News from December 6. Orlando released Jeremy Richardson. Atlanta activated Acie Law and placed Thomas Gardner on IL. Charlotte activated Shannon Brown and placed Nazr Mohammed on IL. Miami activated Mark Blount and placed Chris Quinn (sprained left ankle) on IL. Sacramento activated John Salmons and placed Quincy Douby on IL. Stats Leaders Points Dwyane Wade (Mia) 28.9 LeBron James (Cle) 26.5 Chris Bosh (Tor) 26.1 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 14.4 Andris Biedrins (GS) 11.9 Zach Randolph (LAC) 11.1 Assists Chris Paul (NO) 11.8 Jose Calderon (Tor) 9.4 Jason Kidd (Dal) 8.5 Dal 100, Atl 98 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 24 points and 11 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 22 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 32 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Antoine Wright (Dal, strained groin) and Al Thornton (Atl, sprained ankle) did not play. Chi 117, Was 110 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 26 points including 11-19 FG. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 7 assists. Larry Hughes (Chi) had 24 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 19 points. Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points including 11-19 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 23 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chi shot 20-30 FT and Was shot 10-13 FT. SA 123, GS 88 at SA Michael Finley (SA) had 17 points on 7-10 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 7-10 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 8 assists. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 12 points. Brandan Wright (GS) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. SA shot 55.3% (47-85) FG and GS shot 37.3% (31-83) FG. Pho 106, Uta 104 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points, 20 rebounds including 11 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 25 points including 10-10 FT and 3 steals. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 20 points including 7-11 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 steals. Den 118, Sac 85 at Sac Renaldo Balkman (Den) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Nene (Den) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 steals. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 24 points including 9-10 FT. John Salmons (Sac) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 14 points including 3-9 FG and 6 turnovers. Den shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and Sac shot 29.3% (29-99) FG. Kenyon Martin (Den, sprained left wrist) did not play. NO 106, Mem 87 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 19 points including 7-9 FG. Chris Paul (NO) had 21 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 18 points and 5 assists. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 21 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. LAC 107, Min 84 at Min Zach Randolph (LAC) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 12 points, 19 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 blocks. Baron Davis (LAC) had 27 points including 9-10 FT and 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 28 points including 13-22 FG and 8 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 13 points and 15 rebounds. NJ 95, Phi 84 at Phi Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 27 points including 7-10 FT, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 20 points including 5-15 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Andre Miller (Phi) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. NJ shot 49.3% (36-73) FG and Phi shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Mia 105, OKC 99 at Mia Shawn Marion (Mia) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 38 points including 10-15 FT. Jeff Green (OKC) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 30 points including 10-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Joe Smith (OKC, right thigh bruise) did not play. Cle 94, Cha 74 at Cha LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 7 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 15 points and 5 assists. D.J. Augustin (Cha) had 17 points including 10-10 FT. Cle shot 46.4% (32-69) FG and Cha shot 36.2% (25-69) FG. Schedule for Sunday, December 7 (All times Central) Detroit @ New York 11:00 am Portland @ Toronto 12:00 pm NBATV Boston @ Indiana 5:00 pm Milwaukee @ LA Lakers 8:30 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