News from December 6. The NBA fined Don Nelson (Dal) $7,500 for criticizing the refs. Nelson questioned how the refs would treat Danny Fortson following Fortson's flagrant foul and said that the refs still treat Eduardo Najera different as a result of Najera's inadvertent bump of a ref last season. Phoenix activated Cezary Trybanski and placed Amare Stoudemire on IR with a sprained left ankle. Stat leaders Points Allen Iverson (Phi) 29.4 Tracy McGrady (Orl) 24.8 Baron Davis (NO) 23.6 Rebounds Kevin Garnett (Min) 14.6 Erick Dampier (GS) 13.6 Tim Duncan (SA) 12.9 Ben Wallace (Det) 12.9 Assists Jason Kidd (NJ) 9.2 Baron Davis (NO) 8.5 Stephon Marbury (Pho) 8.3 Dal 110, Orl 97 at Dal Antoine Walker (Dal) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 16 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Antawn Jamison (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Juwan Howard (Orl) had 24 points including 10-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 27 points including 9-24 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dal shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Orl shot 41.7% (35-84) FG. Dal out-rebounded Orl 55-36 including 21-13 offensive. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, sprained right ankle) did not play. NJ 99, Pho 88 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 17 points, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 25 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 steals. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 23 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Cle 95, Atl 85 at Cle Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Kapono (Cle) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Darius Miles (Cle) had 15 points including 7-11 FT. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 43 points on 17-27 FG and 9-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 14 points. DeSagana Diop (Cle, right knee surgery) did not play. SA 86, Mia 70 at Mia Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Radoslav Nesterovic (SA) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 10 points and 11 assists. Lamar Odom (Mia) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Eddie Jones (Mia) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. SA shot 16-24 FT and Mia shot 6-10 FT. Malik Rose (strained right ankle) and Caron Butler (Mia, left quad injury) did not play. NO 97, Chi 91 at Chi Baron Davis (NO) had 19 points and 5 assists. David Wesley (NO) had 20 points, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Darrell Armstrong (NO) had 23 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Antonio Davis (Chi) had 11 points and 15 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Chi) had 28 points. Sean Rooks (NO, death in family), Robert Traylor (NO, personal reasons), Scottie Pippen (Chi, left knee injury), and Eddie Robinson (Chi, upper respiratory infection) did not play. Was 114, Mil 109 OT at Mil Christian Laettner (Was) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Was) had 36 points on 13-22 FG and 8-10 FT. Kwame Brown (Was) had 18 points including 7-10 FG. Desmond Mason (Mil) had 19 points including 7-17 FT and 9 rebounds in 49 minutes. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points on 8-26 FG and 10-13 FT and 9 rebounds in 50 minutes. Tim Thomas (Mil, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 86, Det 80 at Hou Kelvin Cato (Hou) had 13 points on a perfect 6-6 FT and 1-1 FT and 7 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points, 20 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 14 points and 3 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 17 points. Mehmet Okur (Det) had 21 points. Hou shot 8-15 FT and Det shot 25-34 FT. GS 104, NY 92 at GS Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 steals. Nick Van Exel (GS) had 15 points. Brian Cardinal (GS) had 19 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Keith Van Horn (NY) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Adonal Foyle (GS, left knee surgery) and Allen Houston (NY, sore right knee) did not play.