News from December 16. The NBA fined Allen Iverson (Det) $25,000 for making inappropriate comments towards a fan during Saturday's Det-Cha game. Portland retired Terry Porter's #30. Golden State recalled DeMarcus Nelson from the NBADL. The LA Lakers activated Sun Yue and placed Pau Gasol (strep throat) on IL. Portland activated Travis Outlaw and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL. Houston activated Ron Artest and placed Rafer Alston on IL. Oklahoma City activated Chris Wilcox and placed Steven Hill on IL. New Orleans activated Tyson Chandler and placed Julian Wright on IL. Charlotte activated Juwan Howard and Sean Singletary and placed Gerald Wallace (death of father) and Shannon Brown on IL. LAL 116, NY 114 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Nate Robinson (NY) had 33 points on 9-16 FG and 12-12 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. David Lee (NY) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Jared Jeffries (NY, sore left leg) did not play. Hou 108, Den 96 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 32 points including 13-19 FG and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 blocks. Ron Artest (Hou) had 20 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 22 points. J.R. Smith (Den) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and Den shot 45.1% (37-82) FG. Von Wafer (Hou, sprained left ankle) did not play. NO 91, Mem 84 at Mem David West (NO) had 18 points including 5-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 18 points on 3-10 FG and 11-12 FT, 9 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. James Posey (NO) had 15 points including 5-7 FG. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 28 points including 10-17 FG. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points including 9-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. NO shot 29-38 FT and Mem shot 14-19 FT. Darius Miles (Mem, suspended) did not play. LAC 98, OKC 88 at OKC Zach Randolph (LAC) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 19 points including 7-21 FG, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 22 points including 7-11 FG. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Cha 110, Chi 101 OT at Cha Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 20 points including 6-11 FT, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, 4 blocks, and 3 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals in 50 minutes. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 13-13 FT and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 25 points including 8-11 FT and 5 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 9 rebounds. Cha shot 32-43 FT and Chi shot 14-19 FT. Por 109, Sac 77 at Por Brandon Roy (Por) had 29 points including 15-15 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points including 6-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Nicolas Batum (Por) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 12 points including 2-8 FG. Schedule for Wednesday, December 17 (All times Central) Boston @ Atlanta 6:00 pm ESPN Golden State @ Indiana 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Dallas @ Toronto 6:00 pm Washington @ Detroit 6:30 pm Utah @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Cleveland @ Minnesota 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Chicago 7:30 pm San Antonio @ New Orleans 8:30 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html