News from December 9. Kareem Rush (LAC) underwent surgery on his right knee to repair a torn ACL. He is out for the season. Cleveland activated Jamario Moon and placed Danny Green on IL. New Orleans activated Morris Peterson and placed Bobby Brown on IL. Toronto activated Patrick O'Bryant and placed Andrea Bargnani (sore right ankle) on IL. Indiana activated A.J. Price and Josh McRoberts and placed Danny Granger and Earl Watson on IL. Granter is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. Chicago activated Kirk Hinrich. LAL 101, Uta 77 at LAL Ron Artest (LAL) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Deron Williams (Uta) had 17 points and 8 assists. Carlos Boozer (Uta) had 11 points including 5-16 FG and 12 rebounds. LAL shot 46.2% (36-78) FG and Uta shot 33.7% (29-86) FG. LAL out-scored Uta 28-6 in the 4th quarter and 53-25 in the 2nd half. Kyrylo Fesenko (Uta, stomach virus), Andrei Kirilenko (Uta, lower back strain), and Ronnie Price (Uta, sprained left big toe) did not play. Por 102, Ind 91 at Ind LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Brandon Roy (Por) had 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dahntay Jones (Ind) had 19 points. Tyler Hansbrough (Ind) had 13 points including 4-14 FG and 11 rebounds including 7 offensive. Rudy Fernandez (Por, back pain), Greg Oden (left knee surgery), and Travis Outlaw (Por, left foot surgery) did not play. Det 90, Phi 86 at Phi Jonas Jerebko (Det) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Jason Maxiell (Det) had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 17 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Andre Iguodala (Phi) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Ben Gordon (Det, sprained left ankle) and Jrue Holiday (Phi, right rotator cuff strain) did not play. Atl 118, Chi 83 at Atl Josh Smith (Atl) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Atl) had 29 points including 10-16 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Maurice Evans (Atl) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. James Johnson (Chi) had 17 points. Atl shot 50% (44-88) FG and Chi shot 36.4% (28-77) FG. Hou 95, Cle 85 at Hou Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 27 points including 12-13 FT and 6 assists. Trevor Ariza (Hou) had 26 points on 11-19 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Carl Landry (Hou) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. LeBron James (Cle) had 27 points including 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Delonte West (Cle) had 14 points. SA 118, Sac 106 at SA Richard Jefferson (SA) had 23 points on 11-18 FG and 8 rebounds. Tony Parker (SA) had 18 points and 11 assists. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 20 points. Jason Thompson (Sac) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 20 points on 9-14 FG and 7 rebounds. GS 105, NJ 89 at NJ Mikki Moore (GS) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Monta Ellis (GS) had 18 points, 8 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. Earl Watson (GS) had 18 points and 5 steals. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 21 points, 10 rebounds including 5 offensive, and 6 turnovers. Devin Harris (NJ) had 19 points on 4-11 FG and 11-15 FT. Andris Biedrins (GS, lower back strain), Ronny Turiaf (GS, sprained left knee), and Bobby Simmons (NJ, sore neck) did not play. Mil 117, Tor 95 at Mil Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 22 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 6 assists. Roko Ukic (Mil) had 17 points. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 26 points including 12-14 FT and 10 rebounds. Jarrett Jack (Tor) had 12 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. NO 97, Min 96 at Min Peja Stojakovic (NO) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Chris Paul (NO) had 15 points including the game winning layup with 1.4 seconds left, 14 assists, and 5 turnovers. Marcus Thornton (NO) had 20 points. Ryan Gomes (Min) had 21 points on 10-16 FG and 6 rebounds. Al Jefferson (Min) had 17 points and 16 rebounds including 5 offensive. NO shot 6-10 FT and Min shot 11-20 FT. NO shot 13-25 3-pointers and Min shot 3-9 3-pointers. Schedule for Thursday, December 10 (All times Central) Denver @ Detroit 6:30 pm Boston @ Washington 7:00 pm TNT Orlando @ Utah 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