News from January 2. The NBA suspended Lamar Odom (LAL) for 1 game for his flagrant foul on Ray Allen (Bos) during Sunday's LAL-Bos game. The NBA named Chris Paul (NO) and Dwight Howard (Orl) as Players of the Month for December. Paul averaged 24.5 points, 10.4 assists, and 3 steals as New Orleans went 9-5. Howard averaged 21.7 points and 16.1 rebounds as Orlando went 8-7. The NBA named Nate McMillan (Por) and Flip Saunders (Det) as Coaches of the Month for December. Portland went 13-2 and Detroit went 15-2. The NBA named Kevin Durant (Sea) and Yi Jianlian (Mil) as Rookies of the Month for December. Durant averaged 19.7 points as Seattle went 6-8. Yi averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds as Milwaukee went 4-12. Ron Artest (Sac) underwent surgery on his right elbow to remove 5 bone chips. He is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks. Cleveland assigned Cedric Simmons to the NBADL. Boston activated Rajon Rondo and placed Gabe Pruitt on IL. Miami activated Chris Quinn and placed Dorell Wright on IL with a sprained ankle. New York activated Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford and placed Mardy Collins and Randolph Morris on IL. Memphis activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Damon Stoudamire on IL. Atlanta activated Tyronn Lue and placed Solomon Jones on IL. Cleveland activated Shannon Brown and placed Ira Newble on IL. New Jersey placed Antoine Wright on IL. Dal 121, GS 99 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points and 13 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 9-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (Dal) had 17 points and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 25 points including 8-21 FG. Al Harrington (GS) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dal shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and GS shot 41.8% (33-79) FG. Det 106, Was 93 at Was Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 15 points and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Caron Butler (Was) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle) and Darius Songaila (Was, Achilles heel) did not play. NO 95, LAC 81 at LAC David West (NO) had 29 points including 12-21 FG and 10 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 14 points and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 16 points on 3-10 FG and 10-10 FT and 13 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 9 points on 1-10 FG and 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Melvin Ely (NO, fractured left eye socket), Tim Thomas (LAC, sore left knee), and Aaron Williams (LAC, sprained left wrist) did not play. Mil 103, Mia 98 at Mia Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 25 points including 9-14 FG and 9 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Ricky Davis (Mia) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 4 steals. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points including 10-16 FG, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Dan Gadzuric (Mil, bruised left shoulder), Shaquille O'Neal (Mia, left hip brusitis), and Jason Williams (Mia, left knee inflammation) did not play. Uta 110, Phi 107 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 20 points. Deron Williams (Uta) had 15 points and 20 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 10 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andre Miller (Phi) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 30 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. NJ 96, Orl 95 at Orl Jason Kidd (NJ) had 10 points including 2-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bostjan Nachbar (NJ) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 23 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 13 points including 3-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Bos 97, Hou 93 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 26 points including 11-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points including 7-20 FG and 13 rebounds. Bonzi Wells (Hou) had 25 points including 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Bos shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Hou shot 42.2% (35-83) FG. Chi 109, Cha 97 at Cha Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 6 rebounds. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 28 points including 11-17 FG. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Othella Harrington (Cha, injured left knee) did not play. Cle 98, Atl 94 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 36 points on 13-22 FG and 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Cle) had 14 points and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Mem 90, Ind 72 at Ind Rudy Gay (Mem) had 24 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 30 points on 11-19 FG and 8-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 10 points including 4-12 FG and 15 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 16 points including 6-=17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mem shot 46.2% (36-78) FG and Ind shot 30.8% (28-91) FG. Por 90, Min 79 at Min LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Brandon Roy (Por) had 24 points including 8-21 FG and 5 rebounds. James Jones (Por) had 18 points. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 10 points including 3-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 29 points, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Sac 107, NY 97 at NY Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 22 points on 5-15 FG and 10-13 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Brad Miller (Sac) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 16 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 32 points including 13-18 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals. Eddy Curry (NY) had 24 points on 10-17 FG and 4-11 FT. Nate Robinson (NY) had 19 points. Ron Artest (Sac, right elbow surgery) and Kevin Martin (Sac, strained right groin) did not play.