News from February 3. The NBA named Chris Paul (NO) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Month for January. Paul averaged 20.8 points and 11.9 assists as New Orleans went 12-5. James averaged 30.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 8.5 assists as Cleveland went 12-3. Dick McGuire died at age 84. McGuire played 11 seasons in the NBA from 49-50 through 59-60, including 8 seasons with New York. Chauncey Billups (Den) was named as an injury replacement for Chris Paul (NO). Chris Paul (NO) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus. Dallas activated James Singleton and placed Erick Dampier (sore left knee) on IL. Sacramento activated Tyreke Evans and placed Jason Thompson (death in family) on IL. Miami activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Yakhouba Diawara on IL. Washington activated Mike James and placed Caron Butler (bruised left knee) on IL. Toronto activated DeMar DeRozan and placed Jose Calderon on IL. Philadelphia activated Royal Ivey and placed Allen Iverson (family illness) on IL. Dal 110, GS 101 at Dal Shawn Marion (Dal) had 18 points on 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points and 6 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points on 9-15 FG. Corey Maggette (GS) had 20 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Monta Ellis (GS) had 46 points on 17-23 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and 8-13 FT and 7 turnovers. Anthony Morrow (GS, sprained right knee) and Vladimir Radmanovic (GS, sore right Achilles) did not play. Pho 109, Den 97 at Den Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points and 17 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 17 points and 10 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 14 points including 5-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Pho shot 14-15 FT and Den shot 23-33 FT. LAL 99, Cha 97 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 17 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 30 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Nazr Mohammed (Cha) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 17 rebounds including 9 offensive. Gerald Wallace (Cha, strained left hamstring) did not play. OKC 103, NO 99 at NO Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points and 8 turnovers. Nenad Krstic (OKC) had 14 points on 7-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Emeka Okafor (NO) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 22 points and 6 assists. OKC shot 57.5% (42-73) FG and NO shot 45.1% (41-91) FG. Chris Paul (NO, bruised left knee) did not play. SA 115, Sac 113 at Sac Tim Duncan (SA) had 22 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. George Hill (SA) had 23 points and 9 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points and 6 assists. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 20 points including 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 32 points including 11-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 18 points on 9-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Uta 118, Por 105 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 22 points including 8-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 28 points including 11-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 13 points including 3-9 FG and 13 assists. Martell Webster (Por) had 20 points. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 27 points including 11-15 FT, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Uta shot 62.7% (42-67) FG and Por shot 42.5% (37-87) FG. Brandon Roy (Por, strained right hamstring) did not play. Bos 107, Mia 102 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 23 points including 8-14 FT, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 30 points including 11-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 8 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos, sprained left midfoot) did not play. Phi 106, Chi 103 OT at Phi Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Elton Brand (Phi) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Willie Green (Phi) had 15 points. Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30 points including 9-10 FT and 9 assists. NY 107, Was 85 at NY Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 15 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) had 23 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Randy Foye (Was) had 15 points. Nick Young (Was) had 15 points including 5-14 FG. Atl 103, LAC 97 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 34 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9-10 FT. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 22 points and 5 assists. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 6 points, 20 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 6 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 17 points including 7-21 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tor 108, NJ 99 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 17 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 15 points including 4-17 FG and 8 assists. DeMar DeRozan (Tor, sprained right ankle) and Hedo Turkoglu (Tor, fractured right orbital bone) on IL. Schedule for Thursday, February 4 (All times Central) Miami @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT San Antonio @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html