News from December 6. The NBA suspended Maurice Taylor (Sac) for 5 games for violating the league anti-drug program. The NBA suspended Zaza Pachulia (Atl) for 1 game for elbowing Johan Petro (Sea) during Tuesday's Atl-Sea game. Bobby Simmons (Mil) is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right foot on December 18. He will later need to undergo another surgery on the foot. Boston activated Theo Ratliff and placed Kendrick Perkins on IL. Perkins is expected to be out up to 4 weeks with plantar fasciitis. Toronto activated Morris Peterson and Uros Slokar and placed PJ Tucker and Darrick Martin on IL. Orlando activated J.J. Redick and placed Keyon Dooling on IL. Indiana activated Orien Greene and placed Josh Powell on IL. San Antonio activated Jacque Vaughn and placed Eric Williams on IL. Charlotte activated Walter Herrmann and Melvin Ely and placed Matt Carroll (sprained right elbow) and Bernard Robinson on IL. Atlanta activated Esteban Batista and placed Speedy Claxton on IL with a sore left knee. The LA Lakers activated Brian Cook and placed Shammond Williams on IL. SA 96, Cha 76 at Cha Tim Duncan (SA) had 25 points. Michael Finley (SA) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 13 points and 5 assists. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 13 points including 5-14 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Sean May (Cha) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Chi 121, Phi 94 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points including 9-11 FG and 10 rebounds. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 10 points and 12 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 31 points on 9-16 FG and 11-12 FT. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 25 points including 10-11 FT, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Chi shot 61.5% (48-78) FG and Phi shot 46.6% (34-73) FG. Atl 98, Den 96 at Den Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 turnovers. Salim Stoudemire (Atl) had 21 points. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Camby (Den) had 11 points, 15 rebounds including 6 offensive, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Was 113, NY 102 at NY Antawn Jamison (Was) had 33 points including 12-18 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 38 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 6-10 FT and 3 steals. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 15 points. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Eddy Curry (NY) had 22 points, 11 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Mil 102, Por 94 OT at Mil Ruben Patterson (Mil) had 26 points on 13-22 FG and 7 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Redd (Mil) had 33 points including 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Morris Williams (Mil) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Zach Randolph (Por) had 20 points and 14 rebounds. Martell Webster (Por) had 19 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Jarrett Jack (Por) had 30 points and 10 assists. Min 90, Hou 84 at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 24 points including 10-12 FT, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Mark Blount (Min) had 12 points. Mike James (Min) had 19 points and 5 assists. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 14 points including 5-21 FG, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Min shot 44.9% (35-78) FG and Hou shot 34.8% (31-89) FG. Ind 94, Orl 80 at Ind Al Harrington (Ind) had 26 points including 10-1nd 6 rebounds. Jeff Foster (Ind) had 8 points, 18 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 11 points including 3-14 FG and 11 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Ind) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 6 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Grant Hill (Orl) had 16 points and 3 steals. Cle 95, Tor 91 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 26 points including 11-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Donyell Marshall (Cle) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points including 8-22 FG and 12 rebounds. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. NO 105, LAL 89 at LAL Rasual Butler (NO) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 3 steals. Jannero Pargo (NO) had 21 points including 8-21 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. Lamar Odom (LAL) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Bobby Jackson (NO, cracked left rib) did not play. Mem 98, Bos 96 at Bos Dahntay Jones (Mem) had 18 points. Chucky Atkins (Mem) had 19 points on 4-12 FG and 10-11 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Lawrence Roberts (Mem) had 18 points including 14-15 FT and 7 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 25 points and 9 turnovers. Delonte West (Bos) had 12 points and 7 assists.