News from December 13.

New York signed Jonathan Bender.

The LA Clippers activated Ricky Davis and placed Brian Skinner on IL.

Miami activated Jermaine O'Neal and placed Quentin Richardson (sore right
hamstring) on IL.

New Jersey activated Eduardo Najera and placed Chris Douglas-Roberts (sore
left knee) on IL.

Toronto activated Marcus Banks and placed Jose Calderon (sore left hip) on
IL.


Cle 102, OKC 89  at OKC
LeBron James (Cle) had 44 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 7-10 FT, 7
rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
Maurice Williams (Cle) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers.
Anderson Varejao (Cle) had 4 points and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Kevin Durant (OKC) had 29 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 4 steals,
and 7 turnovers.
Jeff Green (OKC) had 26 points including 10-11 FT.

Tor 101, Hou 88  at Tor
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) had 23 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Chris Bosh (Tor) had 27 points including 11-19 FG and 6 rebounds.
Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Luis Scola (Hou) had 21 points and 15 rebounds.
Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20 points including 6-20 FG.
Carl Landry (Hou) had 25 points including 10-13 FG and 7 rebounds
including 6 offensive.
Tor shot 50% (40-80) FG and Hou shot 36.8% (32-87) FG.

SA 115, LAC 90  at LAC
Richard Jefferson (SA) had 17 points.
Tim Duncan (SA) had 21 points including 9-14 FG.
Manu Ginobili (SA) had 17 points including 4-6 3-pointers.
Chris Kaman (LAC) had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Baron Davis (LAC) had 20 points and 6 assists.
SA shot 57.3% (43-75) FG and LAC shot 44.2% (38-86) FG.

Atl 130, NJ 107  at Atl
Maurice Evans (Atl) had 22 points including 4-4 3-pointers and 9 rebounds.
Al Horford (Atl) had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
Joe Johnson (Atl) had 21 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals.
Brook Lopez 9NJ) had 19 points and 12 rebounds including 5 offensive.
Devin Harris (NJ) had 23 points and 9 assists.
Marvin Williams (Atl, upset stomach), Tony Battie (NJ, strained right
groin), and Keyon Dooling (NJ, sore hip flexors) did not play.

Mem 118, Mia 90  at Mia
Rudy Gay (Mem) had 41 points including 3-4 3-pointers and 8-12 FT.
Marc Gasol (Mem) had 16 points including 7-7 FG and 15 rebounds.
O.J. Mayo (Mem) had 16 points including 6-8 FG.
Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 25 points.
Dorell Wright (Mia) had 16 points.
Mem out-rebounded Mia 49-26 including 15-8 offensive.


Schedule for Monday, December 14  (All times Central)
  Indiana @ Orlando             6:00 pm
  Golden State @ Philadelphia   6:00 pm
  Boston @ Memphis              7:00 pm
  New Orleans @ Dallas          7:30 pm  NBATV
  Oklahoma City @ Denver        8:00 pm
  Minnesota @ Utah              8:00 pm
  Washington @ LA Clippers      9:30 pm


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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