News from January 23.

Minnesota fired head coach Dwayne Casey.  Assistant coach Randy Wittman
was named as interim coach.

Sacramento released Maurice Taylor.

Atlanta activated Salim Stoudamire and placed Esteban Batista on IL.

The LA Clippers activated Shaun Livingston and placed Aaron Williams on
IL.


Dal 111, Orl 95  at Orl
Jason Terry (Dal) had 14 points on 5-15 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 6
assists.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 33 points on 12-17 FG and 9-10 FT, 10 rebounds,
and 8 assists.
Josh Howard (Dal) had 25 points.
Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 23 points and 5 assists.
Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 7-14 FT and 14 rebounds.
Dal shot 55.8% (43-77) FG and Orl shot 44.3% (27-61) FG.
Dal shot 17-20 FT and Orl shot 34-47 FT.

Phi 102, NO 96  at Phi
Andre Miller (Phi) had 17 points and 11 assists.
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers.
Kyle Korver (Phi) had 25 points including 3-3 3-pointers.
David West (NO) had 23 points, 11 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 
steals, and 5 turnovers.
Devin Brown (NO) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-7 3-pointers.
Willie Green (Phi, right knee pain) did not play.

Pho 127, Was 105  at Was
Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points including 9-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4
steals.
Steve Nash (Pho) had 27 points including 11-13 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 14
assists, and 5 turnovers.
Raja Bell (Pho) had 21 points and 8 rebounds.
Caron Butler (Was) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.
Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 31 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Antonio Daniels (Was) had 20 points including 8-9 FG.
Pho shot 60.8% (48-79) FG and Was shot 46.1% (41-89) FG.

Chi 94, Atl 86  at Chi
Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
P.J. Brown (Chi) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 12 points and 12 assists.
Marvin Williams (Atl) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 5 turnovers.
Joe Johnson (Atl) had 29 points including 0-6 3-pointers.

Den 117, Sea 112  at Sea
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 34 points including 10-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 4
steals.
Allen Iverson (Den) had 21 points and 10 assists.
J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points including 6-10 3-pointers.
Nene (Den) had 17 points and 7 rebounds.
Cris Wilcox (Sea) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 12 rebounds.
Nick Collison (Sea) had 18 points on 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds.
Ray Allen (Sea) had 44 points on 16-31 FG, 6-17 3-pointers, and 6-8 FT, 5
assists, and 3 steals.
Den shot 25-32 FT and Sea shot 14-17 FT.
Eduardo Najera (Den, left quad contusion) and Rashard Lewis (Sea, strained
right hand) did not play.

LAC 115, Mil 96  at LAC
Elton Brand (LAC) had 25 points including 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, 5 assists,
3 steals, and 3 blocks.
Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 22 points including 10-15 FG and 6 rebounds.
Chris Kaman (LAC) had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks.
Ruben Patterson (Mil) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Charlie Bell (Mil) had 24 points and 6 rebounds.
Michael Redd (Mil, strained left patellar tendon) did not play.