News from January 8. The NBA fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $500,000 for comments about the officiating after the Dal-SA game and comments about league head ref Ed Rush. It is the large fine the NBA has handed out to an individual (surpassing the record $250,000 given to Cuban last year). Memphis fined Jason Williams for comments detrimental to the team. Dallas activated Shawn Bradley and placed Michael Finley on IR with a strained left hamstring. Atlanta activated Chris Crawford. The move was made to get their active roster up to 11 players after they released 2 players Monday. Crawford is out for the season with a torn left ACL. Phoenix activated Jake Tsakalidis and placed Tom Gugliotta on IR with left quadricep tendinitis. Toronto activated Hakeem Olajuwon. Glen Rice (Hou) underwent surgery to repair a partially torn right knee tendon. He is out for the season. Dal 95, Den 94 - at Dal Juwan Howard (Dal) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points including 12-16 FT and the game winning 3-point play with 6.9 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 10 points and 8 assists. Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 11 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 31 points and 6 assists. Shawn Bradley (Dal, bruised right knee) and George McCloud (Den, strained right calf) did not play. Mil 113, GS 97 - at GS Tim Thomas (Mil) had 17 points. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Fortson (GS) had 19 points on 3-9 FG and 13-16 FT and 13 rebounds. Antawn Jamison G(S) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Mil shot 53.7% (43-80) FG and GS shot 35.6% (31-87) FG. Glenn Robinson (Mil, bruised left thigh) and Erick Dampier (GS, hyperextended left knee) did not play. LAL 121, Det 92 - at Det Samaki Walker (LAL) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 28 points on 11-17 FG and 6-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points and 6 assists. Clifford Robinson (Det) had 14 points. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 27 points including 10-11 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 51.7% (46-89) FG and Det shot 41.7% (30-72) FG. Was 96, LAC 88 - at Was Michael Jordan (Was) had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Popeye Jones (Was) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Whitney (Was) had 18 points and 6 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Jeff McInnis (LAC) had 27 points and 5 assists. Courtney Alexander (Was, left ankle injury) did not play. Mem 84, Tor 81 - at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Massenburg (Mem) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 10 rebounds. Stromile Swift (Mem) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Vince Carter (Tor) had 31 points. Dell Curry (Tor) had 14 points. Will Solomon (Mem, bone spur left ankle) did not play. Uta 98, Pho 84 - at Uta Karl Malone (Uta) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Scott Padgett (Uta) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 17 points. Hou 88, NY 86 - at Hou Kenny Thomas (Hou) had 24 points including 11-16 FG. Steve Francis (Hou) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Moochie Norris (Hou) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Mark Jackson (NY) had 14 points on 6-9 FG and 6 assists. Allan Houston (NY) had 28 points. Hou shot 50% (36-72) FG and NY shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. NJ 104, Mia 95 - at NJ Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 18 points. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Brian Grant (Mia) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 26 points including 11-16 FG and 14 rebounds. NJ shot 27-35 FT and Mia shot 16-18 FT. Kenyon Martin (NJ, suspended) did not play. Atl 101, Por 92 - at Atl DerMarr Johnson (Atl) had 12 points and 6 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 30 points including 13-19 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Atl) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 26 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Chris Crawford (Atl, torn left ACL) did not play.