News from December 23. Oklahoma City activated Mouhammed Sene and placed Nick Collison (broken left thumb) on IL. Houston activated Rafer Alston and placed Joey Doresy on IL. Cleveland activated Lorenzen Wright and placed Darnell Jackson on IL. Indiana activated Marquis Daniels and placed Troy Murphy on IL. Utah activated Kyrylo Fesenko and placed Mehmet Okur (back spasms) on IL. Milwaukee activated Malik Allen and placed Austin Croshere on IL. New Orleans activated Julian Wright and placed Antonio Daniels (injured knee) on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Mike Miller (sprained left ankle) on IL. Dal 100, Mem 82 at Dal Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 13 points including 6-7 FG, 9 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 blocks. Jason Terry (Dal) had 17 points, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Dal shot 50% (41-82) FG and Mem shot 38.3% (31-81) FG. Darius Miles (Mem, suspended) did not play. Por 101, Den 92 at Por LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Roy (Por) had 19 points and 6 assists. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 10 points and 19 rebounds including 5 offensive. Nene (Den) had 17 points including 5-6 FG, 13 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 4 steals. Linas Kleiza (Den) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony (Den, right elbow contusion) did not play. Mil 94, Uta 86 at Mil Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 11 points, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. Michael Redd (Mil) had 27 points including 9-25 FG and 1-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points including 5-16 FG, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 turnovers. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) had 22 points including 12-13 FT, 11 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. LAL 100, NO 87 at NO Pau Gasol (LAL) had 20 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 13 points, 7 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 26 points including 12-15 FT and 6 rebounds. Rasual Butler (NO) had 17 points. Chris Paul (NO) had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 6 steals. Bos 110, Phi 91 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 18 points. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points. Ray Allen (Bos) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Louis Williams (Phi) had 16 points including 8-10 FT, 8 assists, and 5 turnovers. Willie Green (Phi, sprained left ankle) and Theo Ratliff (Phi, flu) did not play. Mia 96, GS 88 at Mia Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 16 points on 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 32 points including 6-10 FT, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 5-7 3-pointers. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) had 16 points including 6-19 FG and 9 rebounds. CJ Watson (GS) had 18 points. Mia shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and GS shot 37.1% (33-89) FG. Jamal Crawford (GS, strained left groin) did not play. Atl 99, OKC 88 at Atl Marvin Williams (Atl) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Josh Smith (Atl) had 19 points. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points including 8-23 FG, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 28 points and 6 rebounds. Jeff Green (OKC) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Chris Wilcox (OKC) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Cha 80, Was 72 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 16 points including 6-7 FG and 8 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Cha) had 6 points on 3-14 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 29 points on 10-15 FG and 9-17 FT, 18 rebounds including 6 offensive, and 3 blocks. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 14 points including 5-18 FG and 6 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 31 points and 6 rebounds. Cle 99, Hou 90 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 23 points. Daniel Gibson (Cle) had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points on 3-10 FG and 13-13 FT and 5 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 20 points on 8-11 FG and 4-7 3-pointers. NJ 108, Ind 107 at Ind Devin Harris (NJ) had 29 points on 9-16 FG and 11-12 FT and the game winning jumper at the buzzer, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Vince Carter (NJ) had 38 points including 6-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Brandon Rush (Ind) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. NJ shot 28-33 FT and Ind shot 10-13 FT. Marquis Daniels (Ind, viral infection) and Maceo Baston (Ind, back spasms) did not play. Det 104, Chi 98 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 14 points including 4-11 FG, 11 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 7 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 40 points on 15-24 FG and 9-11 FT and 4 steals. Antonio McDyess (Det) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Larry Hughes (Chi) had 19 points and 5 assists. Drew Gooden (Chi) did not play. SA 99, Min 93 at SA Michael Finley (SA) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Tony Parker (SA) had 36 points on 13-17 FG and 10-12 FT and 8 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 28 points including 11-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min) had 26 points and 16 rebounds. Schedule for Wednesday, December 24 (All times Central) No games scheduled Schedule for Thursday, December 25 (All times Central) New Orleans @ Orlando 11:00 am ESPN San Antonio @ Phoenix 1:30 pm ABC Boston @ LA Lakers 4:00 pm ABC Washington @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Dallas @ Portland 9:30 pm TNT ---- To all who celebrate it, have a wonderful Christmas! patricia ---- 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