News from December 7. Golden State activated Chris Mills. Houston activated Cuttino Mobley and placed Tito Maddox on IR with left foot plantar fasciaitis. Washington released Ratko Varda. Dal 121, GS 116 at GS Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 35 points on 11-19 FG and 12-13 FT and 8 rebounds. Shawn Bradley (Dal) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nick Van Exel (Dal) had 19 points and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (GS) had 26 points including 7-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 22 points. Earl Boykins (GS) had 23 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 7 assists. GS out-rebounded Dal 55-36 including 22-9 offensive. Eduardo Najera (Dal, left knee surgery) and Walt Williams (Dal, tendinitis right elbow) did not play. NJ 121, Orl 88 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 15 points including 3-3 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 13 assists. Rodney Rogers (NJ) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 4-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Grant Hill (Orl) had 20 points and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (Orl) had 16 points including 4-20 FG. NJ shot 54.5% (48-88) FG and Orl shot 37% (30-81) FG. Den 92, Ind 81 at Den Juwan Howard (Den) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Whitney (Den) had 23 points including 6-17 FG. James Posey (Den) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 26 points including 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Ron Artest (Ind) had 19 points including 6-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. Was 100, NY 97 at Was Michael Jordan (Was) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jerry Stackhouse (Was) had 22 points and 7 assists. Larry Hughes (Was) had 22 points including 8-10 FG, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Charlie Ward (NY) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chi 112, Cle 104 at Chi Jalen Rose (Chi) had 27 points including 9-15 FG and 5 assists. Donyell Marshall (Chi) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jay Williams (Chi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Ricky Davis (Cle) had 27 points including 9-10 FT and 5 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 28 points and 9 rebounds. Bimbo Coles (Cle, left quad contusion) and Chris Mihm (Cle, strained left hamstring) did not play. Hou 97, Phi 72 at Hou Kenny Thomas (Hou) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Steve Francis (Hou) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 7 assists. Keith Van Horn (Phi) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Snow (Phi) had 10 points and 7 assists. Hou shot 49.4% (38-77) FG and Phi shot 37.7% (29-77) FG. Atl 94, Det 92 at Atl Glenn Robinson (Atl) had 23 points and 14 rebounds. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) had 23 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Atl) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Ben Wallace (Det) had 8 points and 14 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 25 points including 10-13 FT. Emanual Davis (Atl, flu) did not play. LAC 104, Min 88 at LAC Tremaine Fowlkes (LAC) had 15 points. Elton Brand (LAC) had 26 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 assists. Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks. Kendall Gill (Min) had 16 points. Sea 100, Mia 71 at Sea Gary Payton (Sea) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 11 assists. Desmond Mason (Sea) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 19 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Caron Butler (Mia) had 12 points including 5-17 FG and 9 rebounds. Rasual Butler (Mia) had 19 points. Sea shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Mia shot 30.2% (26-86) FG. Jerome James (Sea, right leg fracture) did not play. NO 94, Mil 88 at Mil P.J. Brown (NO) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Jamal Mashburn (NO) had 23 points including 7-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Baron Davis (NO) had 20 points on 4-11 FG, 4-8 3-pointers, and 8-10 FT. Anthony Mason (Mil) had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists. Ray Allen (Mil) had 29 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. NO shot 33-38 FT and Mil shot 9-14 FT. Sam Cassell (Mil, right hip injury) did not play.