News from December 23. Dallas activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Rawle Marshall on IL. Corey Maggette (LAC) is expected to be out another 4 weeks with an injured left foot. Philadelphia activated Steven Hunter and placed Michael Bradley on IL (birth of child). The LA Lakers activated Von Wafer and placed Laron Profit on IL. Profit is expected to be out 4 to 6 months after undergoing surgery on a torn left Achilles. Orlando activated Travis Diener and placed Terence Morris on IL. New Jersey activated Linton Johnson and placed Jason Collins on IL. Miami activated Alonzo Mourning and Jason Williams and placed Dorell Wright and Shandon Anderson on IL. New York activated Nate Robinson and placed Jackie Butler on IL. Charlotte activated Melvin Ely and placed Emeka Okafor on IL with an ankle injury. Minnesota activated Richie Frahm and placed Nikoloz Tskitishvili on IL. Chicago activated Malik Allen and placed Eddie Basden on IL. Seattle activated Danny Fortson and placed Mikki Moore on IL. Stats Leaders Points Allen Iverson (Phi) 34.3 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 32.1 LeBron James (Cle) 30.3 Rebounds Marcus Camby (Den) 13.3 Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.4 Ben Wallace (Det) 11.9 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 10.2 Baron Davis (GS) 9.6 Chauncey Billups (Det) 8.7 Dal 101, Sea 98 at Sea Josh Howard (Dal) had 20 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 34 points including 15-15 FT, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points and 5 assists. Ray Allen (Sea) had 19 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. NJ 95, Mia 88 at Mia Vince Carter (NJ) had 51 points on 13-25 FG and 23-24 FT and 8 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 24 points including 4-11 FT and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points on 4-20 FG and 9-12 FT and 7 assists. Was 112, Pho 111 at Pho Caron Butler (Was) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 41 points on 15-24 FG, 6-9 3-pointers, and 5-10 FT, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Jones (Pho) had 18 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 27 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. Etan Thomas (Was, left hip strain) and Leandro Barbosa (Pho, knee injury) did not play. Cle 94, Ind 89 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 14 points on 4-16 FG and 6-11 FT, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 21 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Donyell Marshall (Cle) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 34 points including 14-22 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals. SA 95, Tor 90 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 27 points on 12-16 FG and 3-8 FT, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Rasho Nesterovic (SA) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jalen Rose (Tor) had 19 points including 8-9 FG. Den 108, Hou 86 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 25 points and 5 turnovers. Marcus Camby (Den) had 12 points including 4-12 FG, 16 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Andre Miller (Den) had 19 points including 8-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Juwan Howard (Hou) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 17 points including 4-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Den shot 47.7% (41-86) FG and Hou shot 31.4% (27-86) FG. Dikembe Mutombo (Hou, finger injury), Jon Barry (Hou, right calf strain), and Derek Anderson (Hou, right calf strain) did not play. Por 91, Min 83 at Min Zach Randolph (Por) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Por) had 12 points. Ruben Patterson (Por) had 23 points including 9-13 FG and 6 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 26 points. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 24 points including 9-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por shot 27-40 FT and Min shot 15-16 FT. Mil 101, NO 94 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 9 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 36 points including 10-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 11 points and 6 assists. David West (NO) had 27 points and 18 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points including 10-13 FT, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Mil shot 48.7% (38-78) FG and NO shot 38.3% (31-81) FG. Det 97, GS 85 at Det Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Det) had 15 points on 7-10 FG and 1-6 FT and 14 rebounds including 6 offensive. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 28 points including 12-19 FG. Baron Davis (GS) had 14 points and 10 assists. Ike Diogu (GS) had 27 points including 13-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Det shot 16-25 FT and GS shot 4-9 FT. Mem 95, Chi 77 at Mem Pau Gasol (Mem) had 19 points on 6-9 FG and 7-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Lorenzen Wright (Mem) had 10 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. Mike Miller (Mem) had 27 points including 6-12 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. Darius Songaila (Chi) had 11 points. LAL 104, Orl 88 at Orl Lamar Odom (LAL) had 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assist. Chris Mihm (LAL) had 20 points including 8-9 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 9 assists. Grant Hill (Orl) had 13 points including 5-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Steve Francis (Orl) had 28 points including 12-17 FT, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. LAC 97, Cha 88 at Cha Elton Brand (LAC) had 38 points including 10-10 FT, 20 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 5 assists. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 22 points including 10-16 FG and 22 rebounds. Sam Cassell (LAC) had 13 points. Primoz Brezec (Cha) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 21 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. LAC out-rebounded Cha 57-37 including 17-11 offensive. Sean May (Cha, right knee injury) did not play. Atl 111, Phi 108 at Atl Al Harrington (Atl) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 23 points including 9-13 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 24 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Chris Webber (Phi) had 16 points on 8-21 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 53 points on 17-31 FG and 19-21 FT, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Atl shot 10-17 FT and Phi shot 27-35 FT. NY 98, Uta 90 at NY Stephon Marbury (NY) had 22 points including 10-12 FT and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 28 points including 9-15 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 15 points including 9-12 FT and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Gordan Giricek (Uta) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.