News from December 15. Boston assigned Lester Hudson to the NBADL. Houston activated Tracy McGrady. Detroit activated Will Bynum and placed Ben Gordon (sprained left ankle) on IL. Cleveland activated Daniel Gibson and placed Delonte West on IL. New York activated Marcus Landry and placed Jonathan Bender and Darko Milicic on IL. Pho 116, SA 104 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 25 points, 13 assists, and 6 turnovers. Goran Dragic (Pho) had 18 points on 7-9 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 34 points including 14-22 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Roger Mason (SA) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Hou 107, Det 96 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 23 points including 10-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 23 points and 10 assists. Chase Budinger (Hou) had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Carl Landry (Hou) had 19 points including 7-10 FT. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 17 points including 7-24 FG and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points. Hou shot 54.7% (41-75) FG and Det shot 43.8% (42-96) FG. Hou shot 23-32 FT and Det shot 8-13 FT. Trevor Ariza (Hou, suspended) did not play. Por 95, Sac 88 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 25 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jerryd Bayless (Por) had 14 points including 8-10 FT. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por, back surgery), Greg Oden (Por, knee surgery), and Travis Outlaw (Por, foot surgery) did not play. LAL 96, Chi 87 at Chi Pau Gasol (LAL) had 10 points and 16 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 11 points. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 42 points on 15-26 FG and 11-15 FT, 3 steals, and 8 turnovers. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points and 6 rebounds. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 11 points including 4-16 FG, 20 rebounds including 14 offensive, and 6 blocks. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 21 points and 6 assists. Cha 94, NY 87 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 18 points, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 24 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. David Lee (NY) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Duhon (NY) had 18 points and 6 assists. Cle 99, NJ 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 22 points on 6-17 FG and 10-11 FT and 15 rebounds including 5 offensive. Devin Harris (NJ) had 22 points. Rafer Alston (NJ) had 20 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Tony Battie (NJ, right groin strain) and Keyon Dooling (NJ, sore hip flexors) did not play. Mia 115, Tor 95 at Mia Michael Beasley (Mia) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 19 points and 7 assists. Dorell Wright (Mia) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 28 points on 9-13 FG and 10-11 FT. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Schedule for Wednesday, December 16 (All times Central) Memphis @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Charlotte @ Indiana 6:00 pm Toronto @ Orlando 6:00 pm Cleveland @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Utah @ New Jersey 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Detroit @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Houston @ Denver 8:00 pm Washington @ Sacramento 9:00 pm San Antonio @ Golden State 9:30 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