News from January 6. Dallas activated Josh Powell and placed Marquis Daniels on IL with a sore neck. Boston assigned Gerald Green to the NBADL. Larry Hughes (Was) underwent surgery on his broken right middle finger and is expected to be out 8 weeks. Chris Paul (NO) suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb and is expected to be out 2 weeks. Toronto activated Jose Calderon and placed Aaron Williams on IL. Boston activated Tony Allen and placed Ryan Gomes on IL. Orlando activated Grant Hill and placed Travis Diener on IL. New York activated Jerome James and placed Jamal Crawford on IL with a sprained foot. New York ended James' indefinite suspension. Washington activated Andray Blatche and placed Awvee Storey on IL. Portland activated Ha Seung-Jin and placed Zach Randolph on IL with the flu. San Antonio activated Sean Marks and placed Beno Udrih on IL. Minnesota activated Mark Madsen and placed Richie Frahm on IL. Memphis activated Mike Miller and placed Jake Tsakalidis on IL. Chicago placed Eric Piatkowski on IL. The LA Clippers activated Quinton Ross and placed Boniface N'Dong on IL. Philadelphia activated Chris Webber and placed Louis Williams on IL. Miami activated Gerald Fitch and placed Jason Williams on IL. Dal 114, Den 112 OT at Den Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points including 10-11 FT, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 11 points including the game winning layup with 2.2 seconds left. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 28 points and 6 turnovers. Andre Miller (Den) had 21 points on 6-19 FG and 9-10 FT and 11 assists. Earl Boykins (Den) had 19 points and 6 assists. Pho 111, Mia 93 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Raja Bell (Pho) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Steve Nash (Pho) had 11 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 19 assists. Jason Kapono (Mia) had 16 points. Antoine Walker (Mia) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Pho shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Mia shot 39.1% (36-92) FG. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, left shin contusion) and Dwyane Wade (Mia, left MCL sprain) did not play. Mem 87, Uta 65 at Mem Shane Battier (Mem) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 27 points including 15-20 FT, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. Eddie Jones (Mem) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Devin Brown (Mem) had 10 points. Det 97, Sea 85 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 21 points and 11 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 13 points and 21 rebounds including 9 offensive. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points including 8-11 FT and 7 assists. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers. SA 83, Min 77 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 12 points including 5-19 FG and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points and 7 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 21 points and 4 steals. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Marko Jaric (Min) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Atl 103, Bos 98 at Bos Al Harrington (Atl) had 28 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points and 5 assists. Tyronn Lue (Atl) had 15 points and 5 assists. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points. Delonte West (Bos) had 23 points and 6 assists. Tor 112, Hou 92 at Tor Chris Bosh (Tor) had 22 points on 11-19 FG, 16 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mike James (Tor) had 30 points including 10-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 37 points and 5 turnovers. David Wesley (Hou) had 19 points and 3 steals. Chi 105, Mil 91 at Mil Othella Harrington (Chi) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 16 points and 6 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 15 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. T.J. Ford (Mil, left midfoot sprain) did not play. NJ 113, Orl 106 at NJ Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 31 points including 14-15 FG and 5 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 16 points including 4-12 FG, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points including 7-11 FT and 14 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. NO 90, Por 80 at NO David West (NO) had 19 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kirk Snyder (NO) had 22 points including 9-15 FG and 6 rebounds. Rasual Butler (NO) had 12 points. Juan Dixon (Por) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 12 points and 5 assists. NO shot 15-20 FT and Por shot 7-9 FT. Sac 118, LAC 114 at Sac Peja Stojakovic (Sac) had 19 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brad Miller (Sac) had 26 points including 11-18 FG and 5 turnovers. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 17 points on 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 32 points including 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 24 points and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 25 points including 9-16 FG, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 28 points including 10-10 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Sac shot 54.9% (45-82) FG and LAC shot 44.6% (41-92) FG. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Sac, fractured jaw) did not play. NY 113, Was 92 at NY Stephon Marbury (NY) had 16 points and 11 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 7 turnovers. Channing Frye (NY) had 30 points including 11-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 22 points and 3 steals. NY shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Was shot 41.5% (34-82) FG. LAL 119, Phi 93 at LAL Chris Kaman (LAL) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Smush Parker (LAL) had 24 points including 9-10 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 48 points including 19-29 FG and 7-7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Chris Webber (Phi) had 12 points including 5-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 31 points, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. LAL shot 58.5% (48-82) FG and Phi shot 42.4% (36-85) FG. LAL shot 13-20 3-pointers and Phi shot 2-10 3-pointers.