News from December 14. Dallas activated Rawle Marshall and placed Keith Van Horn on IL with a bruised right hip. Houston placed Jon Barry on IL. Utah activated Gordan Giricek and placed Greg Ostertag on IL with a sore right knee. Milwaukee activated Bobby Simmons and placed Charlie Bell on IL. Bell is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks with a sprained right MCL. Memphis activated Brian Cardinal and placed Shane Battier on IL with a jammed right index finger. The LA Clippers activated Shaun Livingston and placed Boniface N'Dong on IL. Washington assigned Andray Blatche to the NBADL. Orlando activated Grant Hill and placed Travis Diener on IL. New Jersey activated Linton Johnson and placed Zoran Planinic on IL. New York activated Antonio Davis and placed Jerome James on IL with a sore left Achilles. Dal 102, Pho 96 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 23 points. Josh Howard (Dal) had 15 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 23 points and 19 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points including 6-18 FG and 5 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, knee sprain), Sharrod Ford (Pho, ankle sprain), and James Jones (Pho, ankle sprain) did not play. Mia 100, Mil 83 at Mil Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Gary Payton (Mia) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points including 9-14 FG and 7 assists. Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points including 8-22 FG and 5 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Mil) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bobby Simmons (Mil, shoulder injury) and Maurice Williams (Mil, thigh bruise) did not play. Orl 105, NY 90 at NY Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points including 7-11 FT and 13 rebounds. Pat Garrity (Orl) had 17 points on 6-8 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 18 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Eddy Curry (NY) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 9-12 FT and 6 rebounds. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Phi 106, Atl 101 at Phi Chris Webber (Phi) had 29 points including 9-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 39 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. John Salmons (Phi) had 11 points including 4-5 FG. Al Harrington (Atl) had 27 points and 8 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tyronn Lue (Atl) had 21 points and 7 assists. Phi shot 27-35 FT and Atl shot 14-18 FT. Zaza Pachulia (Atl, back spasms) did not play. Hou 111, GS 105 OT at GS Yao Ming (Hou) had 30 points including 12-18 FG, 16 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 10-16 FT, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. David Wesley (Hou) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Troy Murphy (GS) had 19 points including 5-15 FG. Jason Richardson (GS) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Baron Davis (GS) had 27 points including 5-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. Hou out-rebounded GS 61-32 including 15-7 offensive. Uta 82, Por 77 at Uta Andre Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points including 6-11 FT, 16 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 8 blocks. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 21 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Jarron Collins (Uta) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Zach Randolph (Por) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Steve Blake (Por) had 12 points on 5-7 FG. Uta out-rebounded Por 53-36 including 26-9 offensive. Gordan Giricek (Uta, Achilles tendinitis) did not play. NO 102, LAC 89 at Oklahoma City David West (NO) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.R. Smith (NO) had 21 points including 6-10 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (LAC) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 26 points including 12-12 FT, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. LAL 94, Mem 79 at Mem Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 14 points including 5-6 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Smush Parker (LAL) had 13 points. Mike Miller (Mem) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 10 points including 4-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Det 109, Sac 98 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 5 points, 17 rebounds including 5 offensive, 5 blocks, and 4 steals. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 36 points. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 28 points including 6-8 3-pointers and 19 assists. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Sac) had 14 points. Brad Miller (Sac) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Chi 105, Tor 94 at Tor Luol Deng (Chi) had 13 points including 6-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Darius Songaila (Chi) had 18 points including 7-11 FG. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 25 points including 13-17 FT. Mike James (Tor) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chi shot 57.8% (37-64) FG and Tor shot 41.3% (31-75) FG. Chi out-rebounded Tor 42-25 including 6-5 offensive. Bos 85, Ind 71 at Bos Mark Blount (Bos) had 22 points including 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 18 points including 5-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 14 points including 5-19 FG and 10 rebounds. Bos shot 45.1% (32-71) FG and Ind shot 32.5% (26-80) FG. Austin Croshere (Ind, lower back bruise) did not play. Cha 91, NJ 83 at NJ Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points including 4-11 FT, 13 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 steals. Jumaine Jones (Cha) had 15 points including 6-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 25 points including 11-12 FT and 8 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 22 points and 11 rebounds.