News from January 28. Houston signed Chucky Hayes for the rest of the season and elected not to sign John Lucas for the rest of the season. Seattle signed Mateen Cleaves to a 10-day contract and placed Rick Brunson on IL. Maurice Williams (Mil) is expected to be out 2 weeks with a sprained left ankle. Washington activated Peter John Ramos and placed Awvee Storey on IL. New Orleans activated Bostjan Nachbar. Memphis activated Antonio Burks and placed Lawrence Roberts on IL. San Antonio activated Manu Ginobili and Robert Horry and placed Sean Marks and Melvin Sanders on IL. Dallas activated Marquis Daniels and placed Devin Harris on IL with a strained right shoulder. Utah activated Matt Harpring and placed Greg Ostertag (suspended) on IL. New Jersey activated Vince Carter and placed Linton Johnson on IL. Stats Leaders Points Kobe Bryant (LAL) 35.8 Allen Iverson (Phi) 33.6 LeBron James (Cle) 30.9 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.6 Ben Wallace (Det) 12.4 Shawn Marion (Pho) 12.0 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.5 Baron Davis (GS) 9.4 Chauncey Billups (Det) 8.6 Dal 103, Uta 89 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 24 points including 8-13 FT. Jason Terry (Dal) had 18 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 17 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Devin Brown (Uta) had 18 points including 9-10 FT. Dal shot 55.4% (36-65) FG and Uta shot 39.1% (27-69) FG. Matt Harpring (Uta, right knee inflammation) and Robert Whaley (Uta, right knee surgery) did not play. LAC 112, Den 79 at LAC Elton Brand (LAC) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 11 points including 5-6 FG and 15 rebounds. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 19 points and 5 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 16 points including 5-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 13 points. LAC shot 53.5% (46-86) FG and Den shot 39.5% (30-76) FG. GS 98, Por 83 at GS Troy Murphy (GS) had 11 points including 4-15 FG and 21 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mickael Pietrus (GS) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 29 points on 9-15 FG and 9-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 16 assists. Juan Dixon (Por) had 21 points including 8-21 FG. Sebastian Telfair (Por) had 12 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (GS, sore back), Mike Dunleavy (GS, sprained left ankle), and Chris Taft (GS, back spasms) did not play. SA 102, Min 88 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 28 points including 6-11 FT and 16 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 25 points including 11-18 FG and 5 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 14 points and 3 steals. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 10 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Min) had 20 points. Sea 113, NJ 104 at Sea Robert Swift (Sea) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 12 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 35 points including 13-20 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 20 points and 13 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 36 points including 13-20 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 18 points and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Vince Carter (NJ) had 29 points on 11-19 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. NO 95, Mem 86 at Mem David West (NO) had 19 points including 9-15 FG and 12 rebounds. P.J. Brown (NO) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Speedy Claxton (NO) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 25 points including 9-13 FG and 16 rebounds. Bobby Jackson (Mem) had 22 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Chi 111, Atl 99 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 22 points and 6 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 13 points including 5-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 40 points including 16-25 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Chi shot 54.1% (46-85) FG and Atl shot 40% (38-95) FG. Phi 91, NY 76 at Phi John Salmons (Phi) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Webber (Phi) had 21 points including 9-23 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Qyntel Woods (NY) had 24 points including 8-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Allen Iverson (Phi, sprained left ankle) and Antonio Davis (NY, suspended) did not play. Was 107, Cha 97 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 13 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 34 points including 13-14 FT. Etan Thomas (Was) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Primoz Brezec (Cha) had 27 points including 12-17 FG and 12 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 18 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Brevin Knight (Cha, concussion), Gerald Wallace (Cha, medial tibia bone bruise), and Keith Bogans (Cha, sprained right knee) did not play.