News from December 3. Toronto fired head coach Sam Mitchell and named assistant Jay Triano as interim coach. Atlanta activated Josh Smith and placed Othello Hunter on IL. Charlotte activated Shannon Brown and placed Nazr Mohammed on IL. Minnesota activated Calvin Booth and placed Rodney Carney on IL. Orlando activated Keith Bogans and placed Jameer Nelson (strained right hip flexor) on IL. Indiana activated Jeff Foster and placed Maceo Baston on IL. Boston activated Sam Cassell and placed Tony Allen (sprained ankle) on IL. Milwaukee activated Andrew Bogut and placed Charlie Bell (sore right ankle) on IL. New Orleans activated Morris Peterson and placed Melvin Ely on IL. Houston activated Steve Francis and placed Brent Barry (strained right calf) on IL. Miami activated Shaun Livingston and placed Mark Blount on IL. Bos 114, Ind 96 at Bos Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 26 points including 11-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 16 points, 13 rebounds, 17 assists, and 3 steals. Ray Allen (Bos) had 31 points including 11-18 FG and 6-9 3-pointers. Danny Granger (Ind) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 assists. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 15 points and 8 assists. Bos shot 26-32 FT and Ind shot 9-13 FT. Bos out-rebounded Ind 54-31 including 14-9 offensive. NO 104, Pho 91 at NO Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 24 points including 5-9 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. David West (NO) had 23 points including 10-10 FT and 14 rebounds. Chris Paul (NO) had 24 points and 15 assists. Grant Hill (Pho) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 26 points including 11-19 FG and 6 turnovers. Leandro Barbosa (Pho) had 19 points. NO shot 30-35 FT and Pho shot 10-13 FT. Steve Nash (Pho, flu) and Shaquille O'Neal (Pho, rest) did not play. LAL 114, Phi 102 at Phi Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 blocks. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 18 points including 7-11 FG and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 32 points including 12-20 FG and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Phi) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Atl 105, Mem 95 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike Bibby (Atl) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 10 assists. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 26 points including 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 16 points including 6-18 FG and 10 rebounds. Hakim Warrick (Mem) had 20 points. Atl shot 56.3% (40-71) FG and Mem shot 45.5% (35-77) FG. Orl 100, Min 89 at Orl Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 22 points on 10-16 FG and 3 steals. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 23 points on 7-10 FG and 9-16 FT, 14 rebounds, 6 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Al Jefferson (Min) had 19 points and 8 rebounds including 5 offensive. Kevin Love (Min) had 16 points including 6-10 FT and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Orl shot 56.9% (37-65) FG and Min shot 41.4% (36-87) FG. Orl shot 10-21 3-pointers and Min shot 2-9 3-pointers. Cle 118, NY 82 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 21 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) had 14 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 16 points. Al Harrington (NY) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 16 points and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Anthony Roberson (NY) had 19 points including 5-12 3-pointers and 3 steals. Cle shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and NY shot 38.6% (32-83) FG. Cle shot 26-30 FT and NY shot 8-10 FT. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore back) and Nate Robinson (NY, strained groin) did not play. Mia 93, Uta 89 at Uta Shawn Marion (Mia) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 11 points including 4-13 FG and 13 rebounds including 8 offensive. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Paul Millsap (Uta) had 20 points, 13 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 18 points and 3 steals. Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, inflamed right ankle) and Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, strained lower back) did not play. Por 98, Was 92 at Was LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 16 points. Steve Blake (Por) had 15 points including 4-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Caron Butler (Was) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points on 10-17 FG and 5 assists. Cha 103, OKC 97 at Cha Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 21 points and 3 steals. Emeka Okafor (Cha) had 25 points on 8-11 FG and 9-12 FT and 13 rebounds including 6 offensive. Jason Richardson (Cha) had 18 points. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points including 9-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Jeff Green (OKC) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Mil 97, Chi 90 at Mil Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 21 points including 8-11 FT and 5 turnovers. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 23 points and 10 rebounds. Dan Gadzuric (Mil) had 11 points including 4-5 FG and 14 rebounds including 7 offensive. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points including 9-14 FG and 6 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 18 points, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 22 points and 6 rebounds. Hou 103, LAC 96 at Hou Yao Ming (Hou) had 24 points on 6-8 FG and 12-13 FT and 10 rebounds. Rafer Alston (Hou) had 21 points including 5-9 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ron Artest (Hou) had 19 points including 5-15 FG. Al Thornton (LAC) had 24 points and 9 rebounds. Zach Randolph (LAC) had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Hou shot 31-39 FT and LAC shot 11-16 FT. Schedule for Thursday, December 4 (All times Central) Phoenix @ Dallas 7:00 pm TNT San Antonio @ Denver 9:30 pm TNT ---- 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