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• Lakers' Brown fined, suspended for run-in with ref
  Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown has been suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 for making contact with a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.
  
  
• Love suspended two games for stomp on Houston's Scola
  Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves has been suspended two games without pay for driving his foot into the upper body and face of the Houston Rockets' Luis Scola as Scola was lying on the floor, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.
  
  
• Celtics' Pierce, Spurs' Parker named Players of the Week
  The Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce and the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 30, through Sunday, Feb. 5.
  
  
• Knicks' Stoudemire to miss game after death of brother
  Officials say the brother of New York Knicks player Amare Stoudemire has died in a car crash.
  
  
• Documents: Seattle working to bring NBA back
  The city of Seattle has been working behind the scenes the past eight months with a hedge-fund manager to bring an NBA team back to town - possibly as early as next fall if the Sacramento Kings fail to get a satisfactory deal for a new arena, newly released documents show.
  
  
• After Landry injury, Hornets to sign forward Lance Thomas
  New Orleans general manager Dell Demps says the Hornets plan to sign forward Lance Thomas to a 10-day contract on Monday.
  
  
• Pistons G Knight breaks nose vs. Hornets
  Brandon Knight broke his nose in the first quarter of the Detroit Pistons' game against the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night.
  
  
• Embattled D'Antoni says no point in panicking
  Mike D'Antoni insists he is not worried about his Knicks or his job, saying that "panicking's not going to help."
  
  
• Blazers' Aldridge gets comfortable with leadership role
  LaMarcus Aldridge is direct: He really wants to be an All-Star and he feels he's played well enough to deserve it.
  
  
• Hawks C Collins to miss 2 weeks with elbow injury
  The Atlanta Hawks say reserve center Jason Collins will miss the next two weeks with a sprained left elbow.