News from December 21.

Boston activated Sam Cassell and placed Glen Davis on IL.  Davis suffered
a concussion and whiplash in a car accident as he drove to Sunday's Bos-NY
game.

Cleveland activated Daniel Gibson and placed Jawad Williams on IL.


Dal 97, Was 86  at Was
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points and 9 rebounds.
Josh Howard (Dal) had 17 points.
Jason Terry (Dal) had 25 points including 4-8 3-pointers.
Caron Butler (Was) had 18 points and 6 rebounds.
Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points and 8 rebounds.

Bos 124, NY 105  at Bos
Paul Pierce (Bos) had 17 points and 5 assists.
Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 26 points including 12-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5
assists.
Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points and 3 steals.
Chris Duhon (NY) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Quentin Richardson (NY) had 29 points including 5-9 3-pointers.
Nate Robinson (NY) had 23 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Bos shot 65.8% (50-76) FG and NY shot 43.4% (36-83) FG.
Bos out-rebounded NY 47-23 including 9-4 offensive.
Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Jared Jeffries (NY, sore lower
left leg) did not play.

Atl 85, Det 78  at Atl
Al Horford (Atl) had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Mike Bibby (Atl) had 27 points including 10-13 FG and 6-6 3-pointers, 5
assists, and 3 steals.
Joe Johnson (Atl) had 19 points including 8-22 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7
assists.
Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 20 points including 9-12 FG and 9 rebounds.
Atl shot 15-22 FT and Det shot 5-7 FT.

Cle 102, OKC 91  at OKC
LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
Delonte West (Cle) had 18 points.
Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points and 5 rebounds.
Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5
turnovers.
Cle shot 55.3% (42-76) FG and OKC shot 44.3% (35-79) FG.


Schedule for Monday, December 22  (All times Central)
  Golden State @ Orlando        6:00 pm
  Houston @ New Jersey          6:30 pm
  LA Lakers @ Memphis           7:00 pm
  Sacramento @ San Antonio      7:30 pm
  Portland @ Denver             8:00 pm
  Toronto @ LA Clippers         9:30 pm  NBATV


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