News from December 9. Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) will undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair a small cartilage tear in his left knee and will be out 4 to 6 weeks. Chicago activated Steve Kerr and placed Rusty LaRue on IR with a bone bruise of the left knee. Atlanta signed Randy Livingston and placed Anthony Miller on IR with a sore back. LAC 99, Dal 92 - at Dal Darrick Martin (LAC) had 18 points including 5-7 3-pointers. Lamond Murray (LAC) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Rodney Rogers (LAC) had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Lorenzen Wright (LAC) had 13 points including 3-8 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Khalid Reeves (Dal) had 28 points. Michael Finley (Dal) had 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Dennis Scott (Dal) had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Shawn Bradley (Dal, torn left calf muscle) did not play. Sea 108, Min 99 - at Min Detlef Schrempf (Sea) had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Hersey Hawkins (Sea) had 18 points. Gary Payton (Sea) had 21 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 steals. Chris Carr (Min) had 18 points. Doug West (Min, pulled left hamstring) did not play. Pho 107, Van 85 - at Pho Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Antonio McDyess (Pho) had 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Cedric Ceballos (Pho) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 7 rebounds. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) had 21 points and 9 rebounds. Anthony Daniels (Van) had 13 points including 6-9 FG and 5 assists. Pho shot 55.6% (45-81) FG and Van shot 43.4% (36-83) FG. George McCloud (Pho, flu) and Kevin Johnson (Pho, tendinitis right knee) did not play. Mia 97, Atl 81 - at Atl P.J. Brown (Mia) had 20 points including 10-15 FG and 5 rebounds. Voshon Lenard (Mia) had 22 points. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 10 points including 4-14 FG, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Christian Laettner (Atl) had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 turnovers. Steve Smith (Atl) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mia shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and Atl shot 40.8% (29-71) FG. Alan Henderson (Atl, sprained right ankle) did not play. Det 92, Den 83 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists. Brian Williams (Det) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Lindsey Hunter (Det) had 16 points including 5-17 FG and 6 rebounds. Priest Lauderdale (Den) had 16 points. Anthony Goldwire (Den) had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 8 assists. Det shot 23-31 FT and Den shot 9-14 FT. Sac 113, Uta 101 - at Sac Corliss Williamson (Sac) had 27 points including 11-15 FT and 9 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 24 points. Terry Dehere (Sac) had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Karl Malone (Uta) had 34 points including 8-12 FT, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Bryon Russell (Uta) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Uta, tendinitis both elbows) did not play. Chi 100, NY 82 - at Chi Toni Kukoc (Chi) had 20 points including 6-6 FG. Ron Harper (Chi) had 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 29 points. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 22 points on 6-20 FG and 10-15 FT and 13 rebounds. Charlie Ward (NY) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Larry Johnson (NY, sprained right ankle) did not play. Cha 95, Tor 82 - at Tor Glen Rice (Cha) had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Anthony Mason (Cha) had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists Bobby Phills (Cha) had 20 points and 5 steals. John Wallace (Tor) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 20 points, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. Doug Christie (Tor, sprained left ankle) did not play. Hou 108, SA 78 - at Hou Kevin Willis (Hou) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 17 points including 9-10 FT and 11 assists. Matt Maloney (Hou) had 12 points on 4-4 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 13 points and 9 rebounds. David Robinson (SA) had 14 points including 6-9 FG, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists. Hou shot 52.6% (40-76) FG and SA shot 34.4% (31-90) FG. Was 120, NJ 99 - at Was Chris Webber (Was) had 4 points, 15 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Juwan Howard (Was) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Rod Strickland (Was) had 23 points on 7-9 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. Tracy Murray (Was) had 26 points including 7-11 3-points. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 23 points and 3 steals. Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 17 points. Was shot 57.9% (44-76) FG and NJ shot 43.2% (41-95) FG. Was shot 24-31 FT and NJ shot 9-16 FT. Chris Gatling (NJ, bruised right calf) did not play.