News from January 2. Cleveland activated Kyrie Irving and placed Sasha Kaun on IL. Dallas activated Justin Anderson and placed Devin Harris (strained back) on IL. Denver activated Danilo Gallinari. Golden State activated Harrison Barnes and placed Leandro Barbosa (strained left shoulder) on IL. Indiana activated George Hill and Ian Mahinmi and placed Rakeem Christmas and Shayne Whittington on IL. Minnesota activated Kevin Garnett and placed Damjan Rudez on IL. Phoenix activated Ronnie Price and placed Cory Jefferson on IL. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Ray McCallum on IL. NO 105, Dal 98 at Dal Anthony Davis (NO) had 31 points including 13-22 FG and 12 rebounds. Norris Cole (NO) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jrue Holiday (NO) had 20 points and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 18 points including 4-10 3-pointers. NO out-rebounded Dal 53-33 including 9-3 offensive. LAC 130, Phi 99 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 22 points including 9-10 FG and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 15 points including 4-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 14 assists. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Nik Stauskas (Phi) had 18 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Jahlil Okafor (Phi) had 23 points including 10-14 FG. LAC shot 60.5% (49-81) FG and Phi shot 46.1% (41-89) FG. Hollis Thompson (Phi, right eye cornial abrasion) did not play. GS 111, Den 108 OT at GS Draymond Green (GS) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 17 rebounds, 14 assists, and 4 steals. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Ian Clark (GS) had 15 points on 7-8 FG. Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Will Barton (Den) had 21 points including 8-25 FG and 1-8 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Harrison Barnes (GS, sprained left ankle), Festus Ezeli (GS, sore to left foot), James Michael McAdoo (GS, sprained toe left foot), Brandon Rush (GS, right hamstring tightness), and Kostas Papnikolaou (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Uta 92, Mem 87 OT at Uta Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Jeff Withey (Uta) had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rodney Hood (Uta) had 32 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Courtney Lee (Mem) had 17 points and 3 steals. Derrick Favors (Uta, back spasms), Jordan Adams (Mem, sore right knee), and Matt Barnes (Mem, suspended) did not play. SA 121, Hou 103 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 24 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Boris Diaw (SA) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 22 points including 10-17 FT and 12 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 17 points and 5 turnovers. Donatas Motiejunas (Hou, sore back) did not play. Mil 95, Min 85 at Min Greg Monroe (Mil) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton (Mil) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 5 assists. John Henson (Mil) had 15 points including 6-7 FG. Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ricky Rubio (Min) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Cle 104, Orl 79 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Love (Cle) had 10 points and 13 rebounds. Tristan Thompson (Cle) had 10 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Aaron Gordon (Orl) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Mario Hezonja (Orl) had 10 points including 3-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Ind 94, Det 82 at Ind Paul George (Ind) had 32 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 10-12 FT, 14 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. George Hill (Ind) had 18 points including 7-8 FG. Monta Ellis (Ind) had 14 points including 5-14 FG. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 16 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Andre Drummond (Det) had 11 points and 18 rebounds including 7 offensive. OKC 109, Cha 90 at Cha Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 10-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points including 4-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 14 points on 2-8 FG and 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 32 points including 11-12 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jeremy Lin (Cha) had 15 points including 5-15 FG. Nicolas Batum (Cha), sprained right toe) did not play. Sac 142, Pho 119 at Sac DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 32 points on 11-15 FG and 9-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Sac) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 15 assists. Marco Belinelli (Sac) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Darren Collison (Sac) had 21 points including 7-10 FG and 6 assists. T.J. Warren (Pho) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Devin Booker (Pho) had 21 points and 4 steals. Brandon Knight (Pho) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Sac shot 60.9% (53-87) FG and Pho shot 51.8% (43-83) FG. Bro 100, Bos 97 at Bos Joe Johnson (Bro) had 20 points. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 30 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Thaddeus Young (Bos) had 16 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 24 points and 6 assists. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. ---- 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