News from December 27

Boston activated Bill Walker and placed Lester Hudson on IL.

The LA Clippers activated DeAndre Jordan and placed Marcus Camby on IL.

Denver activated Johan Petro and placed Chauncey Billups (strained groin)
on IL.

Detroit activated Ben Gordon and Tayshaun Prince and placed DaJuan Summers
and Chucky Atkins on IL.


Dal 104, Den 96  at Den
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Josh Howard (Dal) had 17 points on 5-15 FG and 7-10 FT and 9 rebounds.
Drew Gooden (Dal) had 19 points including 8-8 FG and 10 rebounds.
Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 16 points including 5-19 FG and 12 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Dal shot 50% (41-82) FG and Den shot 38.2% (34-89) FG.

Cle 108, Hou 83  at Cle
LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points including 12-20 FG, 5 rebounds, 6
assists, and 3 steals.
Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 6
offensive.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 rebounds,
and 5 assists.
Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 23 points.
Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 11 points including 2-10 FG and 5 rebounds.
Cle shot 47.3% (44-93) FG and Hou shot 32.9% (25-76) FG.
Cle shot 13-16 FT and Hou shot 25-34 FT.
Tracy McGrady (Hou, personal reasons) did not play.

LAC 92, Bos 90  at LAC
Chris Kaman (LAC) had 27 points including 12-21 FG and 12 rebounds.
Baron Davis (LAC) had 24 points including 7-11 FG and the game winning
jumper at the buzzer, 13 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers.
Eric Gordon (LAC) had 15 points including 4-13 FG.
Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.
Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 20 points and 6 assists.

SA 95, NY 88  at NY
Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points including 10-17 FG.
Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points.
Danilo Gallinari (NY) had 19 points including 8-12 FT.
David Lee (NY) had 28 points including 11-13 FG and 10 rebounds.
Al Harrington (NY) had 19 points.
SA shot 9-12 FT and NY shot 18-25 FT.

Tor 102, Det 95  at Tor
Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points including 9-14 FT, 16 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 16 points and 6 rebounds.
Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 17 points and 5 assists.
Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Ben Gordon (Det) had 15 points including 4-15 FG and 5 rebounds.
Tor shot 52.4% (33-63) FG and Det shot 40% (34-85) FG.

Mia 114, Ind 80  at Mia
Michael Beasley (Mia) had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) had 19 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 6 assists.
Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points.
Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 10 points on 0-5 FG and 10-10 FT and 10
rebounds.
Mia shot 49.5% (46-93) FG and Ind shot 30.7% (23-75) FG.


Schedule for Monday, December 28  (All times Central)
  Milwaukee @ Charlotte         6:00 pm
  Oklahoma City @ New Jersey    6:30 pm
  Washington @ Memphis          7:00 pm  NBATV
  LA Lakers @ Phoenix           8:00 pm
  Philadelphia @ Portland       9:00 pm
  Denver @ Sacramento           9:00 pm
  Boston @ Golden State         9:30 pm


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