News from December 16. There was an ugly fight (using the word loosely) at the tail end of the NY-Den game. As J.R. Smith (Den) was going for a breakaway dunk, Mardy Collins (NY) grabbed him across the neck and threw him down to the prevent the dunk and was assessed a flagrant foul. Players squared off and Smith and Nate Robinson (NY) ended up scuffling and the 2 ended up in the front row of fans. After that ended, more players squared off as tempers remained high. Carmelo Anthony (Den) sucker punched Collins and Anthony then ran away as other New York players (including an aggressive Jared Jeffries) tried to get back at Anthony. Eventually the players were all separated and the refs decided to ejected all 10 players that were on the court (although some of the players were just ejected to calm things down so the last 1:15 of the game could be played). Fines and suspensions (expected to be heavy) are expected to be announced on Monday. San Antonio assigned James White to the NBADL. Dallas activated Jerry Stackhouse and placed Jose Juan Barea on IL. Chicago activated Andre Barrett and placed Chris Duhon on IL left thigh bruise. Atlanta activated Joe Johnson and placed Tyronn Lue on IL with a groin injury. Charlotte activated Othella Harrington and placed Brevin Knight on IL with a strained groin. Miami activated Dwyane Wade and placed Chris Quinn on IL. New York activated Channing Frye and placed Quentin Richardson on IL with back spasms. Denver activated Nene and placed Jamal Sampson on IL. San Antonio activated Robert Horry and placed Jackie Butler on IL with the flu. Milwaukee activated Chris McCray and placed Charlie Villanueva on IL with tendinitis in his right shoulder. Stats Leaders Points Carmelo Anthony (Den) 31.6 Allen Iverson (Phi) 31.2 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 28.6 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 12.7 Carlos Boozer (Uta) 12.3 Chris Bosh (Tor) 12.2 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 11.4 Jason Kidd (NJ) 9.4 Andre Miller (Den) 9.2 Dal 90, NO 79 at NO Josh Howard (Dal) had 23 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 12 points including 5-16 FG, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rasual Butler (NO) had 19 points including 8-21 FG. Chris Paul (NO) had 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bobby Jackson (NO, cracked rib) did not play. Pho 105, Sac 98 at Sac Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 18 points. John Salmons (Sac) had 20 points including 9-14 FG. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Pho shot 51.9% (42-81) FG and Sac shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Pho shot 10-14 FT and Sac shot 21-26 FT. SA 103, Phi 98 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Tony Parker (SA) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 8 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 27 points including 8-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Willie Green (Phi) had 18 points including 7-23 FG and 5 rebounds. Kevin Ollie (Phi) had 19 points including 9-11 FG. Mil 108, Min 104 at Mil Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 16 points and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 28 points including 10-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 9 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Mark Blount (Min) had 16 points on 8-12 FG and 10 rebounds. Chi 106, Atl 104 OT at Atl Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 24 points including 9-11 FT and 8 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 24 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 23 points including 9-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 23 points and 5 assists. Mia 98, Mem 90 at Mia Dorell Wright (Mia) had 10 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 41 points on 15-24 FG and 11-14 FT, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 7 turnovers. Mike Miller (Mem) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 20 points. Gary Payton (Mia) and Damon Stoudamire (Mem, sore right knee) did not play. Den 123, NY 100 at NY Carmelo Anthony Den) had 34 points and 7 rebounds. Marcus Camby (Den) had 24 points including 9-11 FG, 9 rebounds, and 7 blocks. Andre Miller (Den) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Eddy Curry (NY) had 19 points including 7-11 FT. Stephon Marbury (NY) had 31 points and 8 assists. Den shot 57% (45-79) FG and NY shot 43.2% (41-95) FG. Bos 106, Cha 100 at Cha Paul Pierce (Bos) had 35 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Bos) had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Allen (Bos) had 11 points including 2-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 31 points on 11-19 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 12 points, 19 rebounds including 6 offensive, 8 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Orl 81, Cle 74 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14 points, 16 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 6 turnovers. Grant Hill (Orl) had 21 points including 9-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Darko Milicic (Orl) had 12 points and 9 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Drew Gooden (Cle) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Det 90, NJ 82 at NJ Richard Hamilton (Det) had 26 points including 9-14 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 27 points including 11-15 FG, 11 assists, and 5 steals. Nenad Krstic (NJ) had 27 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 13 points, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 8 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Det, sore ankle) did not play.