News from January 3. The NBA named Pat Riley (Mia) as Coach of the Month for December. Miami went 12-5 in December. The NBA fined Chris Webber (Sac) $7,500 for verbally abusing the refs and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection during Tuesday's Pho-Sac game. The NBA fined Jerry Stackhouse (Det) $7,500 for verbally abusing the refs and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection during Sunday's Det-Was game. The NBA fined Kobe Bryant (LAL) $5,000 for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Saturday's LAC-LAL game. Detroit activated Jud Buechler and placed Jerome Williams on IR with a sprained right ankle. Golden State released Bill Curley and John Coker. Grant Hill (Orl) underwent bone graft surgery on his left ankle and will be out at least 5 months. Matt Geiger (Phi) will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out 4 to 6 weeks. Det 107, Dal 104 - at Dal Joe Smith (Det) had 28 points and 15 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 10 points including 2-7 FT and 14 rebounds. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 33 points including 9-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Michael Finley (Dal) had 35 points including 11-14 FT. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points including 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash (Dal) had 22 points including 7-20 FG and 2-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Courtney Alexander (Dal, flu) did not play. Mil 88, Cle 83 - at Mil Tim Thomas (Mil) had 10 points on 4-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mil) had 25 points, 6 steals, and 6 turnovers. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 16 points including 5-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Mihm (Cle) had 18 points and 15 rebounds including 8 offensive. Chris Gatling (Cle) had 18 points including 7-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Mil shot 20-24 FT and Cle shot 11-14 FT. Trajan Langdon (Cle, sore lower back) and Matt Harpring (Cle, sprained left Achilles) did not play. NY 100, Bos 91 - at Bos Larry Johnson (NY) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Childs (NY) had 17 points on a perfect 5-5 FG, 3-3 3-pointers, and 4-4 FT and 7 assists. Allan Houston (NY) had 25 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Bos) had 30 points and 6 rebounds. Bryant Stith (Bos) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. NY shot 54% (34-63) FG and Bos shot 42.5% (34-80) FG. Glen Rice (NY, plantar fascitis) did not play. Phi 98, Atl 80 - at Phi Theo Ratliff (Phi) had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Aaron McKie (Phi) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 21 points and 8 assists. Matt Maloney (Atl) had 10 points and 3 steals. Jason Terry (Atl) had 17 points. Phi shot 20-25 FT and Atl shot 8-9 FT. Matt Geiger (Phi, sore right knee) did not play. Pho 90, LAC 85 - at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 11 points and 9 rebounds. Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 21 points. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 12 points and 11 assists. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Jeff McInnis (LAC) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Por 102, Ind 86 - at Por Scottie Pippen (Por) had 24 points including 9-13 FG, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 27 points including 12-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Jalen Rose (Ind) had 16 points including 7-20 FG. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 13 points. Van 99, Cha 89 - at Van Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Michael Dickerson (Van) had 22 points and 6 assists. Mike Bibby (Van) had 21 points, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Othella Harrington (Van) had 15 points including 5-6 FG and 13 rebounds. Baron Davis (Cha) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 4 steals. Derrick Coleman (Cha) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes. Van shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Cha shot 41.8% (38-91) FG. LAL 82, Uta 71 - at LAL Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) had 24 points including 6-14 FT, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 31 points, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Horace Grant (LAL) had 6 points and 11 rebounds. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Brian Shaw (LAL, personal reasons) did not play. Den 111, GS 100 - at GS Antonio McDyess (Den) had 25 points including 11-16 FG, 17 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Voshon Lenard (Den) had 23 points including 4-11 3-pointers. Raef LaFrentz (Den) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 26 points including 10-27 FG, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marc Jackson (GS) had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Erick Dampier (GS, surgery left knee) and Adonal Foyle (GS, stress fracture right tibia) did not play.