News from December 5. Cleveland matched Charlotte's 3 year, $17 million offer sheet to restricted free agent Anderson Varejao. Thus Varejao remains with Cleveland. Cleveland released Demetris Nichols. Memphis activated Brian Cardinal and placed Darko Milicic on IL with a sprained left ankle. Houston activated Steve Francis and placed Aaron Brooks on IL. New York activated Wilson Chandler and Mardy Collins and placed Eddy Curry (sprained left ankle) and Stephon Marbury (death of father) on IL. SA 97, Dal 95 at SA Tony Parker (SA) had 23 points. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 37 points including 11-12 FT and 6 assists. Michael Finley (SA) had 14 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Josh Howard (Dal) had 22 points and 9 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 20 points including 7-11 FG. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA, sprained right ankle) did not play. Bos 113, Phi 103 at Phi Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 point and 12 rebounds. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. James Posey (Bos) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 24 points including 10-17 FG. Andre Miller (Phi) had 26 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Chi 91, Cha 82 at Cha Luol Deng (Chi) had 30 points on 10-17 FG and 10-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Chris Duhon (Chi) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points on 5-14 FG and 7-11 FT and 6 rebounds. Pho 136, Tor 123 at Tor Grant Hill (Pho) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 25 points and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 10 points and 18 assists. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 35 points including 14-23 FG and 5-14 3-pointers. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 14 points and 9 assists. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 22 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 3 steals. T.J. Ford (Tor) had 27 points including 12-19 FG. Hou 105, Mem 92 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 24 points including 10-17 FG, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 4 blocks. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 17 points including 7-22 FG, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Bonzi Wells (Hou) had 24 points including 11-14 FG and 7 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 17 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pau Gasol (Mem) had 23 points including 7-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Mem) had 19 points including 6-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers and 5 assists. Det 91, NO 76 at NO Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 18 points including 4-16 FG and 1-9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points. Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 22 rebounds including 8 offensive. LAL 111, Den 107 at Den Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Derek Fisher (LAL) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vladimir Radmanovic (LAL) had 21 points including 6-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Camby (Den) had 0 points on 0-3 FG and 0-2 FT and 20 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Den) had 51 points on 18-27 FG and 15-18 FT, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Was 105, Cle 86 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points including 13-23 FG, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Brendan Haywood (Was) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 13 points and 8 assist. Gilbert Arenas (Was, knee surgery), Oleksiy Pecherov (Was, fractured right ankle), and LeBron James (Cle, sprained left index finger) did not play. NY 100, NJ 93 at NJ David Lee (NY) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Zach Randolph (NY) had 25 points including 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 29 points including 12-14 FT and 7 assists. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 31 points including 11-11 FT. Vince Carter (NJ) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ, migraine), Josh Boone (NJ, migraine), and Antoine Wright (NJ, sore left shoulder) did not play. Sea 95, LAC 88 at Sea Damien Wilkins (Sea) had 17 points. Kevin Durant (Sea) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Nick Collison (Sea) had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 23 points. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 19 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 blocks. Sea shot 46.1% (35-76) FG and LAC shot 34.6% (27-78) FG. Delonte West (Sea, plantar fasciitis right foot) did not play. GS 120, Mil 90 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 20 points. Baron Davis (GS) had 20 points and 9 assists. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 16 points including 6-8 FG. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 10 points including 4-5 FG and 8 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. GS shot 52.3% (45-86) FG and Mil shot 40.2% (35-87) FG.