News from December 19. Indiana activated T.J. Ford and placed Marquis Daniels (viral infection) on IL. Philadelphia activated Donyell Marshall and placed Elton Brand (separated shoulder) on IL. Washington activated Etan Thomas and placed Oleksiy Pecherov on IL. Golden State activated CJ Watson and placed Stephen Jackson (sprained left hand) on IL. Dallas activated Gerald Green and placed Antoine Wright on IL. New Jersey activated Eduardo Najera, Jarvis Hayes, and Stromile Swift and placed Maurice Ager, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Sean Williams on IL. Charlotte activated Gerald Wallace and placed Sean Singletary on IL. The LA Lakers activated Pau Gasol and placed Sun Yue on IL. Oklahoma City activated Steven Hill and placed Mouhamed Sene on IL. Cleveland activated Zydrunas Ilgauskas and placed Lorenzen Wright on IL. NJ 121, Dal 97 at NJ Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 34 points including 11-18 FG and 4-6 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Devin Harris (NJ) had 41 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points including 10-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Uta 120, Det 114 2OT at Det Paul Millsap (Uta) had 24 points including 8-11 FT, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 26 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Deron Williams (Uta) had 29 points including 11-18 FG and 8 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 30 points and 6 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 38 points including 11-11 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers in 54 minutes. Mia 89, LAL 87 at Mia Shawn Marion (Mia) had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 35 points including 7-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points and 5 turnovers. Hou 107, Sac 96 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Yao Ming (Hou) had 30 points including 11-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 18 points and 8 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 26 points including 11-16 FG. Brad Miller (Sac) had 17 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. OKC 91, Tor 83 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points including 8-23 FG and 8 rebounds. Nick Collison (OKC) had 10 points on 5-5 FG and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 10-14 FT and 16 rebounds including 8 offensive. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Atl 115, GS 99 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Flip Murray (Atl) had 20 points. Marco Belinelli (GS) had 27 points and 6 assists. Brandan Wright (GS) had 19 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Bos 126, Chi 108 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 4 steals. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 25 points including 12-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 27 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Tyrus Thomas (Chi, concussion) did not play. Cle 105, Den 88 at Den LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 13-20 FG, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 23 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 22 points. Carmelo Anthony (den) had 13 points on 5-14 FG and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 15 points. Mil 105, NY 81 at NY Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 10 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points including 7-20 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. David Lee (NY) had 14 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Nate Robinson (NY) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Jared Jeffries (NY, sore lower left leg) did not play. Phi 109, Was 103 at Was Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points including 9-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 18 points including 4-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. Caron Butler (Was) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. LAC 117, Ind 109 2OT at Ind Al Thornton (LAC) had 25 points including 8-11 FT and 4 steals. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 34 points, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 18 points on 5-18 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 16 points on 8-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jarrett Jack (Ind) had 27 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. LAC out-scored Ind 12-4 in the 2nd overtime. Danny Granger (Ind, viral infection) and Troy Murphy (Ind, viral infection) did not play. Cha 112, Mem 83 at Mem Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 22 points including 9-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 26 points on 11-13 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 25 points including 11-16 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 3 blocks. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 11 points including 4-5 FG. Cha shot 65.8% (50-76) FG and Mem shot 43.1% (31-72) FG. Darius Miles (Mem, suspended) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 20 (All times Central) Golden State @ Charlotte 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Orlando 6:00 pm Indiana @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm Houston @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Miami @ New Jersey 7:00 pm Sacramento @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Utah @ Chicago 7:30 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Toronto @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Denver @ Phoenix 8:00 pm ---- 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