News from December 16. Dallas activated Keith Van Horn and placed Marquis Daniels on IL with a strained neck. New York activated Jerome James and placed Eddy Curry on IL. Indiana activated Jamaal Tinsley and placed Samaki Walker on IL. Utah activated Greg Ostertag and placed C.J. Miles on IL. Boston activated Marcus Banks and placed Justin Reed on IL. New Orleans activated Chris Anderson and placed Maciej Lampe on IL. Portland activated Charles Smith and placed Sebastian Telfair on IL with a sprained ligament in his right thumb. Darius Miles (Por) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair cartilage damage. Washington activated Donnell Taylor and placed Awvee Storey on IL. Dal 109, Orl 103 OT at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 24 points including 9-14 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 31 points including 12-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 22 points. Devin Harris (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Grant Hill (Orl) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 16 points. Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 17 points on 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Mia 112, Phi 105 at Phi Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points on 11-16 FG and 10-13 FT and 6 rebounds. Antoine Walker (Mia) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Webber (Phi) had 23 points and 7 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 35 points including 7-16 FT and 4 steals. Det 110, Chi 82 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 15 points and 8 assists. Luol Deng (Chi) had 11 points. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 13 points. Det shot 19-26 FT and Chi shot 7-12 FT. Mil 100, Bos 96 at Bos Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. T.J. Ford (Mil) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Mark Blount (Bos) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 23 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Bobby Simmons (Mil, right shoulder contusion) did not play. Pho 101, NO 88 at NO Shawn Marion (Pho) had 21 points including 9-16 FG, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points including 8-20 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Eddie House (Pho) had 26 points including 10-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. P.J. Brown (NO) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 13 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. James Jones (Pho, sprained right ankle), Leandro Barbosa (Pho, sprained left MCL), and Chris Andersen (NO, viral infection) did not play. LAL 97, Was 91 at LAL Lamar Odom (LAL) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 41 points including 11-14 FT and 8 rebounds. Devean George (LAL) had 13 points including 6-9 FG. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 29 points on 6-20 FG, 4-14 3-pointers, and 13-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Caron Butler (Was) had 20 points on 3-9 FG and 14-15 FT. LAL shot 47.2% (34-72) FG and Was shot 34.2% (26-76) FG. Sea 111, Por 99 at Por Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 37 points on 12-19 FG, 6-8 3-pointers, and 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Ray Allen (Sea) had 24 points including 5-7 3-pointers and 7 turnovers. Luke Ridnour (Sea) had 16 points and 6 assists. Viktor Khryapa (Por) had 19 points and 4 steals. Zach Randolph (Por) had 23 points including 9-12 FG, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Steve Blake (Por) had 19 points and 13 assists. Ind 93, Uta 83 at Ind Austin Croshere (Ind) had 16 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 16 points including 4-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 11 points including 4-12 FG, 9 rebounds, and 10 assists. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. NJ 115, Den 106 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 21 points. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 11 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 34 points including 5-10 3-pointers and 9-10 Ft, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 16 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 20 points including 6-23 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Miller (Den) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Earl Watson (Den) had 18 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Marcus Camby (Den, sprained right hand) did not play. GS 108, Tor 98 at Tor Troy Murphy (GS) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jason Richardson (GS) had 23 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Baron Davis (GS) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 11 assists. Derek Fisher (GS) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 27 points including 10-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mike James (Tor) had 19 points including 5-5 3-pointers. Charlie Villanueva (Tor) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. GS shot 17-29 3-pointers and Tor shot 8-15 3-pointers. Atl 122, NY 111 at Atl Al Harrington (Atl) had 35 points including 13-19 FG and 6-6 3-pointers. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 36 points including 14-18 FG and 6-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Salim Stoudamire (Atl) had 13 points including 3-4 FG. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 23 points including 8-9 FG and 4-4 3-pointers. Atl shot 53.2% (43-68) FG and NY shot 48.3% (42-87) FG.