News from December 31.

Orlando activated Brian Cook and placed Mickael Pietrus on IL.  Pietrus
suffered a broken right wrist during Monday's Det-Orl game and is out
indefinitely.

New Jersey activated Maurice Ager and placed Keyon Dooling on IL.

Houston placed Dikembe Mutombo on IL.

Toronto activated Hassan Adams and placed Jermaine O'Neal (sore right
knee) on IL.

Oklahoma City placed Nenad Krstic on IL.


Det 83, NJ 75  at Det
Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Allen Iverson (Det) had 19 points.
Brook Lopez (NJ) had 23 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive.
Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points including 7-10 FT and 9 assists.
Antonio McDyess (Det, bruised ribs) did not play.

Den 114, Tor 107  at Tor
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Nene (Den) had 21 points and 7 rebounds.
Chauncey Billups (Den) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7
assists.
Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24 points including 10-13 FT and 11 rebounds.
Andra Bargnani (Tor) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks.
Jose Calderon (Tor) had 18 points including 4-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 11
assists, and 5 turnovers.
Jason Kapono (Tor, bruised right thigh) did not play.

Hou 85, Mil 81  at Hou
Yao Ming (Hou) had 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Carl Landry (Hou) had 14 points including 5-6 FG.
Ron Artest (Hou) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Michael Redd (Mil) had 20 points.
Hou shot 21-29 FT and Mil shot 11-14 FT.
Shane Battier (Hou, inflammation left foot) did not play.

Orl 113, Chi 94  at Chi
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 18 points and 9 rebounds.
Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 21 points and 7 rebounds.
Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 14 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points including 6-17 FG.
Joakim Noah (Chi) had 19 points including 11-13 FT and 11 rebounds.
Luol Deng (Chi, sprained left ankle), Drew Gooden (Chi, sprained right
ankle) did not play.

Phi 100, LAC 92  at LAC
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Andre Miller (Phi) had 15 points and 9 assists.
Al Thornton (LAC) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Marcus Camby (LAC) had 16 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Eric Gordon (LAC) had 21 points.
Zach Randolph (LAC, sore left knee) did not play.

OKC 107, GS 100  at OKC
Kevin Durant (OKC) had 25 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Jeff Green (OKC) had 26 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 23 points including 9-16 FG, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks,
and 4 steals.
Stephen Jackson (GS) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, 9
assists, and 5 steals.
Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Nick Collison (OKC, broken left thumb) and Kyle Weaver (OKC, sprained left
ankle)


Schedule for Thursday, January 1  (All times Central)
  No games scheduled

Schedule for Friday, January 2  (All times Central)
  Miami @ Orlando               6:00 pm
  Houston @ Toronto             6:00 pm
  Washington @ Boston           6:30 pm
  Chicago @ Cleveland           6:30 pm
  Atlanta @ New Jersey          6:30 pm
  Indiana @ New York            6:30 pm  NBATV
  Sacramento @ Detroit          7:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Memphis         7:00 pm
  Golden State @ Minnesota      7:00 pm
  Denver @ Oklahoma City        7:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Dallas         7:30 pm
  Charlotte @ Milwaukee         7:30 pm
  LA Clippers @ Phoenix         8:00 pm
  New Orleans @ Portland        9:00 pm
  Utah @ LA Lakers              9:30 pm


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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