News from January 18. The NBA named Tracy McGrady (Hou) and Larry Hughes (Was) as Players of the Week. McGrady averaged 25.3 points and 7.2 assists as Houston went 3-0. Hughes averaged 23.7 points, 7 rebounds, and 6.7 assists as Washington went 3-0. Don Nelson (Dal) will undergo surgery on Thursday to have his right rotator cuff repaired and is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks. Assistant Avery Johnson will coach in Nelson's absence. Cleveland activated DeSagana Diop and placed Dajuan Wagner on IR with colitis. Houston activated Clarence Weatherspoon and placed Maurice Taylor on IR with the flu. Orlando activated Andrew DeClercq and placed Mario Kasun on IR with left knee patella tendinitis. Dal 137, Was 120 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 12-12 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Michael Finley (Dal) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 10-12 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 29 points on 9-14 FG and 9-11 FT and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points including 11-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 43 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 15-18 FT. Juan Dixon (Was) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Dal shot 57.7% (45-78) FG and Was shot 42.4% (39-92) FG. Larry Hughes (Was, fractured right thumb) did not play. Den 116, Sea 110 OT at Sea Marcus Camby (Den) had 25 points including 12-19 FG, 24 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 assists. Andre Miller (Den) had 30 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Earl Boykins (Den) had 18 points including an NBA record 15 in overtime. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 25 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Antonio Daniels (Sea) had 20 points and 5 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den, strep throat), Nene (Den, suspended), and Vitaly Potapenko (Sea, gastroenteritis) did not play. Sac 113, Por 107 OT at Sac Chris Webber (Sac) had 32 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Cuttino Mobley (Sac) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 14 points and 9 assists. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 23 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 17 points, 22 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Nick Van Exel (Por) had 30 points incuding 4-10 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Zach Randolph (Por, right knee contusion) did not play. Ind 87, Hou 74 at Hou Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 28 points including 10-15 FG and 5-6 3-pointers and 3 steals. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 11 points including 5-5 FG and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Yao Ming (Hou) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ind shot 52.2% (35-67) FG and Hou shot 41.8% (28-67) FG. Orl 103, Det 101 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 9 points and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 29 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 32 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 6 assists. On the lighter side: Tuesday's Det-Orl game was delay by 3 minutes after halftime after a seeing-eye dog pooped on the court. The dog was part of a charity organization that was presented a donation during halftime. The dog did his business under Detroit's basket and after the mess was cleaned up, Detroit was granted 3 extra minutes to warmup.