News from December 8. Jeff Van Gundy resigned as head coach of New York. Was 102, Dal 95 - at Dal Michael Jordan (Was) had 21 points including 7-21 FG, 12 rebounds, and 4 steals. Richard Hamilton (Was) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 7 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 32 points including 13-22 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tim Hardaway (Dal) had 15 points and 6 assists. Was shot 24-33 FT and Dal shot 8-14 FT. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal, strained tendon left ankle) did not play. NY 101, Ind 99 - at NY Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Marcus Camby (NY) had 18 points and 22 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 18 points. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 22 points including 6-10 FT, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jalen Rose (Ind) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Al Harrington (Ind) had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Primo Brezec (Ind, sore right ankle) did not play. Atl 107, Orl 104 - at Atl Toni Kukoc (Atl) had 18 points and 10 assists. Nazr Mohammed (Atl) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Jason Terry (Atl) had 18 points and 10 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 40 points including 3-4 3-pointers 15-18 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Chi 87, Bos 84 - at Chi Marcus Fizer (Chi) had 13 points including 4-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Brad Miller (Chi) had 20 points on 5-6 FG and 10-10 FT, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Greg Anthony (Chi) had 14 points including 4-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antione Walker (Bos) had 27 points including 7-10 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Eric Williams (Bos) had 10 points on 2-9 FG and 6-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Chi shot 30-37 FT and Bos shot 9-18 FT. Mem 92, Phi 83 - at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 8 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mem) had 23 points including 8-22 FG and 4-13 3-pointers and 8 assists. Shane Battier (Mem) had 15 points including 3-11 FG. Matt Harpring (Phi) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) had 11 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Vonteego Cummings (Phi) had 28 points including 12-16 FG. Nick Anderson (Mem, sprained ankle), Stromile Swift (Mem, hyperextended knee), Derrick Coleman (Phi, hyperextended left knee), Allen Iverson (Phi, sprained left thumb), and Aaron McKie (Phi, lower back strain) did not play. Cle 109, Den 99 - at Cle Lamond Murray (Cle) had 33 points on 11-19 FG and 9-9 FT and 5 rebounds. Andre Miller (Cle) had 12 points and 13 assists. Wesley Person (Cle) had 24 points including 8-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. James Posey (Den) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 9 rebounds. Voshon Lenard (Den) had 17 points including 5-18 FG and 7 rebounds. Uta 111, GS 101 - at Uta Karl Malone (Uta) had 39 points including 11-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Donyell Marshall (Uta) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. John Stockton (Uta) had 15 points, 13 assists, and 4 steals. Danny Fortson (GS) had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 18 points including 7-9 FG. Larry Hughes (GS) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min 107, Hou 97 - at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Joe Smith (Min) had 18 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 18 points. Walt Williams (Hou) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Cuttino Mobley (Hou) had 21 points. Min shot 55.4% (41-74) FG and Hou shot 43.2% (35-81) FG. Glen Rice (Hou, sore right knee) did not play Mil 95, NJ 79 - at Mil Ray Allen (Mil) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Sam Cassell (Mil) had 28 points on 13-21 FG and 6 assists. Ervin Johnson (Mil) had 4 points on 2-8 FG and 18 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Todd MacCulloch (NJ) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Mil shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and NJ shot 33.3% (30-90) FG. Mil shot 6-11 FT and NJ shot 14-22 FT. Jason Caffey (Mil, strained left hip flexor) did not play. Por 113, Sea 92 - at Por Rasheed Wallace (Por) had 28 points and 3 steals. Bonzi Wells (Por) had 27 points including 13-18 FG and 9 rebounds. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Vin Baker (Sea) had 20 points including 9-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Gary Payton (Sea) had 21 points including 7-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Por shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Sea shot 42.9% (36-84) FG. Derek Anderson (Por, sprained right ankle) did not play. On the lighter side: (but not so light for me as a Mavs fan) We have a candidate for this year's most bizarre injury. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) suffered a strained tendon in his left ankle putting on his shoe. The injury occurred when Nowitzki had put his left shoe on and stomped his foot before tying his shoe to make sure it was all they way on and strained the tendon with the stomp. He missed the Washington game last night due to the injury.