News from December 15. Vancouver activated Doug Edwards and placed Kenny Gattison on IR. Van 104, Por 100 OT - at Van Bryant Reeves (Van) had 25 points including 5-10 FT and 17 rebounds. Eric Murdock (Van) had 14 points, 12 assists, and 5 steals. Rod Strickland (Por) had 29 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Clifford Robinson (Por) had 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Van shot 28-43 FT and Por shot 10-19 FT. Greg Anthony (Van, strained Achilles tendon) and Arvydas Sabonis (Por, strained lower back) did not play. Det 105, NJ 98 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists. Otis Thorpe (Det) had 19 points including 9-11 FG and 9 rebounds. Allan Houston (Det) had 22 points including 8-24 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Armon Gilliam (NJ) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Edwards (NJ) had 26 points including 11-16 FG. Cle 100, Min 88 - at Min Chris Mills (Cle) had 26 points including 11-17 FG and 8 rebounds. Terrell Brandon (Cle) had 19 points and 6 assists. Christian Laettner (Min) had 22 points including 8-12 FG and 9 rebounds. Isaiah Rider (Min) had 21 points including 5-6 3-pointers. Was 122, LAL 114 - at Was Juwan Howard (Was) had 26 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Chris Webber (Was) had 37 points including 16-24 FG, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Robert Pack (Was) had 21 points including 11-12 FT, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Cerdic Ceballos (LAL) had 33 points and 5 rebounds. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 25 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Bos 122, Tor 103 - at Bos Dino Radja (Bos) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 14 rebounds. Rick Fox (Bos) had 24 points including 8-12 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Zan Tabak (Tor) had 18 points including 7-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 15 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Bos shot 29-39 FT and Tor shot 13-20 FT. Sac 114, Hou 110 - at Hou Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 47 points including 10-13 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Lionel Simmons (Sac) had 11 points including 4-4 FG. Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) had 37 points including 11-14 FT and 7 rebounds. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 17 points including 8-11 FT and 7 assists. Sac shot 58.1% (43-74) FG and Hou shot 52.1% (37-71) FG. Orl 111, Uta 99 - at Orl Dennis Scott (Orl) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) had 26 points including 8-16 FT and 11 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 16 points, 11 assists, and 5 rebounds. Karl Malone (Uta) had 24 points, 21 rebounds, and 5 assists. Chris Morris (Uta) had 21 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Orl shot 50% (40-80) FG and Uta shot 41% (34-83) FG. Ind 112, Mil 95 - at Ind Derrick McKey (Ind) had 19 points including 8-12 FG and 8 assists. Rik Smits (Ind) had 16 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Vin Baker (Mil) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 22 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 turnovers. Ind shot 58.7% (44-75) FG and Mil shot 53.7% (36-67) FG. Sea 108, GS 101 - at Sea Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 32 points on 11-17 FG and 10-14 FT, 16 rebounds, and 7 assists. Sam Perkins (Sea) had 21 points. Gary Payton (Sea) had 28 points including 11-18 FG, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals. Joe Smith (GS) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 17 points and 5 assists.