News from December 16.

Boston placed Dee Brown on IR.

Indiana activated Adrian Caldwell and placed Dwayne Schintzius on IR.

San Antonio activated Cory Alexander and placed Brad Lohaus on IR.


Pho 111, Dal 108 OT - at Dal
Charles Barkley (Pho) had 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
A.C. Green (Pho) had 20 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive in 52
minutes.
Elliot Perry (Pho) had 18 points including 7-10 FG and 6 assists.
George McCloud (Dal) had 36 points including 10-12 3-pointers, 6 rebounds,
and 3 steals.
Jim Jackson (Dal) had 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Kevin Johnson (Pho, groin injury) did not play.

NY 86, Det 82 - at NY
Charles Oakley (NY) had 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 turnovers.
Patrick Ewing (NY) had 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Grant Hill (Det) had 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Terry Mills (Det) had 17 points including 5-14 FG.
NY shot 46.4% (32-69) FG and Det shot 35.1% (26-74) FG.

SA 122, Sac 106 - at SA
Sean Elliott (SA) had 31 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds.
David Robinson (SA) had 30 points on 11-19 FG and 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, 5
blocks, and 6 turnovers.
Avery Johnson (SA) had 16 points and 8 assists.
Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 23 points including 3-4 3-pointers.
Tyus Edney (Sac) had 20 points including 7-9 FG and 6 assists.

Atl 95, Den 86 - at Atl
Mookie Blaylock (Atl) had 28 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds,
5 assists, and 4 steals.
Andrew Lang (Atl) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Dale Ellis (Den) had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Bryant Stith (Den) had 22 points.
Dikembe Mutombo (Den) had 11 points, 20 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 5
turnovers.
Antonio McDyess (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play.

Uta 83, Mia 74 - at Mia
Karl Malone (Uta) had 30 points including 9-12 FT and 8 rebounds.
John Stockton (Uta) had 13 points and 6 assists.
Keith Askins (Mia) had 15 points including 4-5 3-pointers, 13 rebounds
including 8 offensive, 4 blocks, and 5 turnovers.
Uta shot 26-32 FT and Mia shot 10-13 FT.
Billy Owens (Mia, bruised right shoulder) and Predrag Danilovic (Mia, sore
right wrist) did not play.

Chi 108, LAL 88 - at Chi
Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 33 points including 14-24 FG, 13 rebounds, and 6
assists.
Michael Jordan (Chi) had 20 points on 5-20 FG and 10-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 6
assists, and 5 steals.
Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 22 points including 8-11 FG and 3-3 3-pointers.
Cedric Ceballos (LAL) had 27 points including 11-18 FG, 9 rebounds, and 3
steals.
Anthony Peeler (LAL) had 14 points including 5-14 FG.
Chi out-rebounded LAL 57-36 including 22-11 offensive.

GS 116, Van 85 - at Van
Latrell Sprewell (GS) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Chris Mullin (GS) had 18 points including 7-10 FG.
Lawrence Moten (Van) had 16 points.
GS shot 54.2% (45-83) FG and Van shot 43.6% (34-78) FG.
Greg Anthony (Van, strained Achilles Tendon) did not play.

Cha 109, LAC 99 - at LAC
Glen Rice (Cha) had 31 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 8-10 FT.
Larry Johnson (Cha) had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 turnovers.
Scott Burrell (Cha) had 18 points including 6-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and
7 rebounds.
Terry Dehere (LAC) had 28 points on 8-12 FG, 4-6 3-pointers, and 8-11 FT
and 7 assists.
Brian Williams (LAC) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5
turnovers.