News from January 13. Etan Thomas (Was) is out indefinitely with a torn ligament in his left knee. Marco Belinelli (GS) is out at least 10 days with a sprained right ankle. Orlando activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Adonal Foyle on IL. The LA Lakers activated Lamar Odom. Houston placed Ron Artest (sprained right ankle) on IL. Artest is expected to be out 7 to 10 more days. Miami activated James Jones and placed Marcus Banks on IL. Cleveland activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Ben Wallace (flu) on IL. Memphis placed Steve Francis on IL. Charlotte activated Matt Carroll and placed D.J. Augustin (strained abdominal muscle) on IL. Detroit activated Richard Hamilton and placed Alex Acker on IL. Den 99, Dal 97 at Den Nene (Den) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 23 points including the game winning free throws with 2.2 seconds left. Chris Andersen (Den) had 15 points on 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 44 points on 15-26 FG and 12-12 FT and 14 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den, fractured bone right hand) did not play. Orl 139, Sac 107 at Sac Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 19 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 25 points on 8-10 FG and 9-11 FT, 15 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 23 points including 5-5 3-pointers, 11 assists, and 5 steals. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 30 points including 15-17 FT. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl shot 60.5% (49-81) FG and Sac shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Orl shot 23-37 3-pointers and Sac shot 8-18 3-pointers. 23 3-pointers made set the NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game [old: 21]. Pho 107, Atl 102 at Pho Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 26 points on 10-17 FG and 6-11 FT, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Josh Smith (Atl) had 24 points and 10 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 12 rebounds. LAL 105, Hou 100 at Hou Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 13-32 FG and 7 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (LAL) had 14 points on 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 11 points including 3-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Von Wafer (Hou) had 23 points on 10-14 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Carl Landry (Hou) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. LAL shot 18-24 FT and Hou shot 6-8 FT. Sasha Vujacic (LAL, back spasms) and Luther Head (Hou, sore right foot) did not play. Cha 80, Det 78 at Det Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and the game winning jumper with .7 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 22 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Mia 99, Min 96 at Min Shawn Marion (Mia) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points on 9-15 FG and 13-16 FT, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. Randy Foye (Min) had 29 points on 12-21 FG and 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rodney Carney (Min) had 15 points. Mia shot 30-38 FT and Min shot 9-13 FT. Cle 102, Mem 87 at Mem LeBron James (Cle) had 30 points on 9-15 FG and 11-14 FT, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Delonte West (Cle) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 16 points. Kyle Lowry (Mem) had 25 points including 15-16 FT and 7 assists. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Cle shot 52.9% (36-68) FG and Mem shot 42% (29-69) FG. Quinton Ross (Mem, back spasms) did not play. Schedule for Wednesday, January 14 (All times Central) Detroit @ Indiana 6:00 pm Portland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Boston 6:30 pm Washington @ New York 6:30 pm Miami @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Utah @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Lakers @ San Antonio 8:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Golden State 9:30 pm Atlanta @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html