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Williams should get things back on track in February. (NBAE via Getty Images/Melissa Majchrzak)

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Beast of the Night: Deron Williams returned from a personal leave of absence and put up 18 points, 7 rebounds, 15 assists, 2 steals, 4 turnovers and hit a three. He shot 47 percent (7-15) from the field and 100 percent (3-3) from the free throw line. January was bad for Williams, but he should get things rolling again this month

Noteworthy Lines:
Caron Butler – 6-15 FG (40%), 8-8 FT (100%), 20 Pts, 11 Reb, 2 Ast, 3 Stl, 6 TO

Randy Foye – 0-3 FG (0%), 2-2 FT (100%), 2 Pts, 4 Ast, 2 TO

Kobe Bryant – 16-28 FG (57%), 8-13 FT (62%), 4 3ptm, 44 Pts, 3 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 TO (continue reading…)

Billups was great in last night's overtime victory in Oakland. (Getty Images/Ezra Shaw)

Beast of the Night: Chauncey Billups put up 37 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and hit 6 threes in Oakland last night. He shot 58 percent (11-19) from the field and 82 percent (9-11) from the line and seems totally over his groin injury.

Notable lines:
Randy Foye – 9-14 FG (64%), 6-6 FT (100%), 2 3ptm, 26 Pts, 1 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 3 TO

Andre Miller – 8-17 FG (47%), 7-7 FT (100%), 1 3ptm, 24 Pts, 2 Reb, 3 Ast, 4 TO

Dwight Howard – 8-13 FG (62%), 16-24 FT (67%), 32 Pts, 11 Reb, 4 Stl, 6 TO (continue reading…)

B-Diddy triple-doubled in a bizarre game in Memphis last night. (NBAE via Getty Images/Joe Murphy)

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Beast of the Night: Baron Davis notched a triple-double to the tune of 27 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 5 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers. He hit a three and shot 52 percent (11-21) from the field and 100 percent (4-4) from the line in a strange game in Memphis that included a 20-minute evacuation of the arena in the third quarter.

Notable lines:
Randy Foye – 8-15 FG (53%), 2-3 FT (67%), 2 3ptm, 20 Pts, 5 Reb, 10 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 2 TO

Trevor Ariza – 7-16 FG (44%), 3-6 FT (50%), 2 3ptm, 19 Pts, 6 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 4 TO

Stephen Jackson – 15-22 FG (68%), 10-11 FT (91%), 3 3ptm, 43 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 2 TO (continue reading…)

The hair is gone, but the fantasy relevance is back for Miller. (NBAE via Getty Images/Ned Dishman)

Game watch:
4 games: DET, IND, LAC, MIA, MIL, NO, NY, OKC, PHO, SA, UTA, WAS
3 games: ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, GS, HOU, LAL, MEM, MIN, ORL, PHI, SAC, TOR
2 games: NJ, POR

Waiver wire watch:

• Mike Miller: played heavy minutes in return, should be important part of Wizards’ offense going forward
• Martell Webster: scoring, hitting threes well lately
• Flip Murray: scoring doing his best Jamal Crawford impersonation
• Kirk Hinrich: putting up solid all-around numbers (continue reading…)

After tweeting and prattling like a mad man, Arenas finally gets his punishment from "mean" Commissoner Stern. (Flickr/Keith Allison)

NBA Commissioner David Stern has finally thrown down the hammer on Gilbert Arenas in the form of an indefinite suspension.

Big real-life implications, and those of the fantasy sort, abound with this news.

Here’s Stern’s official statement:

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