News from December 2. Tracy McGrady (Hou) is expected to be out 3 weeks with a sore left knee. San Antonio activated Jacque Vaughn and placed Anthony Tolliver on IL. San Antonio recalled Ian Mahinmi from the NBADL and assigned Tolliver to the NBADL. The LA Lakers activated Chris Mihm and placed DJ Mbenga on IL. Indiana activated Travis Diener and placed Jeff Foster (sore back) on IL. New Jersey activated Keyon Dooling and placed Maurice Ager on IL. Utah activated Brevin Knight and placed Matt Harpring (strained lower back) on IL. Sacramento activated Kevin Martin and placed John Salmons (strained groin) on IL. Dal 100, LAC 98 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 10-27 FG and 10 rebounds. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 5-7 3-pointers. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 15 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists. Al Thornton (LAC) had 23 points and 9 rebounds. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 27 points including 12-17 FG and 10 rebounds. Baron Davis (LAC) had 22 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 6 assists. Dal out-scored LAC 32-17 in the 4th quarter. Antoine Wright (Dal, strained left groin) did not play. Ind 118, LAL 117 at Ind Danny Granger (Ind) had 32 points including 4-10 3-pointers and 5 assists. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 16 points including the game winning putback at the buzzer and 17 rebounds including 6 offensive. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 21 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Ind out-scored LAL 32-16 in the 4th quarter. Ind shot 20-21 FT and LAL shot 33-45 FT. Uta 99, Sac 94 at Sac Paul Millsap (Uta) had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Deron Williams (Uta) had 14 points and 7 assists. Kyle Korver (Uta) had 15 points. Brad Miller (Sac) had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 22 points including 7-10 FT. Uta shot 51.4% (36-70) FG and Sac shot 40.5% (32-79) FG. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, inflamed right ankle) did not play. Det 89, SA 77 at SA Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 assists. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 19 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals. Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 5 assists. Det out-scored SA 28-14 in the 4th quarter. Det shot 50% (37-74) FG and SA shot 39.4% (28-71) FG. Por 104, NY 97 at NY LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points and 6 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Rudy Fernandez (Por) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers. David Lee (NY) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds. Chris Duhon (NY) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. Por out-scored NY 33-22 in the 4th quarter. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Nate Robinson (NY, strained groin) did not play. Was 108, NJ 88 at NJ Caron Butler (Was) had 22 points including 9-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 10 assists. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. DeShawn Stevenson (Was) had 21 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points. Vince Carter (NJ) had 16 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Was shot 51.8% (44-85) FG and NJ shot 40.3% (31-77) FG. Was shot 7-11 FT and NJ shot 19-25 FT. Phi 103, Chi 95 OT at Chi Elton Brand (Phi) had 22 points and 14 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Miller (Phi) had 28 points on 9-26 FG and 10-11 FT and 3 steals. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 25 points including 11-19 FG, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 24 points including 11-19 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points including 6-18 FG, 8 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Den 132, Tor 93 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Nene (Den) had 19 points including 8-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 24 points including 5-6 3-pointers and 14 assists. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24 points including 10-10 FT, 12 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 assists. Roko Ukic (Tor) had 13 points. Den shot 59.8% (49-82) FG and Tor shot 36.6% (34-93) FG. Schedule for Wednesday, December 3 (All times Central) Memphis @ Atlanta 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New York @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Minnesota @ Orlando 6:00 pm LA Lakers @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Portland @ Washington 6:00 pm Indiana @ Boston 6:30 pm Chicago @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Phoenix @ New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV LA Clippers @ Houston 7:30 pm Miami @ Utah 8:00 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