News from December 15. The NBA named Tim Duncan (SA) and Al Harrington (NY) as Players of the Week. Duncan averaged 22 points and 12.5 rebounds as San Antonio went 4-0. Harrington averaged 33.3 points and 8.3 rebounds as New York went 2-1. Sacramento fired head coach Reggie Theus and assistant coach Chuck Person and named assistant coach Kenny Natt as interim coach. San Antonio released Blake Ahearn. Dallas activated Josh Howard and placed James Singleton on IL. Toronto placed Hassan Adams on IL. Washington activated Oleksiy Pecherov and placed Etan Thomas on IL. Utah activated Ronnie Brewer and placed Kyrylo Fesenko on IL. Boston activated Sam Cassell and placed Eddie House (attending funeral) on IL. Milwaukee activated Dan Gadzuric and placed Francisco Elson on IL. Miami activated Udonis Haslem and placed Shaun Livingston on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Mark Madsen on IL. Den 98, Dal 88 at Dal Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. J.R. Smith (Den) had 25 points including 11-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points. Den shot 46.2% (36-78) FG and Dal shot 34.9% (29-83) FG. Atl 83, Cha 79 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 25 points. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 15 points including 5-15 FG and 7 assists. Bos 100, Uta 91 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 14 rebounds. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 25 points including 11-15 FT, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 32 points including 13-20 FG and 10 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 15 points and 7 assists. Bos out-rebounded Uta 50-30 including 12-7 offensive. Pho 111, NY 103 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 21 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 23 points including 11-18 FT and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 24 points including 8-22 FG and 7 rebounds. Nate Robinson (NY) had 27 points including 1-10 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) did not play. Ind 118, Was 98 at Was Danny Granger (Ind) had 27 points including 10-10 FT, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 20 points including 10-17 FG, 8 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Caron Butler (Was) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 15 rebounds. NJ 94, Tor 87 at Tor Devin Harris (NJ) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 10-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20 points including 8-24 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ryan Anderson (NJ) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 17 points on 4-15 FG and 8-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 15 points, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Orl 109, GS 98 at GS Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 32 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 3 steals. Marcin Gortat (Orl) had 16 points, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 23 points including 10-12 FG and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Marco Belinelli (GS) had 19 points and 6 assists. Mil 98, Mia 83 at Mia Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 20 points on 10-12 FG and 11 rebounds. Michael Redd (Mil) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 15 points including 5-16 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assist. Sac 118, Min 103 at Sac Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 21 points and 5 assists. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 22 points and 7 rebounds. Rashad McCants (Min) had 21 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Schedule for Tuesday, December 16 (All times Central) Chicago @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New Orleans @ Memphis 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Denver @ Houston 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Portland 9:00 pm New York @ LA Lakers 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