News from December 28. Chicago activated Corie Blount and placed Dalibor Bagaric on IR with left knee tendinitis. The LA Clippers activated Lamar Odom and placed Marko Jaric on IR with a high left ankle sprain. Dal 107, NY 82 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Steve Nash (Dal) had 19 points including 6-9 FG. Raef LaFrentz (Dal) had 15 points including 7-10 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Othella Harrington (NY) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Dal shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and NY shot 35.2% (31-88) FG. Walt Williams (Dal, strained left knee) did not play. Uta 98, Phi 69 at Uta Matt Harpring (Uta) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Karl Malone (Uta) had 20 points including 10-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Scott Padgett (Uta) had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 13 points and 3 steals. Kenny Thomas (Phi) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Uta shot 50% (36-72) FG and Phi shot 35.3% (24-68) FG. Derrick Coleman (Phi, stomach flu) did not play. SA 109, Chi 95 at Chi Tim Duncan (SA) had 28 points including 7-12 FT and 15 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 32 points on 10-15 FG and 10-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Stephen Jackson (SA) had 16 points including 5-7 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 4 steals. Jalen Rose (Chi) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jay Williams (Chi) had 23 points including 5-7 3-pointers. SA shot 28-42 FT and Chi shot 14-19 FT. NJ 104, Mil 96 at Mil Kenyon Marin (NJ) had 24 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Lucious Harris (NJ) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Mil) had 19 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 20 points on 4-13 FG and 11-13 FT and 5 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points including 9-10 FG. Dikembe Mutombo (NJ, right wrist surgery) did not play. LAL 112, Den 93 at Den Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 22 points including 10-15 FG, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 39 points including 15-26 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Robert Horry (LAL) had 9 points including 3-4 FG and 8 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Den) had 20 points and 8 assists. Rodney White (Den) had 16 points. LAL shot 58.4% (45-77) FG and Den shot 45.6% (36-79) FG. Samaki Walker (LAL, tonsilitis) did not play. Was 84, Atl 76 at Was Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 29 points including 11-14 Ft, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Jordan (Was) had 10 points and 5 assists. Larry Hughes (Was) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Was shot 21-27 FT and Atl shot 10-12 FT. Chris Crawford (Atl, left knee injury) did not play. Ind 91, NO 84 at Ind Ron Artest (Ind) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Erick Strickland (Ind) had 20 points including 6-7 FG. Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (NO) had 22 points including 8-24 FG and 7 assists. Ind shot 47.4% (36-76) FG and NO shot 36.2% (34-94) FG. Jonathan Bender (Ind, sore left knee) did not play. Orl 101, Bos 95 at Orl Mike Miller (Orl) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 25 points including 8-14 FT. Darrell Armstrong (Orl) had 17 points including 8-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 34 points on 9-28 FG and 16-16 FT, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shammond Williams (Bos) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Grant Hill (Orl, sore left ankle) did not play. Det 106, Min 82 at Det Ben Wallace (Det) had 10 points including 4-4 FG and 17 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Marc Jackson (Min) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Det shot 49.4% (40-81) FG and Min shot 35.9% (28-78) FG. Zeljko Rebraca (Det, irregular heartbeat) did not play. Por 119, Sac 113 OT at Sac Bonzi Wells (Por) had 32 points including 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 30 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Scottie Pippen (Por) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, and 6 turnovers. Dale Davis (Por) had 13 points including 6-8 FG and 14 rebounds. Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 19 points and 3 steals. Chris Webber (Sac) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Bobby Jackson (Sac, left hand surgery) did not play. GS 99, LAC 92 at LAC Antawn Jamison (GS) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (GS) had 23 points and 7 assists. Jason Richardson (GS) had 20 points. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Andre Miller (LAC) had 23 points including 11-13 FT, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists. Chris Mills (GS, suspended) did not play.