News from December 14. The NBA named Deron Williams (Uta) and Rodney Stuckey (Det) as Players of the Week. Williams averaged 21.9 points and 11.3 assists as Utah went 3-1. Stuckey averaged 27 points and 6 assists as Detroit went 3-0. The NBA suspended Trevor Ariza (Hou) for 1 game for swinging his elbow at DeMar DeRozan (Tor) during Sunday's Hou-Tor game. Miami released Shavlik Randolph. Phoenix recalled Taylor Griffin from the NBADL. Ike Diogu (NO) is scheduled to undergo microfracture surgery on his left knee on Tuesday. He is out for the season. Dallas activated Josh Howard and placed Matt Carroll on IL. The LA Clippers activated Brian Skinner and placed DeAndre Jordan on IL. Utah activated Kyle Korver and placed Kosta Koufos on IL. Minnesota activated Brian Cardinal and placed Ryan Gomes (sprained left ankle) on IL. Denver activated Johan Petro and placed Renaldo Balkman on IL. Dal 94, NO 90 at Dal Jason Kidd (Dal) had 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 13 assists. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 23 points including 10-13 FG. Josh Howard (Dal) had 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points, 16 assists, and 5 steals. James Posey (NO) had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Dal shot 55.1% (38-69) FG and NO shot 43.8% (39-89) FG. Min 110, Uta 108 at Uta Al Jefferson (Min) had 23 points including 9-16 FG and 5-10 FT and 12 rebounds. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 28 points including 11-19 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and the game winning layup with 3 seconds left and 5 assists. Corey Brewer (Min) had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Deron Williams (Uta) had 38 points including 14-18 FT and 13 assists. Den 102, OKC 93 at Den Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 31 points and 5 rebounds. Chris Andersen (Den) had 15 points including 9-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. J.R. Smith (Den) had 19 points on 5-14 FG and 8-10 FT. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 32 points including 12-13 FT, 10 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 14 points including 5-15 FG, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Bos 110, Mem 105 at Mem Paul Pierce (Bos) had 19 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 6 assists. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 18 points and 9 assists. Ray Allen (Bos) had 18 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Orl 106, Ind 98 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points including 13-22 FT, 23 rebounds including 9 offensive, and 4 blocks. Vince Carter (Orl) had 28 points and 7 rebounds. Anthony Johnson (Orl) had 13 points and 7 assists. Mike Dunleavy (Ind) had 26 points. T.J. Ford (Ind) had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Orl shot 25-35 FT and Ind shot 7-10 FT. Jameer Nelson (Orl, torn meniscus left knee) did not play. Phi 117, GS 101 at Phi Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 26 points including 12-21 FG, 14 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 3 steals. Jrue Holiday (Phi) had 15 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Allen Iverson (Phi) had 20 points including 7-10 FG. Corey Maggette (GS) had 24 points on 13-15 FG and 6 turnovers. Anthony Randolph (GS) had 15 points including 9-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Phi shot 17-20 FT and GS shot 32-40 FT. Phi out-rebounded GS 59-26 including 25-6 offensive. Andris Biedrins (GS, osteitis pubis) and Ronny Turiaf (GS, left knee sprain) did not play. LAC 97, Was 95 at LAC Chris Kaman (LAC) had 23 points including 11-19 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 29 points including 10-15 FG and 5 steals. Baron Davis (LAC) had 14 points on 2-14 FG and 9-11 FT, 12 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Caron Butler (Was) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 32 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Schedule for Tuesday, December 15 (All times Central) New York @ Charlotte 6:00 pm New Jersey @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Toronto @ Miami 6:30 pm LA Lakers @ Chicago 7:00 pm Detroit @ Houston 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Sacramento @ 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