News from January 24. Jodie Meeks (Orl) underwent surgery on his right thumb and is out indefinitely. Boston activated Jonas Jerebko and placed Gerald Green on IL. Minnesota activated Ricky Rubio. Phoenix activated Derrick Jones and placed Jared Dudley on IL. San Antonio placed Tony Parker (ankle) on IL. Toronto activated Lucas Noguiera and placed DeMar DeRozan (sprained right ankle) on IL. SA 108, Tor 106 at Tor LeMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Patty Mills (SA) had 18 points and 3 steals. David Lee (SA) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 30 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 11-12 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Terrence Ross (Tor) had 21 points. Kawhi Leonard (SA, sore left hand) did not play. Phi 121, LAC 110 at Phi Nerlens Noel (Phi) had 19 points including 8-10 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Dario Saric (Phi) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Richaun Holmes (Phi) had 18 points including 8-11 FG. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10 points on 3-4 FG and 4-12 FT and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 22 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Jamal Crawford (LAC) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Joel Embiid (Phi, left knee contusion), Jahlil Okafor (Phi, right knee soreness), and Chris Paul (LAC, torn ligament left thumb) did not play. Was 123, Bos 108 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 31 points including 12-18 FG, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. John Wall (Was) had 27 points including 11-20 FG, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Al Horford (Bos) had 22 points including 9-12 FG. Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 25 points including 10-11 FT and 13 assists. Was shot 57.8% (48-83) FG and Bos shot 45.2% (38-84) FG. Chi 100, Orl 92 at Orl Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dwyane Wade (Chi) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals. Cristian Felicio (Chi) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. D.J. Augustin (Orl, sprained right ankle), Evan Fournier (Orl, sore right foot), and C.J. Wilcox (Orl, left Achilles tendinitis) did not play. Den 103, Uta 93 at Den Nikola Jokic (Den) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Den) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Darrell Arthur (Den) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Derrick Favors (Uta) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 17 points including 6-18 FG and 1-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Min 112, Pho 111 at Pho Andrew Wiggins (Min) had 31 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 6 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Gorgui Dieng (Min) had 16 points on 8-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 22 points including 9-9 FG and 17 rebounds including 7 offensive. Devin Booker (Pho) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Schedule for Wednesday, January 25 (All times Central) Sacramento @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Houston @ Boston 6:30 pm Miami @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Atlanta @ Chicago 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Toronto @ Memphis 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Golden State @ Charlotte 7:00 pm ESPN New York @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Thursday, January 26 (All times Central) Dallas @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Indiana @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Utah 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