News from December 5. Utah activated Matt Harpring and placed Kyrylo Fesenko (strained lower back) on IL. Charlotte activated Nazr Mohammed and placed Shannon Brown on IL. Golden State activated Kelenna Azubuike and placed Marcus Williams on IL. Memphis activated Quinton Ross and placed Antoine Walker on IL. Philadelphia activated Donyell Marshall and placed Elton Brand (strained right hamstring) on IL. Minnesota activated Mark Madsen and Rodney Carney and placed Mike Miller (sprained right ankle) and Calvin Booth on IL. Indiana activated Maceo Baston and placed Travis Diener on IL. New York activated Jared Jeffries and placed Cuttino Mobley (heart tests) on IL. Atlanta activated Thomas Gardner and placed Acie Law (flu) on IL. Orlando activated Jameer Nelson and placed Marcin Gortat (sprained ankle) on IL. Bos 93, Por 78 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 19 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points including 6-8 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 13 points. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 13 points. Phi 96, Det 91 at Det Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Miller (Phi) had 19 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 16 points. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points. Allen Iverson (Det) had 17 points and 7 assists. Hou 131, GS 112 at Hou Ron Artest (Hou) had 28 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 33 points including 17-19 FT, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Von Wafer (Hou) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 26 points on 11-18 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 22 points and 3 steals. Atl 98, NY 95 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 18 points and 3 steals. Josh Smith (Atl) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Al Harrington (NY) had 27 points and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Atl shot 15-21 FT and NY shot 6-6 FT. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Cle 97, Ind 73 at Cle Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 17 points including 7-9 FG. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Stephen Graham (Ind) had 14 points. Cle shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Ind shot 40.3% (29-72) FG. LAL 106, Was 104 at Was Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points including 7-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points on 5-17 FG and 13-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 26 points, 9 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Andray Blatche (Was) had 18 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. NJ 113, Min 84 at NJ Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 18 points. Devin Harris (NJ) had 16 points on 2-7 FG and 11-12 FT and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Randy Foye (Min) had 20 points including 10-10 FT and 5 assists. NJ shot 52.7% (39-74) FG and Min shot 42.6% (29-68) FG. Uta 114, Tor 87 at Uta Paul Millsap (Uta) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Joey Graham (Tor) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Kris Humphries (Tor, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Mil 101, Cha 96 at Mil Al Jefferson (Mil) had 22 points including 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 14 points and 6 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 19 points including 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 19 points and 8 assists. Orl 98, OKC 89 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 13 points on 5-17 FG and 7 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 7-3 FT, 23 rebounds including 10 offensive, and 6 blocks. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 16 points including 5-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Jeff Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mem 93, LAC 81 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 25 points including 10-17 FG. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 20 points. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 14 points. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 21 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 15 points including 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Schedule for Saturday, December 6 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Miami 6:30 pm New Jersey @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Memphis @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Washington @ Chicago 7:30 pm NBATV Atlanta @ Dallas 7:30 pm Golden State @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 9:00 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