News from December 11. Ike Diogu (NO) is scheduled to undergo microfracture surgery on his left knee on Tuesday. He is out for the season. Dallas activated Quinton Ross and placed James Singleton on IL. Miami activated Daequan Cook and placed Shavlik Randolph on IL. New Jersey activated Tony Battie and placed Jarvis Hayes on IL. Indiana activated Earl Watson and placed Josh McRoberts on IL. Atlanta activated Othello Hunter and placed Joe Smith (dislocated left thumb) on IL. Toronto activated Andrea Bargnani and Jose Calderon and placed Marcus Banks and Patrick O'Bryant on IL. Cleveland activated Coby Karl and placed Daniel Gibson (sprained right pinkie finger) on IL. Minnesota activated Nathan Jawai and placed Brian Cardinal on IL. Dal 106, Mia 93 at Mia Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 25 points and 5 rebounds. Erick Dampier (Dal) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 17 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 12 points and 10 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 28 points on 8-24 FG and 12-15 FT, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 22 points including 9-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Pho 106, Orl 103 at Pho Amare Stoudemire (Pho) had 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 18 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 23 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 10 points on 1-1 FG and 8-17 FT, 18 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 5 turnovers. Jameer Nelson (Orl, torn meniscus left knee) did not play. LAL 104, Min 92 at LAL Pau Gasol (LAL) had 17 points, 20 rebounds including 8 offensive, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ron Artest (LAL) had 16 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Al Jefferson (Min) had 24 points and 13 rebounds. Kevin Love (Min) had 7 points on 3-14 FG and 19 rebounds including 8 offensive. Atl 111, Tor 89 at Tor Joe Johnson (Atl) had 20 points and 5 assists. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 14 points including 6-7 FG and 6 rebounds. Hedo Turkoglu (Tor) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 17 points. Cle 104, Por 99 at Cle LeBron James (Cle) had 33 points including 14-24 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Maurice Williams (Cle) had 14 points and 10 assists. Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 22 points including 10-17 FG and 10 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 22 points. Brandon Roy (Por) had 23 points including 9-25 FG, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Andre Miller (Por) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez (Por, back pain), Greg Oden (Por, left knee surgery), and Travis Outlaw (Por, left foot surgery) did not play. SA 104, Cha 85 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 17 points. Tim Duncan (SA) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 22 points including 4-5 3-pointers. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 18 points including 6-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Stephen Jackson (Cha) had 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. SA shot 59.1% (39-66) FG and Cha shot 42.7% (32-75) FG. Hou 96, Phi 91 at Phi Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 19 points. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 20 points including 12-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 24 points. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 20 points and 5 rebounds. Elton Brand (Phi) had 19 points and 10 rebounds. OKC 102, Mem 94 at Mem Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 1-7 3-pointers and 11-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Nenad Krstic (OKC) had 15 points including 7-10 FG and 8 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 19 points and 20 rebounds including 11 offensive. Mike Conley (Mem) had 20 points and 8 assists. Chi 96, GS 91 OT at Chi Luol Deng (Chi) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 18 points on 9-14 FG, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Brad Miller (Chi) had 12 points and 13 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 27 points including 10-26 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Corey Maggette (GS) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis) and Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee) did not play. NY 113, NO 96 at NO Al Harrington (NY) had 28 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds. David Lee (NY) had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 20 points on 10-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Chris Duhon (NY) had 22 points including 7-11 FG and 6-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. David West (NO) had 20 points and 7 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Paul (NO) had 13 points including 4-14 FG, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists. NY scored the last 18 points of the game. NY shot 55.1% (43-78) FG and NO shot 40% (34-85) FG. Ind 107, NJ 91 at Ind Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Roy Hibbert (Ind) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 15 points including 5-7 FG and 12 rebounds. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 25 points on 8-23 FG and 9-10 FT, 14 rebounds including 8 offensive, and 3 blocks. Devin Harris (NJ) had 18 points. Ind shot 46.7% (42-90) FG and NJ shot 36.3% (33-91) FG. Keyon Dooling (NJ, sore hip flexors) did not play. Schedule for Saturday, December 12 (All times Central) Indiana @ Washington 6:00 pm Golden State @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ Chicago 7:00 pm NBATV Charlotte @ Dallas 7:30 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Phoenix @ Denver 8:00 pm LA Lakers @ Utah 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 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