News from January 8. The LA Clippers signed Guillermo Diaz to a 10-day contract. Golden State signed C.J. Watson to a 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Shannon Brown and placed Ira Newble on IL. Indiana activated Jamaal Tinsley and placed Travis Diener on IL. Utah activated Morris Almond and placed Andrei Kirilenko on IL with lower back inflammation. Almond was recalled from the NBADL. Miami activated Dorell Wright and placed Shaquille O'Neal on IL with left hip bursitis. Memphis activated Brian Cardinal. New Jersey activated Antoine Wright. Sac 104, Orl 100 at Sac Brad Miller (Sac) had 20 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 22 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 29 points including 11-13 FG, 15 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ron Artest (Sac, right elbow surgery) and Kevin Martin (Sac, strained right groin) did not play. Uta 111, Ind 89 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 10 points and 9 assists. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained left ankle) did not play. NY 105, Chi 100 at Chi Eddy Curry (NY) had 29 points on 11-14 FG and 7-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 18 points and 5 assists. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 24 points and 5 assists. Joe Smith (Chi) had 22 points on 11-19 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 20 points and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points including 3-4 3-pointers. NY out-scored Chi 28-12 in the 4th quarter. LAL 117, Mem 101 at Mem Lamar Odom (LAL) had 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 26 points including 10-11 FG and 5-5 3-pointers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points on 8-22 FG and 8-11 FT, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 18 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Min 101, Mia 91 at Min Rashard McCants (Min) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Marko Jaric (Min) had 17 points and 8 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Min shot 10-13 FT and Mia shot 20-28 FT. Cle 95, Sea 79 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 3 steals. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak (Sea) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (Sea, dislocated right little finger) did not play. Mil 87, Phi 83 at Phi Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 21 points and 9 assists. Charlie Bell (Mil) had 21 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 21 points including 9-16 FG and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 16 points, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Michael Redd (Mil, left quad contusion) and Jake Voskuhl (Mil, right hip strain) did not play. Hou 92, Was 84 at Was Yao Ming (Hou) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Luther Head (Hou) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 14 points including 4-13 FG and 8 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Hou out-rebounded Was 46-28 including 13-8 offensive. Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured ankle) did not play. Cha 115, NJ 99 at Cha Jason Richardson (Cha) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points including 7-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points and 7 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 25 points including 8-12 FT. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 13 points including 4-12 FG, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Cha shot 58.7% (44-75) FG and NJ shot 46.1% (35-76) FG. Derek Anderson (Cha, injured right knee), Othella Harrington (Cha, left knee pain), and Antoine Wright (NJ, sprained right ankle) did not play.