Chicago at New York 6:30 pm Portland at Houston 7:00 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm Orlando at Milwaukee 7:00 pm Oklahoma City at Minnesota 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta at Denver 8:00 pm LA Clippers at Golden State 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