News from January 7. TRADE: Denver traded Chucky Atkins, a conditional 2009 1st round draft pick (lottery protected), and cash to Oklahoma City for Johan Petro and a 2009 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Miami traded Shaun Livingston and cash to Memphis for a 2012 conditional 2nd round draft pick. Memphis then released Livingston. TRADE: Toronto traded Hassan Adams and cash to the LA Clippers for a future 2nd round draft pick. The Clippers then released Adams. Cleveland released Jawad Williams. Memphis released Darius Miles. San Antonio released Anthony Tolliver. Brandan Wright (GS) suffered a partially dislocated left shoulder during the GS-LAL game. Atlanta activated Thomas Gardner and Marvin Williams and placed Acie Law (personal reasons) and Zaza Pachulia (flu) on IL. New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Devin Harris (sore right hamstring) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Nick Collison and Nened Krstic and placed Mouhamed Sene on IL. Denver activated Sonny Weems and placed Johan Petro on IL. Indiana activated Maceo Baston and Mike Dunleavy and placed T.J. Ford (sore lower back) and Marquis Daniels (strained left groin) on IL. The LA Lakers placed Lamar Odom (bone bruise) on IL. Golden State activated Kelenna Azubuike and Marcus Williams and placed Anthony Morrow (birth of child) and Stephen Jackson (hamstring injury) on IL. Orl 106, Atl 102 at Atl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 20 points including 8-10 FT. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points including 7-13 FT and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Josh Smith (Atl) had 21 points on 10-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 9 assists. Cle 111, Cha 81 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 15 points and 6 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 14 points. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cle shot 60% (45-75) FG and Cha shot 39.2% (29-74) FG. Tor 99, Was 93 at Was Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points including 5-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 25 points including 8-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 32 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Caron Butler (Was) had 15 points including 6-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jose Calderon (Tor, strained right hamstring) and Jamario Moon (Tor, birth of child) did not play. Hou 89, Bos 85 at Bos Ron Artest (Hou) had 17 points and 3 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 26 points including 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 26 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou, sore left knee) did not play. NJ 100, Mem 89 at NJ Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 17 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Vince Carter (NJ) had 25 points including 12-14 FT, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Phi 110, Mil 105 at Mil Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points including 8-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Phi) had 28 points including 10-11 FT, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 12 points. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 20 points and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Min 129, OKC 87 at Min Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Randy Foye (Min) had 32 points including 10-16 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points on 4-5 FG and 8-10 FT and 15 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points and 12 assists. Nick Collison (OKC) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Min shot 52.2% (48-92) FG and OKC shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Den 108, Mia 97 at Den Linas Kleiza (Den) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 21 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. J.R. Smith (Den) had 21 points and 3 steals. Shawn Marion (Mia) had 25 points and 13 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 31 points. Den shot 30-40 FT and Mia shot 15-16 FT. Carmelo Anthony (Den, fractured bone right hand) and Daequan Cook (Mia, left leg contusion) did not play. Ind 113, Pho 110 at Pho Danny Granger (Ind) had 37 points including 5-11 3-pointers and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 12 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Stephen Graham (Ind) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 12 assists. Ind shot 11-15 FT and Pho shot 29-39 FT. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho, back spasms) did not play. Uta 116, NO 90 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 27 points on 9-15 FG and 9-13 FT, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Kyle Korver (Uta) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. David West (NO) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Hilton Armstrong (NO) had 26 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. Uta shot 31-44 FT and NO shot 18-21 FT. Por 84, Det 83 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 14 points including the game winning jumper with 8.9 seconds left. Steve Blake (Por) had 10 points and 10 assists. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 26 points on 13-21 FG and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 14 points including 6-19 FG and 7 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Det, sore right foot) did not play. LAL 114, GS 106 at GS Pau Gasol (LAL) had 33 points including 12-21 FG and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 12 points on 6-8 FG, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 blocks. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 25 points including 1-8 3-pointers, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Schedule for Thursday, January 8 (All times Central) New York @ Dallas 7:30 pm LA Clippers @ San Antonio 7:30 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