News from January 30. The NBA named Elton Brand (LAC) and LeBron James (Cle) as Players of the Week. Brand averaged 24.3 points and 8 rebounds as the Clippers went 4-0. James averaged 33.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 7.5 assists as Cleveland went 4-0. Utah will retired Karl Malone's #32 on March 23 during the game vs Washington. Emeka Okafor (Cha) is expected to be out 5 more weeks with a sprained right ankle. Charlotte activated Kareem Rush and placed Keith Bogans on IL with a sprained right knee. Minnesota activated Marcus Banks and placed Ronald Dupree on IL. Houston activated Yao Ming and placed Jon Barry on IL with a calf injury. San Antonio activated Sean Marks and Melvin Sanders and placed Robert Horry (abdominal strain) and Nick Van Exel (elbow) on IL. Utah activated Greg Ostertag and placed Robert Whaley on IL with torn cartilage in his right knee. Utah ended Ostertag's suspension after 1 game missed. SA 79, Uta 70 at Uta Bruce Bowen (SA) had 13 points and 4 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 6 assists. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 10 points including 2-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jarron Collins (Uta) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Min 110, Bos 85 at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Mark Blount (Min) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Marcus Banks (Min) had 20 points including 6-8 FG and 6 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points on 7-23 FG and 7-11 FT and 4 steals. Wally Szczerbiak (Bos) had 22 points. Min shot 38% (30-79) FG and Min shot 56.9% (41-72) FG. Cle 103, Cha 91 at Cha LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points on 11-19 FG and 6-11 FT, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Donyell Marshall (Cle) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Matt Carroll (Cha) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Alan Anderson (Cha) had 14 points. Atl 120, NY 101 at Atl Al Harrington (Atl) had 26 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points. Josh Childress (Atl) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. David Lee (NY) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Channing Frye (NY) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Por 116, Sea 111 at Sea Zach Randolph (Por) had 32 points including 14-24 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 13 points including 5-6 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Sea) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Mem 86, Hou 77 at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 16 points on 5-16 FG and 6-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chucky Atkins (Mem) had 19 points. Mike Miller (Mem) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Mia 118, LAC 114 at Mia Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 25 points including 9-17 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Gary Payton (Mia) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points including 10-12 FT, 11 assists, and 4 blocks. Elton Brand (LAC) had 31 points including 12-20 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 11 assists. Mia shot 27-39 FT and LAC shot 17-18 FT. NO 94, Mil 93 at NO David West (NO) had 24 points including the game winning 18-footer with .1 seconds left and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 16 points, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 6 turnovers. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 19 points including 6-7 FG. Jamaal Magloire (Mil) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 32 points and 6 rebounds.