News from December 12. Charlotte signed Juwan Howard and released Dwayne Jones. Orlando re-signed Jeremy Richardson. Richardson was placed on IL. Cleveland activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Zydrunas Ilgauskas (sprained left ankle) on IL. Miami activated Chris Quinn and placed Michael Beasley (flu) on IL. New Jersey activated Josh Boone and Maurice Ager and placed Jarvis Hayes (strained right hamstring) and Stromile Swift (sprained right ankle) on IL. New Orleans activated Melvin Ely and placed Tyson Chandler (stiff neck) on IL. Minnesota activated Mike Miller and placed Mark Madsen on IL. Portland activated Shavlik Randolph and placed Travis Outlaw (bruised tailbone) on IL. Houston activated Tracy McGrady and placed Ron Artest (sprained right ankle) on IL. Golden State activated Brandan Wright and placed Corey Maggette (strained right hamstring) on IL. Bos 94, NO 82 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 28 points including 8-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 9 points, 13 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. David West (NO) had 23 points including 8-21 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points on 5-16 FG and 10-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, and 3 steals. Bos shot 47.1% (33-70) FG and NO shot 35.4% (28-79) FG. Det 114, Ind 110 at Det Richard Hamilton (Det) had 28 points and 5 assists. Allen Iverson (Det) had 17 points and 12 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points including 7-8 FG and 4-5 3-pointers, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 42 points on 13-21 FG and 13-13 FT, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists. Cle 88, Phi 72 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 28 points including 9-12 FT, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 17 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Delonte West (Cle) had 16 points. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Willie Green (Phi) had 19 points. Louis Williams (Phi, flu) did not play. Pho 113, Orl 112 at Pho Grant Hill (Pho) had 15 points including the game winning layup with 2.7 seconds left, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 14 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jason Richardson (Pho) had 21 points. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho, death of great-grandmother) did not play. LAL 112, Sac 103 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Trevor Ariza (LAL) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 5 rebounds. John Salmons (Sac) had 26 points including 9-11 FT, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Beno Udrih (Sac) had 17 points and 7 assists. Mem 103, Chi 96 at Mem Rudy Gay (Mem) had 29 points and 3 steals. Darko Milicic (Mem) had 13 points and 11 rebounds including 6 offensive. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 21 points including 9-12 FG and 6 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi) had 19 points. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 26 points including 7-11 FG. Tor 101, NJ 79 at NJ Chris Bosh (Tor) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Jason Kapono (Tor) had 16 points including 4-9 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Joey Graham (Tor) had 16 points. Yi Jianlian (NJ) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Tor shot 43.8% (32-73) FG and NJ shot 31.3% (26-83) FG. Kris Humphries (Tor, right knee tendinitis) and Anthony Parker (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. Atl 87, Mia 73 at Mia Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points and 7 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 8 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 14 points. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points including 9-24 FG and 8 rebounds. SA 98, Min 86 at Min Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Tony Parker (SA) had 17 points and 9 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points. Al Jefferson (Min) had 29 points and 13 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min) had 19 points and 6 assists. LAC 120, Por 112 2OT at Por Zach Randolph (LAC) had 38 points and 11 rebounds. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Baron Davis (LAC) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points including 9-23 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 54 minutes. Brandon Roy (Por) had 38 points and 9 assists in 53 minutes. Hou 119, GS 108 at GS Luis Scola (Hou) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 24 points including 10-10 FT, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 18 points, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. C.J. Watson (GS) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Ronny Turiaf (GS, flu) and Brandan Wright (GS, flu) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 13 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Detroit @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Washington @ Philadelphia 6:30 pm New Jersey @ Chicago 7:30 pm Oklahoma City @ Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Golden State @ Denver 8:00 pm Orlando @ Utah 8:00 pm New York @ Sacramento 9:00 pm NBATV Houston @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html