News from December 9. Detroit activated Chucky Atkins and Zeljko Rebraca and placed Hubert Davis (sprained left thumb) and Darvin Ham (sprained right wrist) on IR. Sac 105, LAC 95 at Sac Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) had 26 points. Vlade Divac (Sac) had 13 points including 4-11 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 27 points including 14-16 FT and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 15 points including 4-12 FG, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Bobby Jackson (Sac, bronchitis) and Bobby Simmons (LAC, flu) did not play. LAL 98, NY 90 at LAL Karl Malone (LAL) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Karl Malone (LAL) had 18 points on 5-15 FG and 8-15 FT and 15 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Shandon Anderson (NY) had 26 points including 11-19 FG. Howard Eisley (NY) had 26 points and 6 assists. LAL shot 28-39 FT and NY shot 13-17 FT. Allan Houston (NY, sore right knee) did not play. Hou 93, Por 91 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 24 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 31 points and 11 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Por) had 19 points. Hou shot 52.8% (38-72) FG and Por shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Ind 93, Was 79 at Ind Ron Artest (Ind) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Al Harrington (Ind) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Larry Hughes (Was) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Kwame Brown (Was) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 7 rebounds. Anthony Johnson (Ind, lower abdominal strain) did not play. NJ 101, Sea 88 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 31 points including 10-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Kenyon Martin (NJ) had 25 points including 12-18 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 11 points on 5-16 FG. Ronald Murray (Sea) had 27 points including 4-7 3-pointers. NJ shot 55.1% (38-69) FG and Sea shot 40.5% (34-84) FG. NJ shot 22-28 FT and Sea shot 8-14 FT. GS 98, Min 95 at Min Erick Dampier (GS) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 30 points including the game winning 3-pointers with .2 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brian Cardinal (GS) had 17 points including 5-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 27 points including 12-21 FG. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 33 points including 11-12 FT and 14 rebounds. Sam Cassell (Min) had 17 points and 12 assists. Adonal Foyle (GS, left knee surgery), and Michael Olowokandi (Min, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Phi 78, Det 76 at Det Aaron McKie (Phi) had 21 points including 9-16 FG and 5 assists. Eric Snow (Phi) had 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. John Salmons (Phi) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Allen Iverson (Phi, right knee tendinitis), Marc Jackson (Phi, fractured left finger), Willie Green (Phi, strained right thumb), and Darko Milicic (Det, flu) did not play. Atl 112, Den 98 at Atl Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 22 points on 10-15 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Atl) had 20 points, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jacque Vaughn (Atl) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Den) had 17 points. Voshon Lenard (Den) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Atl shot 54.8% (46-84) FG and Den shot 40% (32-80) FG. Stephen Jackson (Atl, suspended) did not play. Tor 100, Cle 93 at Cle Vince Carter (Tor) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Jalen Rose (Tor) had 20 points and 6 assists. Ira Newble (Cle) had 16 points, 10 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points including 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. LeBron James 9Cle) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Mia 92, Pho 72 at Mia Lamar Odom (Mia) had 16 points and 17 rebounds. Brian Grant (Mia) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 13 points including 5-16 FG, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Mia out-rebounded Pho 51-30 including 12-4 offensive.