News from December 2. Popeye Jones (Tor) suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during Sunday's Tor-LAL game and will be out 8 to 12 months. Cleveland released Greg Graham. Portland signed Rick Brunson and placed John Crotty on IR with a sore right knee. Seattle placed Jerome Kersey on IR with a stress fracture in his left foot and activated James Cotton. Atl 112, Dal 79 - at Dal Christian Laettner (Atl) had 15 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Steve Smith (Atl) had 28 points including 13-20 FG and 5 rebounds. Samaki Walker (Dal) had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Michael Finley (Dal) had 18 points and 6 assists. Atl shot 50% (45-90) FG and Dal shot 33.7% (31-92) FG. Alan Henderson (Atl, sprained right ankle) and Shawn Bradley (Dal, torn left calf muscle) did not play. Hou 112, Den 101 - at Hou Matt Bullard (Hou) had 20 points including 6-11 3-pointers. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists. Kevin Willis (Hou) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 22 points and 7 assists. Johnny Newman (Den) had 32 points including 12-19 FG. Danny Fortson (Den) had 22 points including 9-13 FG, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mario Elie (Hou, bruised right wrist), Brent Price (Hou, back spasms), and Tony Battie (Den, sprained left ankle) did not play. Pho 90, Mil 86 - at Mil George McCloud (Pho) had 16 points including 1-7 3-pointers. Antonio McDyess (Pho) had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Jason Kidd (Pho) had 14 points including 4-15 FG, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 17 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Terrell Brandon (Mil) had 23 points and 6 turnovers. Kevin Johnson (Pho, tendinitis right knee) did not play. Cha 121, Sac 102 - at Cha Glen Rice (Cha) had 30 points including 12-18 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. David Wesley (Cha) had 12 points and 9 assists. Dell Curry (Cha) had 18 points including 8-10 FG and 5 assists. Billy Owens (Sac) had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 25 points including 8-10 FT and 9 assists. Cha shot 59.3% (51-86) FG and Sac shot 53.2% (42-79) FG. SA 90, NY 84 - at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 23 points and 13 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 23 points on 6-18 FG and 11-20 FT, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Vinny Del Negro (SA) had 16 points. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 25 points and 15 rebounds. Allan Houston (NY) had 22 points. Larry Johnson (NY, sprained right ankle) did not play. Was 95, Sea 78 - at Was Juwan Howard (Was) had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Terry Davis (Was) had 14 points on 7-10 FG and 10 rebounds. Tracy Murray (Was) had 18 point including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Vin Baker (Sea) had 22 points including 10-13 FG and 5 rebounds. Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Harvey Grant (Was, shin splints) did not play. Orl 89, Por 88 - at Por Rony Seikaly (Orl) had 14 points including 4-15 FG and 10 rebounds. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) had 29 points. Charles Outlaw (Orl) had 11 points including 5-6 FG. Isaiah Rider (Por) had 33 points including 5-8 3-pointers. Alvin Williams (Por) had 14 points and 9 assists. Jermaine O'Neal (Por, bruised left shoulder) did not play.