News from December 26. Houston assigned Joey Dorsey to the NBADL. San Antonio assigned Malik Hairston to the NBADL. Utah activated Jarron Collins and placed Paul Millsap on IL. Millsap is expected to be out 7 to 10 days with a sprained ligament in his left knee. Boston activated Sam Cassell and placed Kendrick Perkins (injured left shoulder) on IL. Golden State activated Stephen Jackson and placed Jamal Crawford (strained left groin) on IL. Houston placed Ron Artest (sprained right ankle) on IL. New Orleans activated Antonio Daniels and placed Hilton Armstrong (sprained right thumb) on IL. Indiana activated Troy Murphy and placed T.J. Ford (back spasms) on IL. Oklahoma City activated Robert Swift and placed Steven Hill on IL. Charlotte activated Nazr Mohammed and placed Ryan Hollins on IL. New Jersey activated Bobby Simmons and placed Stromile Swift on IL. Uta 97, Dal 88 at Uta Kostas Koufos (Uta) had 18 points including 8-11 FG and 8 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 21 points and 7 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points, 13 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Josh Howard (Dal) had 18 points. Jason Terry (Dal) had 26 points including 10-18 FG. GS 99, Bos 89 at GS Stephen Jackson (GS) had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Marco Belinelli (GS) had 22 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 turnovers. Ronny Turiaf (GS) had 14 points including 10-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 21 points including 7-11 FG and 5 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 11 points, 10 rebounds including 6 offensive, 9 assists, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. GS out-scored Bos 35-17 in the 4th quarter. NO 88, Hou 79 at NO David West (NO) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Tyson Chandler (NO) had 14 points on 7-11 FG and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 26 points and 10 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Tracy McGrady (Hou) had 11 points including 2-11 FG and 5 rebounds. Cha 95, NJ 87 at NJ Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 9 rebounds. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 22 points including 9-13 FT. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 19 points including 8-21 FG. Cha shot 50% (35-70) FG and NJ shot 40% (32-80) FG. Mia 90, Chi 77 at Mia Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (Mia) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Aaron Gray (Chi) had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 16 points. Drew Gooden (Chi) did not play. Tor 107, Sac 101 at Sac Chris Bosh (Tor) had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Tor) had 36 points including 15-19 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. John Salmons (Sac) had 20 points. Brad Miller (Sac) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Den 105, Phi 101 at Den Nene (Den) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. J.R. Smith (Den) had 27 points including 7-11 3-pointers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 26 points including 14-14 FT and 10 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 5 steals. Andre Miller (Phi) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Carmelo Anthony (Den, right elbow contusion) did not play. Det 90, OKC 88 at Det Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Allen Iverson (Det) had 22 points including the game winning runner with .2 seconds left. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 26 points and 8 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Mem 108, Ind 105 at Mem Darko Milicic (Mem) had 14 points including 4-11 FT and 5 rebounds. O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 18 points including 6-17 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 21 points and 5 rebounds. Danny Granger (Ind) had 26 points including 9-16 FG and 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Marquis Daniels (Ind) had 28 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds. Mem shot 24-40 FT and Ind shot 13-18 FT. Darius Miles (Mem, suspended) did not play. Min 120, NY 107 at NY Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points including 9-11 FT and 15 rebounds. Randy Foye (Min) had 19 points. Sebastian Telfair (Min) had 20 points including 10-13 FT, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Rashad McCants (Min) had 23 points including 7-9 3-pointers. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 19 points including 5-15 FG and 7 rebounds. Al Harrington (NY) had 26 points. Nate Robinson (NY) had 26 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Min shot 51.4% (38-74) FG and NY shot 38.9% (35-90) FG. Dan Galinari (NY, sore lower back) and Quentin Ricahrdson (NY, sprained right ankle) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 27 (All times Central) Chicago @ Atlanta 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Charlotte 6:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Washington 6:00 pm Orlando @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Utah @ Houston 7:30 pm NBATV Detroit @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Memphis @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Toronto @ Portland 9:00 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