News from January 4. The NBA suspended Zach Randolph (NY) for 1 game for throwing his headband at a ref during Wednesday's NY-Sac game. Paul Davis (LAC) underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn ACL and torn lateral meniscus. He is expected to be out 6 to 8 months. Dallas activated J.J. Barea and placed Erick Dampier on IL with a sore left knee. Philadelphia activated Willie Green and placed Louis Amundson on IL. The LA Lakers activated Coby Karl and placed Vladimir Radmanovic on IL with a sprained right ankle. New Orleans activated Ryan Bowen and placed Melvin Ely on IL with a fractured eye socket. Denver activated Kenyon Martin and placed Von Wafer on IL. Indiana activated David Harrison and placed Stephen Graham on IL. Dal 94, Mia 89 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (Dal) had 15 points, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Eddie Jones (Dal) had 17 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Ricky Davis (Mia) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Mark Blount (Mia) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mia, knee inflammation), Dwyane Wade (Mia, bruised shoulder), and Shaquille O'Neal (Mia, left hip bursitis) did not play. NO 116, GS 104 at GS Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 24 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. David West (NO) had 20 points. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 22 points including 9-11 FG and 22 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points, 13 assists, and 5 steals. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 20 points on 10-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 26 points including 5-10 FT and 8 assists. Al Harrington (GS) had 24 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Cle 97, Sac 93 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 24 points including 9-12 FT, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 14 points including 4-15 FG and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 13 points and 5 assists. Brad Miller (Sac) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points including 10-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cle shot 38.5% (35-91) FG and Sac shot 55.3% (42-76) FG. Cle shot 22-31 FT and Sac shot 6-12 FT. Ron Artest (Sac, right elbow surgery), Kevin Martin (Sac, strained right groin), and Kenny Thomas (Sac) did not play. Det 101, Tor 85 at Tor Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points including 8-11 FG. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 23 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 25 points including 10-16 FG. NJ 102, Cha 96 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, and 3 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 30 points including 10-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 33 points and 8 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 25 points including 9-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Othella Harrington (Cha, sore left knee) did not play. Was 101, Mil 77 at Mil Caron Butler (Was) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Antonio Daniels (Was) had 14 points including 6-8 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Royal Ivey (Mil) had 11 points and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Was shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Mil shot 38.5% (30-78) FG. Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle), Michael Redd (Mil, left deep thigh bruise), and Jake Voskuhl (Mil, strained right hip) did not play. Bos 100, Mem 96 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Allen (Bos) had 20 points and 3 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Den 118, Min 107 at Min Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 26 points. Anthony Carter (Den) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Den) had 33 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9-10 FT. Al Jefferson (Min) had 24 points on 12-20 FG and 15 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Min) had 34 points including 12-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Hou 96, Orl 94 at Orl Yao Ming (Hou) had 26 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Bonzi Wells (Hou) had 12 points including 3-12 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 20 points. LAL 124, Phi 93 at LAL Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 17 points including 6-8 FG, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 17 points. Javaris Crittenton (LAL) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Louis Williams (Phi) had 17 points and 3 steals. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. LAL shot 66.2% (47-71) FG and Phi shot 42.4% (42-99) FG. LAL shot 26-30 FT and Phi shot 8-14 FT. Lamar Odom (LAL, suspended) did not play. SA 97, NY 93 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 12 points and 5 assists. Matt Bonner (SA) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Eddy Curry (NY) had 25 points including 10-12 FG and 12 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Francisco Elson (SA) and Zach Randolph (NY, suspended) did not play. Ind 113, Atl 91 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 32 points on 10-15 FG, 5-6 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 23 points including 9-12 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 12 rebounds. Kareem Rush (Ind) had 20 points. Josh Smith (Atl) had 20 points, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Josh Childress (Atl) had 26 points including 10-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) did not play.