News from December 9. Detroit signed Antoine McDyess. McDyess, who was included in the Chauncey Billups-Allen Iverson trade, had to wait a month after being released by Denver before he could re-sign with Detroit. Milwaukee activated Austin Croshere and placed Malik Allen on IL. Portland activated Ike Diogu and placed Martell Webster on IL. Webster is expected to be out 4 weeks with pain in his left foot - he had undergone surgery on his left foot on October 9 to repair a stress fracture and recently returned to action. The LA Lakers activated Luke Walton and placed Sun Yue on IL. Sacramento activated Quincy Douby and placed Kevin Martin (injured left ankle) on IL. SA 113, Dal 126 2OT at Dal Michael Finley (SA) had 13 points on 5-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 32 points including 12-20 FG and 14 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 29 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 18 points including 7-21 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 35 points including 0-6 3-pointers and 10 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 24 points including 10-15 FG and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Sac 113, LAL 101 at Sac John Salmons (Sac) had 21 points. Brad Miller (Sac) had 13 points including 5-7 FG, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Francisco Garcia (Sac) had 21 points. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 25 points including 9-15 FG, 12 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 3 blocks. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points including 9-25 FG. Was 107, Det 94 at Was Caron Butler (Was) had 33 points on 9-15 FG and 14-14 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Darius Songaila (Was) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Juan Dixon (Was) had 16 points and 7 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 29 points including 10-17 FG. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 19 points on 8-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Cle 114, Tor 94 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 31 points including 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 13 points and 9 assists. Wally Szczerbiak (Cle) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 14 points. Joey Graham (Tor) had 17 points. Kris Humprhies (Tor, right knee tendinitis) did not play. Chi 105, NY 100 at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Drew Gooden (Chi) had 22 points including 9-16 FG and 16 rebounds including 6 offensive. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 17 points including 6-18 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Harrington (NY) had 28 points on 13-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Chris Duhon (NY) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 14 assists. Quinton Richardson (NY) had 22 points including 9-24 FG and 8 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari (NY, sore lower back) and Nate Robinson (NY, strained groin) did not play. Pho 125, Mil 110 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals. Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) had 35 points on 14-19 FG and 7-12 FT, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Nash (Pho) had 19 points, 10 assists, and 5 turnovers. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 22 points and 3 steals. Michael Redd (Mil) had 23 points. Charlie Villanueva (Mil) had 24 points including 9-15 FG and 9 rebounds. Pho shot 58.7% (44-75) FG and Mil shot 46.8% (44-94) FG. Uta 99, Min 96 at Min Paul Millsap (Uta) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 10 rebounds. Mehmet Okur (Uta) had 21 points and 13 rebounds. Ronnie Brewer (Uta) had 25 points including 9-11 FT, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Al Jefferson (Min) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Randy Foye (Min) had 17 points including 4-11 FG. Orl 109, Por 108 at Por Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 24 points including the game winning banked 3-pointer with .3 second left and 5 assists. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 27 points including 9-16 FG and 6-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 6 assists, and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 25 points including 12-17 FG and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Brandon Roy (Por) had 30 points including 9-14 FT, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Hou 92, Atl 84 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Yao Ming (Hou) had 24 points, 19 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ron Artest (Hou) had 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh Smith (Atl) had 13 points including 5-19 FG, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 3 steals. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Hou shot 16-22 FT and Atl shot 8-11 FT. Schedule for Wednesday, December 10 (All times Central) Indiana @ Toronto 6:00 pm New York @ New Jersey 6:30 pm Charlotte @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Memphis @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Denver 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ Golden State 9:30 pm Phoenix @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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