News from December 8. Cleveland activated Scott Williams and placed Robert Traylor on IR with a fractured left pinky finger. Traylor is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks due to the injury. The LA Lakers activated Sasha Vujacic and placed Tony Bobbitt on IR with a strained back. New Jersey signed Kaniel Dickens, released Awvee Storey, and placed Jabari Smith on IR with a sprained left ankle. Orlando activated Michael Bradley and placed Kelvin Cato on IR with a subluxated left shoulder. Washington activated Laron Profit and placed Steve Blake on IR with a strained arch in his left foot. Chris Kaman (LAC) underwent emergency surgery for appendicitis and is expected to be out at least 2 weeks. Pho 113, LAL 110 at LAL Quentin Richardson (Pho) had 21 points including 6-19 FG, 5-13 3-pointers, and the game winning 3-pointer with 6.9 seconds left and 7 rebounds. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 9-11 FT and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Pho) had 25 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 assists. Caron Butler (LAL) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 19 points including 9-14 FG and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points including 7-23 FG and 4-10 3-pointers, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, and 8 turnovers. Pho shot 16-34 3-pointers and LAL shot 10-30 3-pointers. Sea 102, SA 96 at SA Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ray Allen (Sea) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers. Danny Fortson (Sea) had 14 points on 2-3 FG and 10-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 39 points on 14-24 FG and 10-14 FT, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points including 4-14 FG. Orl 106, Uta 100 at Uta Grant Hill (Orl) had 18 points and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Steve Francis (Orl) had 20 points and 5 turnovers. Cuttino Mobley (Orl) had 26 points including 7-9 3-pointers. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 29 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chi 113, Cle 85 at Chi Eddy Curry (Chi) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (Chi) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 21 points. LeBron James (Cle) had 19 points on 5-15 FG and 9-12 FT and 6 assists. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Chi shot 52.9% (37-70) FG and Cle shot 36.2% (29-80) FG. Det 90, Tor 86 OT at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 15 points, 16 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 6 blocks. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Tor) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 1-7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Donyell Marshall (Tor) had 22 points on 9-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Det shot 27-34 FT and Tor shot 11-15 FT. Antonio McDyess (Det, strained left calf) did not play. Min 119, Phi 84 at Phi Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points including 7-10 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Latrell Sprewell (Min) had 24 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Eddie Griffin (Min) had 27 points including 7-15 3-pointers and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 14 points on 2-13 FG and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min shot 49.4% (42-85) FG and Phi shot 38.1% (32-84) FG. Min shot 15-34 3-pointers and Phi shot 4-25 3-pointers. Mem 97, Atl 89 at Atl Pau Gasol (Mem) had 24 points including 10-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Earl Watson (Mem) had 11 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Stromile Swift (Mem) had 13 points including 5-6 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Al Harrington (Atl) had 26 points including 10-18 FG, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Antoine Walker (Atl) had 31 points including 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds. Den 111, Was 105 at Was Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 16 points including 7-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andre Miller (Den) had 34 points including 15-25 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 27 points including 12-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 28 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Mia 101, Mil 96 at Mil Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 20 points including 12-12 FT, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points on 5-15 FG and 7-10 FT, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Desmond Mason (Mil) had 19 points. Joe Smith (Mil) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (Mil, tendinitis right ankle) did not play. NY 86, NO 79 at NO Kurt Thomas (NY) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Nazr Mohammed (NY) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Lee Nailon (NO) had 17 points and 3 steals. Dan Dickau (NO) had 17 points. Allan Houston (NY, injured left knee) and David Wesley (NO, sprained right knee) did not play. [Only 2 of the 10 home teams won.]