News from December 22. San Antonio retired Avery Johnson's #6. The LA Clippers activated Sam Cassell and placed Paul Davis on IL. Davis suffered a torn right ACL during Friday's Dal-LAC game. Portland recalled Taurean Green from the NBADL. Houston activated Tracy McGrady and placed Steve Novak on IL. Chicago activated Ben Wallace and placed Viktor Khryapa on IL. San Antonio activated Francisco Elson and placed Darius Washington on IL. Milwaukee activated Charlie Villanueva and placed Desmond Mason on IL with a torn ligament in his left thumb. Philadelphia activated Louis Williams and placed Willie Green on IL with a left hip injury. Miami activated Alexander Johnson and placed Chris Quinn on IL with a sprained left ankle. Stats Leaders Points LeBron James (Cle) 29.7 Allen Iverson (Den) 26.6 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 26.3 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 15.1 Marcus Camby (Den) 14.3 Chris Kaman (LAC) 14.0 Assists Steve Nash (Pho) 12.4 Jason Kidd (NJ) 10.3 Chris Paul (NO) 10.0 SA 99, LAC 90 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 34 points including 13-22 FG, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points including 6-17 FG and 6 assists. Ime Udoka (SA) had 17 points including 7-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Al Thornton (LAC) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks. SA shot 20-26 FT and LAC shot 9-12 FT. SA out-rebounded LAC 52-33 including 13-6 offensive. Corey Maggette (LAC, sore right knee) did not play. Mil 103, Cha 99 at Mil Yi Jianlian (Mil) had 29 points including 14-17 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 22 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Michael Redd (Mil) had 27 points including 10-27 FG and 4-11 3-pointers. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 30 points including 11-19 FG and 5-9 3-pointers. Charlie Villanueva (Mil, sprained right ankle) and Othella Harrington (Cha, sore left knee) did not play. NO 110, Min 76 at NO David West (NO) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 4 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 19 points, 15 assists, and 5 steals. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 11 points and 13 rebounds. NO shot 53% (44-83) FG and Min shot 38.8% (31-80) FG. Melvin Ely (NO, fractured left eye socket), Marko Jaric (Min, flu), and Rashad McCants (Min, flu) did not play. Phi 99, Mem 97 at Mem Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 23 points including the game winning 18-footer at the buzzer and 3 steals. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 9 points, 14 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andre Miller (Phi) had 29 points including 9-10 FT. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 31 points including 13-20 FG and 13 rebounds. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Pho 122, Tor 103 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 25 points including 9-15 FG. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Steve Nash (Pho) had 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 16 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 31 points on 12-20 FG and 7-10 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 42 points including 22-24 FT and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points on 7-11 FG. Pho shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Tor shot 40% (36-90) FG. Raja Bell (Pho, back spasms) did not play. NJ 100, GS 95 at NJ Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 31 points on 10-14 FG and 11-19 FT and 5 assists. Josh Boone (NJ) had 19 points including 5-10 FT and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 23 points including 10-26 FG, 12 rebounds, 6 steals, and 9 turnovers. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 21 points on 5-18 FG and 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 16 points including 7-11 FG and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Monta Ellis (GS) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. NJ out-rebounded GS 58-39 including 21-15 offensive. Hou 116, Chi 98 at Chi Yao Ming (Hou) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 20 points and 8 assists. Bonzi Wells (Hou) had 20 points including 8-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 22 points. Mia 104, Uta 102 at Mia Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) had 17 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 20 points including 8-10 FT and the game winning 18-footer with a friendly bounce in at the buzzer and 6 assists. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 15 points. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 21 points including 9-12 FT and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 22 points and 7 assists. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 20 points. Mia shot 20-23 FT and Uta shot 29-43 FT. Mehmet Okur (Uta, strained left trapezius) did not play. Ind 93, Was 85 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 18 points including 6-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 29 points including 7-11 FT and 12 rebounds. Roger Mason (Was) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was, sprained right ankle), Antonio Daniels (Was, sprained right knee), and Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle) did not play.