News from December 9.

Toronto placed John Salley on IR with an eye injury.

The NBA fined Ricky Pierce $5,000 and gave him a one game suspension for
pushing a ref during Friday's Ind-NJ game.


Was 103, Dal 94 - at Dal
Robert Pack (Was) had 25 points including 9-10 FT and 6 rebounds.
Calbert Cheaney (Was) had 22 points and 6 rebounds.
Popeye Jones (Dal) had 13 points and 14 rebounds.
George McCloud (Dal) 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Was shot 50% (39-78) FG and Dal 38.9% (37-95) FG.
Chris Webber (Was, sore left shoulder) did not play.

NY 101, Atl 92 - at Atl
Patrick Ewing (NY) had 29 points including 9-11 FT, 7 rebounds, and 3
blocks.
John Starks (NY) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 4-7 3-pointers and 6
assists.
Steve Smith (Atl) had 29 points.

NJ 85, Cle 73 - at Cle
Chris Child (NJ) had 17 points including 6-9 FG in 20 minutes.
Kenny Anderson (NJ) had 15 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers.
Danny Ferry (Cle) had 18 points.
NJ shot 46.4% (32-69) FG and Cle shot 38.2% (29-76) FG.

Mia 94, Pho 92 - at Pho
Predrag Danilovic (Mia) had 30 points including 6-9 3-pointers.
Kevin Gamble (Mia) had 17 points.
Michael Finley (Pho) had 19 points on 4-14 FG and 11-11 FT.
Kevin Johnson (Pho) had 20 points including 7-11 FG and 6 assists.
Billy Owens (Mia) did not play.

Uta 123, GS 109 - at Uta
Karl Malone (Uta) had 51 points on 19-28 FG and 13-16 FT and 14 rebounds.
John Stockton (Uta) had 11 points including 4-6 FG, 15 assists, and 5
rebounds.
B.J. Armstrong (GS) had 21 points.

Cha 114, Min 108 - at Cha
Larry Johnson (Cha) had 35 points including 15-20 FG and 11 rebounds.
Glen Rice (Cha) had 22 points including 7-20 FG.
Christian Laettner (Min) had 20 points and 8 rebounds.
Isaiah Rider (Min) had 19 points and 5 rebounds.

Bos 124, Phi 98 - at Phi
Dino Radja (Bos) had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers.
Rick Fox (Bos) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Sharone Wright (Phi) had 19 points and 14 rebounds.
Jerry Stackhouse (Phi) had 21 points including 9-14 FT, 6 assists, and 7
turnovers.
Bos shot 51.2% (43-84) FG and Phi shot 37.5% (33-88) FG.

Sea 106, Por 97 - at Sea
Shawn Kemp (Sea) had 25 points including 11-16 FT, 13 rebounds, 3 steals,
and 7 turnovers.
Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 28 points and 7 assists.
Aaron McKie (Por) had 18 points and 5 rebounds.
Clifford Robinson (Por) had 17 points on 5-16 FG and 6-11 FT and 5
rebounds.
Sea shot 49.3% (34-69) FG and Por 40.7% (35-86) FG.
Sea shot 34-45 FT and Por shot 20-28 FT.

Chi 118, Mil 106 - at Mil
Michael Jordan (Chi) had 45 points including 13-16 FT and 5 rebounds.
Scottie Pippen (Chi) had 28 points including 12-18 FG and 6 assists.
Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 39 points including 8-11 FT and 10 rebounds.
Vin Baker (Mil) had 20 points and 6 assists.