News from January 8. Denver signed Alonzo Gee to a 10-day contract. Houston activated Bobby Brown and placed Kyle Wiltjer on IL. The LA Lakers activated Ivica Zubac and placed Metta World Peace. Orlando activated Chris Wilcox. LAL 111, Orl 95 at LAL Julius Randle (LAL) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. D'Angelo Russell (LAL) had 17 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 17 points. Serge Ibaka (Orl) had 19 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Evan Fournier (Orl) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Nikola Vucevic (Orl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. LAL shot 48.3% (42-87) FG and Orl shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. GS 117, Sac 106 at Sac Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 9-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 blocks. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points including 1-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Curry (GS) had 30 points including 5-11 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rudy Gay (Sac) had 23 points. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) had 17 points including 4-11 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Det 125, Por 124 2OT at Por Andre Drummond (Det) had 28 points including 13-20 FG, 14 rebounds, and 4 steals in 52 minutes. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 26 points including 9-14 FG, 4-7 3-pointers, and the game winning 3-pointer with 9.4 seconds left and 4 steals. Reggie Jackson (Det) had 31 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 35 points including 16-28 FG and 6 assists. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Allen Crabbe (Por) had 30 points including 12-15 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Cle 120, Pho 116 at Pho LeBron James (Cle) had 28 points including 11-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kevin Love (Cle) had 25 points including 3-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kyrie Irving (Cle) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Devin Booker (Pho) had 28 points and 5 rebounds. Eric Bledsoe (Pho) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 8 assists. Mem 88, Uta 79 at Mem Marc Gasol (Mem) had 17 points and 3 steals. Mike Conley (Mem) had 19 points and 9 assists. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 9 assists. Gordon Hayward (Uta) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. George Hill (Uta) had 15 points. Hou 129, Tor 122 at Tor James Harden (Hou) had 40 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 10-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 10 turnovers. Eric Gordon (Hou) had 19 points including 1-9 3-pointers. Montrezl Harrell (Hou) had 28 points including 12-13 FG and 5 rebounds. DeMarre Carroll (Tor) had 26 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 36 points on 13-21 FG and 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. LAC 98, Mia 86 at LAC DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 7 points and 18 rebounds. J.J. Redick (LAC) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (LAC) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 18 assists. Marreese Speights (LAC) had 19 points including 6-8 FG. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 15 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Austin Rivers (LAC, ill), Luke Babbitt (Mia, chest cold), Josh Richardson (Mia, sprained left foot), and Justise Winslow (Mia, shoulder surgery) did not play. Was 107, Mil 101 at Mil Markieff Morris (Was) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Bradley Beal (Was) had 26 points including 2-10 3-pointers. John Wall (Was) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Malcolm Brogdon (Mil) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 3 steals. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil, ill) did not play. Phi 105, Bro 95 at Bro Joel Embiid (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Robert Covington (Phi) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Dario Saric (Phi) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Brook Lopez (Bro) had 26 points. Justin Hamilton (Bro) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Schedule for Monday, January 9 (All times Central) New Orleans @ New York 6:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Chicago 7:00 pm Dallas @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Schedule for Tuesday, January 10 (All times Central) Chicago @ Washington 6:00 pm Boston @ Toronto 6:30 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Brooklyn 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Houston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Cleveland @ Utah 8:00 pm Portland @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm Miami @ Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Sacramento 9:30 pm ---- 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