News from December 15. The NBA suspended Kenyon Martin (Den) for 1 game for his flagrant foul on Melvin Ely (NO) during Wednesday's Den-NO game. Martin's elbow hit Ely in the face and resulted in Ely suffering a fractured left eye socket. Antonio Daniels (Was) is expected to be out 2 to 4 weeks with a sprained right knee. Houston activated Aaron Brooks and placed Rafer Alston on IL with a strained groin. Utah activated Jason Hart and placed Mehmet Okur on IL with a strained left trapezius. San Antonio activated Tim Duncan and placed Tony Parker on IL with a sprained left ankle. New York activated Quentin Richardson and placed Randolph Morris on IL. Indiana activated Ike Diogu and placed Travis Diener on IL. Cleveland activated Dwayne Jones and placed Daniel Gibson on IL with a sore mouth. Orlando activated Marcin Gortat and placed Rashard Lewis on IL with neck spasms. Gortat was recalled from the NBADL. Stats Leaders Points LeBron James (Cle) 29.4 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 27.0 Allen Iverson (Den) 25.4 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 15.4 Marcus Camby (Den) 14.4 Chris Kaman (LAC) 13.8 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 12.1 Jason Kidd (NJ) 10.3 Chris Paul (NO) 9.6 Dal 96, Hou 83 at Hou Josh Howard (Dal) had 23 points and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Devin Harris (Dal) had 14 points including 5-7 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 28 points and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 12 points including 5-18 FG and 5 rebounds. NO 101, Pho 98 at NO Tyson Chandler (NO) had 14 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points and 10 assists. Morris Peterson (NO) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Grant Hill (Pho) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 19 points. Melvin Ely (NO, fractured left eye socket) and Peja Stojakovic (NO, strained left groin) did not play. Phi 92, Cle 86 at Cle Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points and 4 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 16 points, 19 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andre Miller (Phi) had 20 points and 5 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Uta 96, Sea 75 at Uta Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 21 points including 10-16 FG, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 18 points and 10 assists. Wally Szczerbiak (Sea) had 24 points. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 10 points. Uta shot 49.3% (37-75) FG and Sea shot 32.9% (26-79) FG. Kurt Thomas (Sea, sprained right ankle) did not play. Ind 106, Mia 103 at Mia Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 7 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 26 points including 10-27 FG, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 24 points including 10-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 24 points including 12-13 FT, 9 assists, and 8 turnovers. SA 102, Den 91 at SA Fabricio Oberto (SA) had 21 points including 10-11 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Finley (SA) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 7 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Allen Iverson (Den) had 30 points including 9-11 FT, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Kenyon Martin (Den, suspended) did not play. Mil 95, Min 92 at Mil Yi Jianlian (Mil) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 32 points including 7-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 19 points and 6 assists. Craig Smith (Min) had 30 points including 12-17 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Al Jefferson (Min) had 23 points including 11-19 FG and 15 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Min, sore left ankle) did not play. Mem 123, Orl 119 at Orl Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 32 points including 13-21 FG and 7 rebounds. Juan Carlos Navarro (Mem) had 27 points including 5-11 3-pointers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 31 points on 10-11 FG and 11-17 FT and 20 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 18 points and 8 assists. Was 92, Sac 79 at Was Antawn Jamison (Was) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 17 points including 9-11 FT and 11 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7 assists. Brad Miller (Sac) had 21 points including 9-14 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 10 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Was, knee surgery), Antonio Daniels (sprained right knee), Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle), and Kevin Martin (Sac, strained right groin) did not play. NY 94, NJ 86 at NY Zach Randolph (NY) had 20 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Eddy Curry (NY) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 32 points including 11-18 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 24 points and 7 assists. NY shot 24-36 FT and NJ shot 7-16 FT. Bostjan Nachbar (NJ, sprained right ankle) did not play. Atl 93, Cha 84 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points including 9-12 FT, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 31 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 24 points and 7 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points including 6-13 FT and 14 rebounds. Salim Stoudamire (Atl, sprained right ankle), Acie Law (Atl, sore knee), and Derek Anderson (Cha, personal reasons) did not play.