News from December 20. Dallas activated Marquis Daniels and placed Rawle Marshall on IL. Laron Profit (LAL) suffered a ruptured left Achilles during Monday's Dal-LAL game. Emeka Okafor (Cha) is expected to be out 10 days with a sprained right ankle. Miami activated Dorell Wright and placed Alonzo Mourning on IL with an upper respiratory infection. Utah activated Matt Harpring and placed Andrei Kirilenko on IL with back spasms. The LA Clippers activated Walter McCarty and placed Boniface N'Dong on IL. Charlotte activated Brevin Knight and placed Kareem Rush on IL with a sprained left index finger. Seattle activated Mikki Moore and placed Danny Fortson on IL. LAL 112, Dal 90 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 62 points on 18-31 FG, 4-10 3-pointers, and 22-25 FT and 8 rebounds. Chris Mihm (LAL) had 9 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Devin Harris (Dal) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. LAL shot 50% (36-72) FG and Dal shot 37% (34-92) FG. Pho 111, Sea 83 at Pho Boris Diaw (Pho) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Shawn Marion (Pho) had 29 points including 12-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Eddie House (Pho) had 20 points on 9-13 FG. Reggie Evans (Sea) had 21 points on 7-10 FG and 7-10 FT and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. Ray Allen (Sea) had 26 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Pho shot 52.4% (43-82) FG and Sea shot 33% (30-91) FG. Leandro Barbosa (Pho, sprained knee) did not play. Mil 109, SA 107 OT at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 19 points including the game winning jumper at the buzzer and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Michael Redd (Mil) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil had 28 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 34 points including 15-28 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tony Parker (SA) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists. Mia 111, Atl 92 at Mia Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 28 points including 13-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Gary Payton (Mia) had 15 points and 8 assists. Gerald Fitch (Mia) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 26 points including 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Childress (Atl) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Det 93, Por 89 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 21 points. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 19 points on 3-11 FG and 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 23 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 37 points and 11 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Por) had 14 points. Det shot 39.4% (28-71) FG and Por shot 50% (35-70) FG. Cha 105, Chi 92 at Chi Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 19 points including 7-9 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 20 points and 10 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 16 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Othella Harrington (Chi) had 16 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Emeka Okafor (Cha, sprained right ankle), Luol Deng (Chi, bruised right knee), and Malik Allen (Chi, flu like symptoms) did not play. Cle 110, Uta 85 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Luke Jackson (Cle) had 14 points including 8-10 FT. Deron Williams (Uta) had 10 points. Gordan Giricek (Uta) had 16 points. Cle shot 57.1% (36-63) FG and Uta shot 46.7% (35-75) FG. Cle shot 32-44 FT and Uta shot 15-19 FT. NJ 99, LAC 85 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Vince Carter (NJ) had 35 points including 12-14 FT, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 21 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 15 points and 6 rebounds.