News from January 12. Luke Jackson (Cle) is scheduled to undergo back surgery and will miss the rest of the season. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Por) underwent surgery on his sore right elbow. Washington activated Etan Thomas and placed Kwame Brown on IR with right ankle tendinitis. Hou 124, Dal 114 at Dal Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 30 points on 12-19 FG and 6-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 29 points including 14-19 FG and 6 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 20 points including 10-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. David Wesley (Hou) had 21 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 28 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 21 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jerry Stackhouse (Dal) had 26 points including 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Hou shot 61% (47-77) FG and Dal shot 47.6% (40-84) FG. Josh Howard (Dal, upper respiratory infection) and Marquis Daniels (Dal, sore left ankle) did not play. Uta 115, Pho 108 at Uta Matt Harpring (Uta) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Raja Bell (Uta) had 19 points on 9-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 21 points and 17 rebounds including 10 offensive. Quentin Richardson (Pho) had 24 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 22 points and 11 assists. Uta shot 14-16 FT and Pho shot 33-36 FT. Uta out-rebounded Pho 55-35 including 23-10 offensive. Mia 98, GS 91 at GS Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 22 points on 11-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 26 points on 9-15 FG and 8-20 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Eddie Jones (Mia) had 13 points and 8 assists. Troy Murphy (GS) had 22 points, 17 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 assists. Derek Fisher (GS) had 17 points on 3-11 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mia shot 55.9% (38-68) FG and GS shot 37.6% (32-85) FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia, back spasms) and Jason Richardson (GS, sprained left ankle) did not play. LAC 103, Sea 92 at LAC Bobby Simmons (LAC) had 18 points. Elton Brand (LAC) had 19 points and 4 blocks. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 31 points including 11-19 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Sea) had 22 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Antonio Daniels (Sea) had 12 points and 7 assists. Den 95, LAL 83 at Den Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 3 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Andre Miller (Den) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (LAL) had 18 points including 10-13 FT. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 16 points including 5-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Orl 87, Min 80 at Min Grant Hill (Orl) had 20 points on 10-16 FG, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 26 points and 6 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 17 points including 7-24 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points including 7-20 FG, 25 rebounds, and 8 assists. Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 12 points including 4-11 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Doug Christie (Orl, not with team) and Sam Cassell (Min, personal reasons) did not play. Chi 110, Phi 78 at Chi Eddy Curry (Chi) had 24 points including 9-11 FG. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 16 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 31 points including 10-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Marc Jackson (Phi) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 21 points and 8 assists. Chi shot 48.8% (40-82) FG and Phi shot 37.8% (31-82) FG. Chi out-rebounded Phi 50-30 including 13-6 offensive. Samuel Dalembert (Phi, left hip strain) did not play. Det 90, NO 76 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 11 points, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points and 10 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 25 points. Lee Nailon (NO) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Junior Harrington (NO, sore right knee) did not play. Tor 104, Bos 93 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points including 14-18 FT, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 37 points including 7-14 3-pointers. Rafer Alston (Tor) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 22 points. SA 94, Mil 79 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 20 points and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points including 9-23 FG. Marcus Fizer (Mil) had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. SA shot 10-11 FT and Mil shot 15-20 FT. Was 104, Por 100 at Was Brendan Haywood (Was) had 13 points including 5-6 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Larry Hughes (Was) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 6 steals. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 26 points on 11-16 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 0-3 FT and 5 assists. Nick Van Exel (Por) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 23 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Peeler (Was, right ankle tendinitis) did not play.