News from December 13. Former NBA player Paul Arizin died at age 78. Arizin played 10 seasons with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962 and averaged 22.8 points and 8.6 rebounds. His 55-56 team won the NBA Championship. The LA Clippers signed head coach Mike Dunleavy to a 4 year, $22 million contract extension. Dunleavy is now signed through 10-11. Dallas activated Austin Croshere and placed Jose Juan Barea on IL. The LA Lakers activated Shammond Williams and placed Lamar Odom on IL with a sprained right MCL. Charlotte activated Brevin Knight and placed Othella Harrington on IL. Cleveland activated Drew Gooden and placed Shannon Brown on IL. Indiana activated Al Harrington, Jermaine O'Neal, and Stephen Jackson and placed Rawle Marshall, Josh Powell, and David Harrison on IL. Miami activated Gary Payton and placed Dwyane Wade on IL after he underwent oral surgery to remove wisdom teeth. Orlando activated James Augustine and placed Jameer Nelson on IL with a strained right groin. Boston activated Wally Szczerbiak and placed Theo Ratliff on IL. Philadelphia activated Bobby Jones and placed Rodney Carney on IL with the flu. Washington activated Andray Blatche and placed Etan Thomas on IL with a sprained left ankle. San Antonio activated Robert Horry and Jacque Vaughn and placed Eric Williams and Jackie Butler on IL. Chicago activated Viktor Khryapa and placed P.J. Brown on IL with an injured right foot. The LA Clippers activated Chris Kaman and placed Corey Maggette on IL with a bruised left knee. Dal 110, LAL 101 at Dal Josh Howard (Dal) had 29 points including 11-19 FG. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points including 7-10 FT, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Luke Walton (LAL) had 13 points including 3-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 33 points including 14-17 FT and 7 rebounds. Dal shot 60% (39-65) FG and LAL shot 43.8% (32-73) FG. NJ 108, Mil 95 at NJ Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 36 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 10 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 15 points including 6-7 FG, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. SA 95, Min 82 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points including 11-18 FG and 5 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 12 points and 3 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mark Blount (Min) had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Chi 99, Sea 84 at Chi Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 20 points on 9-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Ben Wallace (Chi) had 15 points, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 5 blocks. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 27 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Rashard Lewis (Sea) had 18 points and 13 rebounds. Damien Wilkins (Sea) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 8 turnovers. Earl Watson (Sea, lower back contusion) did not play. Uta 105, LAC 86 at LAC Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 28 points including 13-21 FG, 15 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 18 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 28 points including 10-18 FG and 14 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 20 points and 6 turnovers. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 19 points including 11-16 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Uta shot 51.3% (41-80) FG and LAC shot 40.3% (27-67) FG. Sam Cassell (LAC, plantar fasciitis left foot) did not play. Tor 91, Orl 84 at Orl T.J. Ford (Tor) had 14 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Morris Peterson (Tor) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 17 points including 6-17 FG and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Carlos Arroyo (Orl) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. NY 94, Atl 82 at NY Jared Jeffries (NY) had 15 points including 7-8 FG, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Eddy Curry (NY) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 13 points and 6 assists. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 23 points including 13-15 FT and 7 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Por 85, Mem 79 at Mem Ime Udoka (Por) had 15 points. Zach Randolph (Por) had 21 points including 9-10 FT and 11 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 11 points and 6 assists. Mike Miller (Mem) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Damon Stoudemire (Mem) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Por shot 19-25 FT and Mem shot 8-12 FT. Bos 101, Phi 81 at Phi Paul Pierce (Bos) had 18 points and 5 assists. Ryan Gomes (Bos) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Tony Allen (Bos) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Webber (Phi) had 11 points including 4-17 FG and 11 rebounds. Kevin Ollie (Phi) had 14 points including 5-7 FG. Bos shot 52.1% (37-71) FG and Phi shot 39.7% (29-73) FG. Ind 101, Det 90 at Ind Al Harrington (Ind) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 26 points including 10-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points including 6-19 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 22 points including 10-10 FT and 5 assists. Was 120, Den 91 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 19 points. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 34 points including 11-12 FT, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 37 points including 16-27 FG and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Reggie Evans (Den) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Pho 99, Mia 89 at Mia Shawn Marion (Pho) had 23 points including 10-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 13 points on 6-8 FG and 11 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 18 points and 11 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Cle 104, Cha 101 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 22 points on 6-17 FG and 10-11 FT, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 16 points including 8-11 FT and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Sean May (Cha) had 15 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 assists.