News from January 23. Chicago activated Demetris Nichols and placed Luol Deng on IL. Deng is expected to be out 1 to 3 weeks with left Achilles tendinitis. Dallas activated Juwan Howard and placed Brandon Bass on IL with a sore right foot. Cleveland activated Ira Newble and placed Shannon Brown on IL. Houston activated Steve Novak and placed Mike James on IL. Atlanta activated Solomon Jones and placed Zaza Pachulia (suspended) on IL. San Antonio activated Robert Horry and placed Jeremy Richardson on IL. Indiana activated Andre Owens and placed Troy Murphy on IL with a sore left knee. Dal 102, Cha 95 at Cha Josh Howard (Dal) had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points including 6-19 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (Dal) had 23 points and 9 assists. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 22 points including 6-17 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 19 points including 9-16 FG and 10 rebounds. SA 103, LAL 91 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 28 points including 12-21 FG, 17 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 16 points. Ime Udoka (SA) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 9 turnovers. Vladimir Radmanovic (LAL, sprained right ankle) did not play. Hou 109, Sea 107 at Sea Yao Ming (Hou) had 26 points including 14-15 FT, 12 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 18 points including 6-18 FG and 5-9 3-pointers and 8 assists. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 28 points and 5 assists. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 25 points. Wally Szczerbiak (Sea) had 22 points. NO 96, Por 81 at NO David West (NO) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points and 10 assists. Jannero Pargo (NO) had 24 points and 5 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Orl 112, Mem 85 at Mem Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 26 points on 10-16 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 17 points on 4-12 FG and 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Orl shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Mem shot 43.5% (30-69) FG. Tor 114, Bos 112 at Bos Chris Bosh (Tor) had 23 points including 8-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 24 points including 8-10 FG and the game winning 3-point play with 10.5 seconds left, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 26 points including 11-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Min 117, Pho 107 at Min Ryan Gomes (Min) had 14 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Al Jefferson (Min) had 39 points including 9-14 FT and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Marko Jaric (Min) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 33 points including 14-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 16 assists. Min shot 22-34 FT and Pho shot 13-13 FT. Min out-rebounded Pho 48-26 including 22-3 offensive. Chi 108, Ind 95 at Chi Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 38 points including 14-21 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 14 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 33 points including 11-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi, sprained right wrist) did not play. Den 107, Atl 100 at Den Linas Kleiza (Den) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 13 points, 21 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Den) had 29 points on 6-21 FG and 15-18 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 22 points including 8-23 FG, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 blocks, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony (Den, sprained left ankle) and Nene (Den, tumor surgery) did not play. Cle 121, Was 85 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ben Gordon (Cle) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 24 points including 10-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Caron Butler (Was) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Cle shot 56.6% (47-83) FG and Was shot 39% (32-82) FG. Cle out-rebounded Was 53-29 including 13-9 offensive. Det 86, Phi 78 at Phi Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 16 points. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 19 points and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points including 9-12 FG. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Willie Green (Phi) had 16 points. Det shot 17-24 FT and Phi shot 8-13 FT. LAC 111, Sac 85 at LAC Corey Maggette (LAC) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 21 rebounds including 6 offensive. Al Thornton (LAC) had 23 points including 9-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 16 points and 5 assists.