News from January 9. Dallas activated Matt Carroll and James Singleton and placed Josh Howard left thigh contusion) and Kris Humphries on IL. Utah activated Deron Williams and placed Kosta Koufos on IL. Philadelphia activated Royal Ivey and placed Allen Iverson on IL. Orlando activated Adonal Foyle and placed Vince Carter (separated left shoulder) on IL. Memphis placed Hamed Haddadi on IL. Uta 111, Dal 93 at Dal Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 20 points and 9 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 11-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Uta shot 53.2% (42-79) FG and Dal shot 41.3% (33-80) FG. Drew Gooden (Dal, sprained right ring finger) did not play. Sac 102, Den 100 at Sac Omri Casspi (Sac) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 27 points including 10-15 FG and the game winning jumper with .7 seconds left. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 17 points including 8-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 20 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 27 points including 5-10 3-pointers. J.R. Smith (Den) had 20 points and 3 steals. Donte Greene (Sac, sprained left ankle) and Ty Lawson (Den, ankle injury) did not play. OKC 108, Ind 102 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 40 points on 12-18 FG and 14-16 FT and 12 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 13 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points on 6-21 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 9-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. A.J. Price (Ind) had 23 points including 9-15 FG. OKC shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Ind shot 39.6% (36-91) FG. Orl 113, Atl 81 at Orl Matt Barnes (Orl) had 18 points on 8-11 FG and 7 rebounds. J.J. Redick (Orl) had 17 points. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Al Horford (Atl) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 52.4% (43-82) FG and Atl shot 39.7% (31-78) FG. Phi 104, Det 94 at Det Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 16 points on 8-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Elton Brand (Phi) had 25 points including 10-16 FG. Ben Gordon (Det) had 20 points and 6 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Phi shot 57.4% (39-68) FG and Det shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Hou 105, NY 96 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20 points. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. David Lee (NY) had 26 points including 12-17 FG, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Nate Robinson (NY) had 20 points. Cha 89, Mem 87 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points including the game winning putback at the buzzer, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 15 points including 6-20 FG, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Mike Conley (Mem, sore back) did not play. Chi 110, Min 96 at Chi Daniel Gibson (Chi) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 20 points including 9-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 20 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 7 assists. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 14 points and 8 assists. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 15 points and 3 steals. Schedule for Sunday, January 10 (All times Central) Boston @ Toronto 12:00 pm New Orleans @ Washington 12:00 pm Miami @ LA Clippers 2:30 pm New Jersey @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Portland 8:00 pm ESPN Milwaukee @ LA Lakers 8:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html