News from January 4. Orlando activated Travis Diener and place Grant Hill on IL with a strained groin. Utah assigned C.J. Miles to the NBADL. Seattle released Mateen Cleaves. Houston released John Lucas and Josh Davis. Toronto activated Loren Woods and placed Jose Calderon on IL. Charlotte activated Jake Voskuhl and placed Melvin Ely on IL. New Orleans activated Arvydas Macijauskas and placed Bostjan Nachbar on IL. Cleveland activated Martynas Andriuskevicius and placed Larry Hughes on IL with a broken finger on his right hand. Hughes is expected to undergo surgery on the finger and be out 6 to 8 weeks. Minnesota activated Nikoloz Tskitishvili and placed Mark Madsen on IL due to the death of his grandmother. Seattle activated Robert Swift and placed Vitaly Potapenko on IL. Chicago activated Eddie Basden and placed Tyson Chandler on IL with a sprained right ankle. Chandler is expected to be out a week due to the injury. San Antonio activated Nick Van Exel and placed Sean Marks on IL. Philadelphia activated Louis Williams and placed Chris Webber on IL with a lower back strain. Min 91, Dal 78 at Min Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 23 points on 7-11 FG and 9-10 FT, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Marko Jaric (Min) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Cle 91, Mil 84 at Mil Drew Gooden (Cle) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LeBron James (Cle) had 32 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals. Donyell Marshall (Cle) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 14 points including 6-9 FG and 13 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points on 7-22 FG and 11-11 FT and 5 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Mil, left midfoot sprain) did not play. Sea 101, Chi 97 at Chi Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 21 points including 8-11 FT. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Darius Songaila (Chi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Danny Fortson (Sea, sore left knee) did not play. SA 106, Por 75 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 18 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Por) had 12 points. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 15 points. SA shot 50% (43-86) FG and Por shot 37.1% (26-70) FG. SA out-rebounded Por 57-30 including 20-8 offensive. Pho 105, Phi 85 at Pho Steve Nash (Pho) had 24 points including 11-15 FG and 6 assists. James Jones (Pho) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Eddie House (Pho) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points, 22 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 16 points including 7-23 FG. Pho shot 5-6 FT and Phi shot 15-23 FT. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, knee injury) did not play. NO 107, Mia 92 at NO Desmond Mason (NO) had 24 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. David West (NO) had 20 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 8 turnovers. Den 106, Ind 86 at Den Kenyon Martin (Den) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Earl Boykins (Den) had 23 points. Danny Granger (Ind) had 12 points on 6-8 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 steals. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 21 points including 6-17 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Den shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and Ind shot 40% (34-85) FG. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind, pneumonia) did not play. Bos 109, Cha 106 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 31 points including 11-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Mark Blount (Bos) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 20 points including 8-12 FT, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Primoz Prezec (Cha) had 19 points including 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 18 points, 12 assists, and 6 steals. Jumaine Jones (Cha) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Bos shot 57.1% (40-70) FG and Cha shot 40% (40-100) FG. Tor 121, Orl 97 at Tor Morris Peterson (Tor) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Mike James (Tor) had 17 points and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 24 points including 10-13 FG. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 11 points including 2-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 31 points including 12-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Tor shot 63% (46-73) FG and Orl shot 50.7% (34-67) FG.