News from January 12. Dallas signed Charlie Bell to a 10-day contract. Minnesota activated Maurice Evans and placed Gary Trent on IR with a high left ankle sprain. Trent is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks. New York activated Larry Robinson and placed Travis Knight on IR with a bruised right knee. Washington placed Courtney Alexander on IR with a sprained left ankle. Emanual Davis (Atl) will be out 6 to 8 weeks with a broken left wrist. Dal 111, Ind 102 - at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 29 points including 5-7 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eduardo Najera (Dal) had 13 points and 13 rebounds including 7 offensive. Jalen Rose (Ind) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 12 points and 16 assists. Mem 97, Uta 95 2OT - at Uta Pau Gasol (Mem) had 18 points including 5-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Jason Williams (Mem) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Shane Battier (Mem) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Karl Malone (Uta) had 23 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists in 53 minutes. John Stockton (Uta) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Nick Anderson (Mem, sprained left ankle) and Donyell Marshall (Uta, bruised right hip) did not play. Pho 108, Mia 74 - at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Brian Grant (Mia) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Eddie House (Mia) had 15 points. Pho shot 51.2% (42-82) FG and Mia shot 32.6% (30-92) FG. Chi 106, LAL 104 OT - at Chi Brad Miller (Chi) had 17 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Ron Mercer (Chi) had 28 points. Tyson Chandler (Chi) had 12 points including 4-5 FG and 7 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 9-18 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks before his ejection in the 4th for throwing punches (suspension to be announced later). Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 8-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 28 points including 9-14 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. NJ 91, Orl 85 - at Orl Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points including 4-12 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Lucious Harris (NJ) had 20 points including 6-9 FG and 4 steals. Pat Garrity (Orl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 17 points including 6-20 FG, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Min 108, Was 100 - at Was Kevin Garnett (Min) had 31 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Min) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Michael Jordan (Was) had 35 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jahidi White (Was) had 22 points on 9-10 FG and 4-9 FT and 13 rebounds. Bos 115, Atl 91 - at Atl Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Vitaly Potapenko (Bos) had 11 points and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Dion Glover (Atl) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Theo Ratliff (Atl, sore hip) did not play. Det 104, Cha 76 - at Det Clifford Robinson (Det) had 21 points including 4-6 3-points. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 27 points including 8-10 FT and 7 assists. Corliss Williamson (Det) had 17 points including 6-9 FG in 18 minutes. Baron Davis (Cha) had 12 points on 4-14 FG and 2-8 FT and 7 assists. David Wesley (Cha) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 3 steals. Mil 102, NY 97 - at NY Anthony Mason (Mil) had 12 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Mil) had 37 points on 10-17 FG, 8-13 3-pointers, and 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 24 points including 8-21 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Allan Houston (NY) had 44 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 14-15 FT and 5 assists. Mark Jackson (NY) had 15 points and 11 assists. Glenn Robinson (Mil, left thigh bruise) did not play. Hou 98, Den 86 - at Hou Kelvin Cato (Hou) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eddie Griffin (Hou) had 25 points including 10-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. James Posey (Den) had 19 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 steals. Voshon Lenard (Den) had 20 points. Kevin Willis (Hou, flu) and George McCloud (Den, strained right calf) did not play.