News from December 10. San Antonio fired head coach Bob Hill and named GM Gregg Popovich as his replacement. New Jersey signed Evric Gray (F) to a 1 year contract. Gray was the leading scoring in the CBA at 26.1 points and also averaged 10.1 rebounds. Chicago suspended without pay Dennis Rodman for 2 games for a profanity laced ref bashing interview following the Tor-Chi game. The LA Clippers placed Stanley Roberts on IR with a ruptured disc in his lower back and activated Eric Piatkowski. Orlando activated Dennis Scott and released Dell Demps. Phoenix released Darrin Hancock. Sacramento released Lloyd Daniels and activated Kevin Salvadori. San Antonio activated David Robinson and released Tim Kempton. Emanual Davis (Hou) underwent successful surgery to repair his ACL in his right knee. Davis is out for the season. Vancouver placed Greg Anthony on IR with a sore back. Dal 100, LAC 95 - at LAC George McCloud (Dal) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Gatling (Dal) had 30 points on 9-13 FG and 12-15 FT and 7 rebounds. Loy Vaught (LAC) had 14 points on 7-9 FG and 10 rebounds. Rodney Rogers (LAC) had 12 points, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Hou 96, Min 94 - at Min Charles Barkley (Hou) had 7 points including 3-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 29 points including 9-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 36 points including 14-20 FG and the game winning driving layup with 1.3 seconds left, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Sam Mitchell (Min) had 28 points and 13 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (Min) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Sam Mack (Hou, sprained left foot), Kevin Garnett (Min, sprained left foot), and James Robinson (Min, bruised left knee) did not play. Atl 89, Den 88 - at Atl Christian Laettner (Atl) had 22 points including 10-11 FT and 9 rebounds. Steve Smith (Atl) had 20 points including the game winning jumper with 3.9 seconds left. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 21 points and 5 assists. Dale Ellis (Den) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers. LaPhonso Ellis (Den) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Mia 76, Cle 74 - at Cle Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 14 points on 3-11 FG and 8-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Chris Mills (Cle) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Tyrone Hill (Cle) had 15 points and 13 rebounds. Det 93, Mil 85 - at Mil Grant Hill (Det) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Joe Dumars (Det) had 29 points including 11-16 FG. Lindsey Hunter (Det) had 10 points on 4-12 FG. Vin Baker (Mil) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mil) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Mil, sprained right ankle) did not play. NY 85, Was 73 - at NY Patrick Ewing (NY) had 15 points including 7-21 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Allan Houston (NY) had 15 points. Buck Willaims (NY) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Chris Webber (Was) had 20 points including 6-11 FT, 12 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Gheorghe Muresan (Was) had 12 points on 6-9 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LAL 92, Sac 90 - at Sac Elden Campbell (LAL) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 27 points including 7-13 FT, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 15 points including 6-7 FG in 18 minutes. Olden Polynice (Sac) had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 6 turnovers. Lionel Simmons (Sac, strained right knee) did not play. Uta 110, Ind 86 - at Uta Karl Malone (Uta) had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Greg Ostertag (Uta) had 21 points including 9-13 FT, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 15 points and 5 assists. Dale Davis (Ind) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 13 points including 4-13 FG. Uta shot 48.1% (37-77) FG and Ind shot 33.8% (27-80) FG. GS 101, Tor 91 - at Tor Chris Mullin (GS) had 16 points including 7-9 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Joe Smith (GS) had 36 points including 12-14 FT and 17 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Walt Williams (Tor) had 16 points. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 19 points, 10 assists, and 7 turnovers. GS shot 32-38 FT and Tor shot 13-15 FT. GS out-rebounded Tor 51-32 including 22-9 offensive. Marcus Camby (Tor, strained back) did not play. Orl 99, Por 93 - at Por Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 16 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 assists. Dennis Scott (Orl) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Gerald Wilkins (Orl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Clifford Robinson (Por) had 33 points including 8-12 FT. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 20 points on 10-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Nick Anderson (Orl, sprained right wrist) did not play. Pho 93, SA 76 - at Pho Michael Finley (Pho) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. Wesley Person (Pho) had 29 points. Danny Manning (Pho) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 9 points including 3-13 FG and 9 rebounds in 20 minutes. Dominique Wilkins (SA) had 17 points. Pho committed 13 turnovers and SA committed 25 turnovers. Charles Smith (SA, synovitis right knee) did not play.