News from December 4. The NBA fined Doc Rivers (Bos) $10,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Friday's Bos-Chi game. New York activated Eddy Curry and placed David Lee on IL. Indiana activated Samaki Walker and placed Austin Croshere on IL with an abdominal injury. Portland activated Martell Webster and Ruben Patterson and placed Darius Miles (cartilage damage right knee) and Charles Smith on IL. Charlotte activated Kevin Burleson and placed Kareem Rush on IL with a sprained left index finger. Min 85, Sac 77 at Sac Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 11 points including 3-14 FG and 10 rebounds. Troy Hudson (Min) had 17 points. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 14 points and 5 assists. Kenny Thomas (Sac) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Uta 98, Por 93 at Por Matt Harpring (Uta) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5 turnovers. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 28 points including 12-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Gordan Giricek (Uta) had 15 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 18 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 9 points and 17 rebounds including 10 offensive. Sebastian Telfair (Por) had 19 points including 4-14 FG and 5 assists. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 19 points including 8-10 FG. Uta shot 53% (35-66) FG and Por shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. Sea 107, Ind 102 at Sea Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 23 points on 6-17 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Sea) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Ronald Murray (Sea) had 18 points including 6-9 FG. Ron Artest (Ind) had 30 points. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 22 points including 10-17 FG. Pho 112, Atl 94 at Pho Boris Diaw (Pho) had 14 points including 5-6 FG, 9 assists, and 4 blocks. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. James Jones (Pho) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 5 turnovers. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Pho shot 47.6% (39-82) FG and Atl shot 36.8% (32-87) FG. Bos 102, NY 99 at NY Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 11-15 FT, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 27 points. Delonte West (Bos) had 17 points. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 35 points including 17-21 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Channing Frye (NY) had 25 points. LAL 99, Cha 98 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 7 points on 3-11 FG, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 11 assists. Chris Mihm (LAL) had 21 points including 9-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 29 points including 11-12 FT and the game winning free throws with 7 seconds left and 6 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 17 points, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Melvin Ely (Cha) had 20 points on 10-13 FG and 5 rebounds.