News from December 6.

Greg Oden (Por) suffered a fractured left knee cap during Saturday's
Hou-Por game.  He underwent surgery on the knee on Sunday and is out for
the rest of the season.

Miami activated Yakhouba Diawara and Shavlik Randolph and placed Jermaine
O'Neal (personal reasons) and Daequan Cook on IL.

Cleveland activated Coby Karl and placed Jamario Moon on IL.


LAL 108, Pho 88  at LAL
Ron Artest (LAL) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 5 assists, and 5 steals.
Pau Gasol (LAL) had 14 points.
Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points and 7 rebounds.
Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Steve Nash (Pho) had 12 points and 10 assists.

Mia 115, Sac 102  at Sac
Jason Richardson (Mia) had 20 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
Michael Beasley (Mia) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 34 points on 10-16 FG and 14-16 FT, 5 rebounds, 10
assists, and 4 blocks.
Dorell Wright (Mia) had 19 points on 9-13 FG and 5 assists.
Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 30 points including 10-12 FT.
Donte Greene (Sac) had 21 points.

NY 106, NJ 97  at NY
Al Harrington (NY) had 26 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists.
David Lee (NY) had 24 points on 12-18 FG and 9 rebounds.
Larry Hughes (NY) had 25 points including 14-17 FT.
Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) had 26 points on 12-19 FG and 3 steals.
Brook Lopez (NJ) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals.
NY shot 28-34 FT and NJ shot 12-15 FT.

Cle 101, Mil 86  at Mil
LeBron James (Cle) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers.
J.J. Hickson (Cle) had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Delonte West (Cle) had 21 points.
Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 24 points.
Hakim Warrick (Mil) had 11 points and 9 rebounds.

Det 98, Was 94  at Det
Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 25 points.
Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 18 points and 5 assists.
Caron Butler (Was) had 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Earl Boykins (Was) had 18 points.


Schedule for Monday, December 7  (All times Central)
  Denver @ Philadelphia         6:00 pm  NBATV
  Portland @ New York           6:30 pm
  Golden State @ Oklahoma City  7:00 pm
  San Antonio @ Utah            8:00 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