News from December 1.

Washington retired Earl Monroe's #10.

Houston activated Aaron Brooks and placed Steve Francis on IL.

Minnesota activated Rashad McCants and placed Marko Jaric on IL with a
right foot injury.

Memphis activated Darko Milicic and placed Brian Cardinal on IL.


Stats Leaders
Points
LeBron James (Cle)      30.7
Kobe Bryant (LAL)       27.6
Carlos Boozer (Uta)     25.4

Rebounds
Dwight Howard (Orl)     15.0
Marcus Camby (Den)      14.3
Chris Kaman (LAC)       13.5

Assists
Steve Nash (Pho)        10.9
Jason Kidd (NJ)         10.5
Chris Paul (NO)          9.9


NO 112, Dal 108 OT  at NO
Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 22 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5
rebounds.
Tyson Chandler (NO) had 21 points including 7-10 FT and 13 rebounds
including 7 offensive in 50 minutes.
Chris Paul (NO) had 33 points including 10-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 12 assists,
and 3 steals.
Josh Howard (Dal) had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 19 points on 5-15 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

Det 117, Mil 91  at Mil
Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Antonio McDyess (Det) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 10 rebounds
including 5 offensive.
Chauncey Billups (Det) had 18 points and 9 assists.
Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 13 points.
Bobby Simmons (Mil) had 13 points.

Mem 109, Min 80  at Mem
Rudy Gay (Mem) had 21 points on 9-14 FG.
Mike Miller (Mem) had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Stromile Swift (Mem) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks.
Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Rashad McCants (Min) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Mem shot 49.4% (42-85) FG and Min shot 38.4% (33-86) FG.

Sac 107, Hou 99  at Sac
Ron Artest (Sac) had 26 points and 6 rebounds.
Beno Udrih (Sac) had 15 points including 6-7 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Kevin Martin (Sac) had 26 points.
Yao Ming (Hou) had 29 points including 13-13 FT and 11 rebounds including
7 offensive.
Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 40 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds,
and 5 turnovers.
Kenny Thomas (Sac, flu) did not play.

Chi 111, Cha 95  at Chi
Luol Deng (Chi) had 29 points including 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds including
5 offensive.
Ben Wallace (Chi) had 10 points, 19 rebounds including 8 offensive, 4
blocks, and 5 steals.
Ben Gordon (Chi) had 34 points including 13-21 FG and 5-7 3-pointers and 
5 assists.
Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 17 points and 9 rebounds.
Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers.
Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 21 points including 10-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
Jason Richardson (Cha) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Chi out-rebounded Cha 48-24 including 19-8 offensive.

NJ 94, Phi 92 OT  at NJ
Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 23 points including 7-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Jason Kidd (NJ) had 19 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 8
assists.
Vince Carter (NJ) had 24 points including 10-12 FT and 9 rebounds.
Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 24 points including 12-12 FT and 4 steals.
Andre Miller (Phi) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 7 assists.

Was 101, Tor 97  at Was
Caron Butler (Was) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 assists, and
3 steals.
Antawn Jamison (Was) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 14 rebounds.
Roger Mason (Was) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Jamario Moon (Tor) had 16 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Jason Kapono (Tor) had 23 points.
Was shot 56.5% (39-69) FG and Tor shot 43.2% (38-88) FG.
Was shot 13-21 FT and Tor shot 10-11 FT.
Gilbert Arenas (Was, left knee surgery) and Oleksiy Pecherov (Was,
fractured right ankle) did not play.