News from December 12. The NBA named Dikembe Mutombo (Den) as Player of the Week. Mutombo averaged 11.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 7.3 blocks as Denver went 3-0. Dallas placed Jamal Mashburn on IR. Philadelphia signed Scott Skiles (G) and Mike Brown (F-C). Miami signed Danny Schayes. Dall 112, Sea 101 OT - at Dal Tony Dumas (Dal) had 35 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5-13 FT and 5 turnovers. George McCloud (Dal) had 30 points including 8-12 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 7 points including 2-14 FG, 11 rebounds, 18 assists, and 1 turnover. Sam Perkins (Sea) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 15 rebounds. Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 17 points, 22 rebounds, and 7 turnovers. Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 24 points including 4-11 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Orl 101, NJ 97 - at NJ Nick Anderson (Orl) had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 turnovers. Kenny Anderson (NJ) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Armon Gilliam (NJ) had 17 points and 13 rebounds. Min 85, Atl 78 - at Atl Isaiah Rider (Min) had 20 points and 6 rebounds. Christian Laettner (Min) had 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 23 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 4 steals. Steve Smith (Atl) had 18 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Min shot 43% (34-79) FG and Atl shot 36.9% (24-65) FG. NY 97, LAL 82 - at NY Anthony Mason (NY) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Derek Harper (NY) had 17 points and 7 assists. Charles Oakley (NY) had 15 points and 16 rebounds. Elden Campbell (LAL) had 18 points and 6 rebounds. Cedric Ceballos (LAL) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. NY shot 30-33 FT and LAL shot 10-17 FT. GS 105, Mia 80 - at GS Chris Mullin (GS) had 26 points including 8-12 FG and 6-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Rony Seikaly (GS) had 17 points including 7-8 FG in 18 minutes. Kurt Thomas (Mia) had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Willis (Mia) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Billy Owens (Mia) did not play. Hou 133, Sac 93 - at Sac Robert Horry (Hou) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 31 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. Sam Cassell (Hou) had 26 points and 9 rebounds. Tyus Edney (Sac) had 17 points including 8-11 FG. Olden Polynice (Sac) had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Hou shot 51.5% (52-101) and Sac shot 38.9% (35-90) FG. Cle 97, LAC 86 - at Cle Chris Mills (Cle) had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Bobby Phills (Cle) had 21 points and 6 assists. Terrell Brandon (Cle) had 23 points including 14-14 FT and 6 assists. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 17 points including 6-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Brian Williams (LAC) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Cle shot 27-34 FT and LAC shot 14-19 FT. Was 108, Mil 102 - at Was Juwan Howard (Was) had 21 points including 8-12 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Webber (Was) had 25 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Robert Pack (Was) had 23 points including 10-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 turnovers. Vin Baker (Mil) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 30 points including 9-10 FT, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Ind 125, Den 92 - at Ind Reggie Miller (Ind) had 23 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Antonio Davis (Ind) had 26 points on 9-11 FG and 8-10 FT. Don MacLean (Den) had 20 points including 8-12 FT, 7 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Doug Overton (Den) had 16 points in 15 minutes. Ind shot 60.5% (46-76) FG and Den shot 32.5% (25-77) FG. Bos 116, Tor 96 - at Tor Dino Radja (Bos) had 18 points and 14 rebounds. Dee Brown (Bos) had 20 points, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Dana Barros (Bos) had 18 points. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 18 points and 9 assists. Ed Pinckney (Tor) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Bos shot 29-41 FT and Tor shot 18-21 FT. Cha 115, Pho 100 - at Pho Scott Burrell (Cha) had 26 points including 10-14 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Glen Rice (Cha) had 33 points including 10-13 FT. Kendall Gill (Cha) had 18 points including 6-9 FG, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Charles Barkley (Pho) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 16 points including 12-13 FT.