News from December 29.
 
Washington activated Popeye Jones and placed Laron Profit on IR with back
spasms.
 

Mia 98, Was 91 - at Mia
Anthony Mason (Mia) had 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Eddie Jones (Mia) had 31 points including 12-19 FG and 5 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 25 points.
Juwan Howard (Was) had 19 points.
Richard Hamilton (Was) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 5 assists.
Duane Causwell (Mia, right knee tendinitis), Don MacLean (Mia, surgery
right foot), Rod Strickland (Was, suspended), and Jahidi White (Was, left
knee sprain) did not play.

Por 104, Van 81 - at Por
Scottie Pippen (Por) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Bonzi Wells (Por) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Arvydas Sabonis (Por) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds.
Shareef Abdul-Rahim (Van) had 29 points including 13-16 FG and 3 steals.
Michael Dickerson (Van) had 11 points including 5-14 FG and 6 assists.
Por out-rebounded Van 46-28 including 14-4 offensive.
Steve Smith (Por, viral syndrome) and Grant Long (Van, thumb injury) did
not play.

Cle 97, Atl 85 - at Atl
Lamond Murray (Cle) had 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Clarence Weatherspoon (Cle) had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
Andre Miller (Cle) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Lorenzen Wright (Atl) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 6 points and 20 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Atl) had 28 points including 12-18 FG.
Trajan Langdon (Cle, sore lower back) did not play.

GS 100, Uta 89 - at GS
Marc Jackson (GS) had 20 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive.
Larry Hughes (GS) had 20 points including 9-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 11
assists.
Mookie Blaylock (GS) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals.
Bryon Russell (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.
Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
GS shot 53.2% (41-77) FG and Uta shot 42.7% (35-82) FG.
Erick Dampier (GS, surgery left knee) and Adonal Foyle (GS, stress
fracture right tibia) did not play.

NY 95, Chi 68 - at NY
Glen Rice (NY) had 20 points.
Tim Thomas (NY) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds.
Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 32 points including 11-17 FG and 5 rebounds.
Elton Brand (Chi) had 12 points and 9 rebounds.
Ron Mercer (Chi) had 19 points.
NY shot 48.6% (34-70) FG and Chi shot 35.2% (25-71) FG.
Marcus Camby (NY, strained left groin) and Allan Houston (NY, stomach flu)
did not play.