News from December 13. Philadelphia fired head coach Maurice Cheeks and named assistant GM Tony DiLeo as coach for the rest of the season. Oklahoma City activated Steven Hill and placed Chris Wilcox (dislocated left ring finger) on IL. Charlotte activated Raja Bell and Boris Diaw and placed Juwan Howard and Sean May on IL. Philadelphia activated Kareem Rush and placed Theo Ratliff on IL. Milwaukee activated Charlie Bell and placed Dan Gadzuric on IL. Orlando activated Jeremy Richardson and placed Dwight Howard (injured left knee) on IL. Utah activated Kyrylo Fesenko and placed Ronnie Brewer (attending funeral) on IL. Stats Leaders Points Dwayne Wade (Mia) 29.1 LeBron James (Cle) 27.1 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 26.3 Rebounds Dwight Howard (Orl) 14.1 Andris Biedrins (GS) 12.2 Marcus Camby (LAC) 11.5 Assists Chris Paul (NO) 12.1 Deron Williams (Uta) 10.3 Jose Calderon (Tor) 9.2 Dal 103, OKC 99 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 46 points on 17-30 FG and 10-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 28 points on 13-21 FG and 6 assists. Brandon Bass (Dal) had 6 points on 3-9 FG and 9 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 steals. Jeff Green (OKC) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 19 points, 8 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 6 assists. Orl 103, Uta 94 at Uta Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 23 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 27 points, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 14 points, 14 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points, 11 assists, and 5 turnovers. Det 90, Cha 86 at Cha Richard Hamilton (Det) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 20 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Phi 104, Was 89 at Phi Elton Brand (Phi) had 27 points including 12-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 5 points and 17 rebounds. Louis Williams (Phi) had 15 points and 5 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Phi shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and Was shot 41% (34-83) FG. Atl 97, Cle 92 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 19 points including 11-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points and 8 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, and 4 steals. Maurice Williams (Atl) had 26 points. LAC 95, Hou 82 at LAC Al Thornton (LAC) had 28 points and 3 blocks. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 30 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 steals. Marcus Camby (LAC) had 12 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 5 blocks. Yao Ming (Hou) had 24 points including 10-17 FG and 13 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 19 points including 5-17 FG and 5 rebounds. LAC shot 47% (39-83) FG and Hou shot 35.6% (31-87) FG. Chi 113, NJ 104 at Chi Ben Gordon (Chi) had 29 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Vince Carter (NJ) had 39 points including 14-14 FT and 6 rebounds. Devin Harris (NJ) had 22 points on 6-18 FG and 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Mil 121, Ind 103 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 20 points and 3 steals. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 20 points and 20 rebounds including 6 offensive. Michael Redd (Mil) had 27 points including 4-10 3-pointers. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 27 points including 10-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 16 points. Den 123, GS 105 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 27 points including 10-17 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 16 points and 11 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Rob Kurz (GS) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (GS) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 5 steals. Den shot 53.2% (50-94) FG and GS shot 41.2% (40-97) FG. Ronnie Turiaf (GS, flu) and Brandan Wright (GS, flu) did not play. NY 114, Sac 90 at Sac Al Harrington (NY) had 33 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nate Robinson (NY) had 19 points. John Salmons (Sac) had 14 points including 5-16 FG. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 12 points including 4-12 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. NY shot 49.4% (43-87) FG and Sac shot 36.7% (36-98) FG. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Quinton Richardson (NY, flu) did not play. Schedule for Sunday, December 14 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Toronto 11:30 am Miami @ Memphis 3:00 pm Oklahoma City @ San Antonio 6:00 pm Minnesota @ LA Lakers 8:30 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