News from November 28. The NBA granted Philadelphia an injury exception for Matt Geiger, who recently retired. Philadelphia will have $4.07 million (half of Geiger's salary) to use to sign a player or in a trade by December 24. Milwaukee activated Darvin Ham and placed Greg Foster on on IR with a bulging disc. Washington activated Tyronn Lue and placed Tyrone Nesby on IR with a lower back strain. Pho 104, Mil 84 - at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (Pho) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Anfernee Hardaway (Pho) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Rodney Rogers (Pho) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds in 19 minutes. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 16 points. Michael Redd (Mil) had 14 points including 3-4 3-pointers in 16 minutes. Was 94, Phi 87 - at Phi Michael Jordan (Was) had 30 points including 8-10 Ft, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. Derrick Coleman (Phi) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 40 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 turnovers. Corie Blount (Phi, sprained right ankle) did not play. Uta 112, Sea 88 - at Uta Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Karl Malone (Uta) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. John Stockton (Uta) had 18 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Vin Baker (Sea) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Gary Payton (Sea) had 18 points and 5 assists. Uta shot 54.4% (43-79) FG and Sea shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Cha 104, Det 96 - at Det P.J. Brown (Cha) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 20 rebounds. Baron Davis (Cha) had 38 points including 15-20 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 8 turnovers. David Wesley (Cha) had 20 points. Clifford Robinson (Det) had 18 points on 8-20 FG and 3 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 26 points including 8-10 FT and 8 turnovers. Chucky Atkins (Det) had 25 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 6 assists. Cha out-rebounded Det 45-18 including 15-5 offensive. 18 set the NBA record low for fewest rebounds in a game (old: 19). SA 94, GS 83 - at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 16 points including 6-17 FG, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. David Robinson (SA) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Malik Rose (SA) had 14 points including 5-6 FG and 11 rebounds. Danny Fortson (GS) had 11 points including 3-10 FG and 17 rebounds. Larry Hughes (GS) had 31 points including 13-20 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ind 99, Den 85 - at Den Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 14 points including 4-13 FG, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Reggie Miller (Ind) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Harrington (Ind) had 22 points on 11-15 FG and 7 rebounds. George McCloud (Den) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Nick Van Exel (Den) had 20 points including 8-23 FG and 9 assists. Ind shot 47.4% (37-78) FG and Den shot 34.4% (32-93) FG. Carlos Rogers (Ind, upper respiratory infection) did not play. NY 105, Atl 100 - at Atl Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Mark Jackson (NY) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Allan Houston (NY) had 21 points. Dion Glover (Atl) had 22 points including 10-16 FG. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 20 points on 5-15 FG and 10-13 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. LAC 94, Min 75 - at LAC Elton Brand (LAC) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 5-6 3-pointers. Quentin Richardson (LAC) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 14 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 blocks. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 5 rebounds. LAC shot 12-16 FT and Min shot 5-6 FT.