News from December 26. San Antonio signed Marcus Williams. Minnesota activated Greg Buckner and placed Michael Doleac on IL. Denver activated Nene and Kenyon Martin and placed Jelani McCoy and Von Wafer on IL. Indiana activated Stephen Graham and placed Marquis Daniels on IL with a respiratory infection. Uta 99, Dal 90 at Uta Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. Josh Howard (Dal) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Bos 89, Sac 69 at Sac Paul Pierce (Bos) had 16 points including 4-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 17 points and 3 steals. Ron Artest (Sac) had 15 points including 4-15 FG and 6 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 13 points. Kevin Martin (Sac, strained right groin) did not play. Det 101, NJ 83 at NJ Antonio McDyess (Det) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 17 points and 10 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 22 points including 10-16 FG. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 18 points and 7 turnovers. Vince Carter (NJ) had 21 points including 8-11 FG and 5 assists. Den 125, Mil 105 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 29 points including 11-16 FG and 10 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Den) had 24 points and 6 assists. Marcus Camby (Den) had 10 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 10 blocks. Maurice Williams (Mil) had 28 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 7 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Den shot 54.7% (47-86) FG and Mil shot 40.9% (38-93) FG. Was 106, Cha 104 at Cha Caron Butler (Was) had 25 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 26 points and 14 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 20 points including 8-11 FG and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive. George Mason (Was) had 24 points on 9-16 FG and 6-9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 32 points including 9-12 FT, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 27 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 4 steals. Antonio Daniels (Was, sprained right knee), Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle), and Othella Harrington (Cha, injured left knee) did not play. Orl 110, NY 96 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 26 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 25 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points including 8-11 FT, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 29 points and 8 assists. Zach Randolph (NY) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Orl shot 53.3% (40-75) FG and NY shot 40.2% (35-87) FG. SA 94, Chi 79 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 8 points including 2-9 FG, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 28 points including 12-19 FG and 5 assists. Michael Finley (SA) had 15 points. Joe Smith (Chi) had 19 points including 9-13 FG and 11 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points. SA shot 14-23 FT and Chi shot 7-10 FT. Manu Ginobili (SA, sprained left index finger) did not play. NO 116, Mem 98 at Mem Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 21 points including 5-11 3-pointers. David West (NO) had 20 points including 9-13 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 40 points including 17-25 FG and 5-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Mike Miller (Mem) had 19 points. Melvin Ely (NO, fractured left eye socket) did not play. Phi 96, Mia 85 at Phi Andre Miller (Phi) had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 7 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 13 points including 4-11 FG. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 27 points, 9 assists, and 3 steals. Ricky Davis (Mia) had 21 points. Jason Williams (Mia, sore knee) did not play. Atl 107, Ind 95 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 26 points and 11 assists. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) had 16 points including 6-21 FG, 12 assists, and 5 turnovers. GS 105, Min 101 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Baron Davis (GS) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Monta Ellis (GS) had 35 points on 13-21 FG and 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 20 points, 19 rebounds including 10 offensive, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marko Jaric (Min) had 15 points including 4-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists.