News from January 3. Dallas activated James Singleton and placed Erick Dampier (left knee effusion) on IL. Philadelphia activated Willie Green and placed Royal Ivey on IL. Toronto activated Patrick O'Bryant and placed Hedo Turkoglu (flu like symptoms) on IL. Indiana activated Travis Diener and placed Tyler Hansbrough (ear infection) on IL. New York activated Jonathan Bender and placed Eddy Curry on IL. LAL 131, Dal 96 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 8-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 24 points including 6-8 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 22 points including 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Tim Thomas (Dal) had 12 points. LAL shot 63.4% (52-82) FG and Dal shot 37.8% (34-90) FG. Ron Artest (LAL, concussion) did not play. Cha 91, Cle 88 at Cle Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 22 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 13-21 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 5-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Phi 108, Den 105 at Den Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 17 points and 7 assists. Elton Brand (Phi) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nene (Den) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 15 rebounds. Ty Lawson (Den) had 23 points and 9 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den, right knee contusion) did not play. Tor 91, SA 86 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 22 points and 15 rebounds. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 16 points and 8 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points including 9-11 FG and 6 assists. Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 8-22 FG and 12 rebounds. NY 132, Ind 89 at NY Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 22 points and 16 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 23 points. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Luther Head (Ind) had 18 points. NY shot 52.1% (50-96) FG and Ind shot 40.7% (37-91) FG. NY shot 20-23 FT and Ind shot 9-9 FT. Troy Murphy (Ind, sprained left ankle) did not play. Schedule for Monday, January 4 (All times Central) Atlanta @ Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Oklahoma City @ Chicago 7:00 pm New Orleans @ Utah 8:00 pm Portland @ 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