News from December 22. Atlanta activated LaPhonso Ellis and released Brandon Williams. Cleveland placed Danny Ferry on IR with a strained left calf. Charlotte placed Eddie Jones on IR with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left elbow. NY 91, Tor 90 - at NY Allan Houston (NY) had 18 points and 5 assists. Latrell Sprewell (NY) had 25 points. John Wallace (NY) had 14 points. Vince Carter (Tor) had 36 points including 10-13 FT and 7 rebounds. Antonio Davis (Tor) had 12 points on 5-15 FG and 2-7 FT and 17 rebounds. Chris Childs (NY, lower back pain) and Dee Brown (Tor, sore left knee) did not play. Bos 98, Atl 81 - at Bos Antoine Walker (Bos) had 24 points and 6 rebounds. Kenny Anderson (Bos) had 13 points and 10 assists. Dana Barros (Bos) had 15 points in 17 minutes. Bimbo Coles (Atl) had 13 points. LaPhonso Ellis (Atl) had 13 points and 5 rebounds. Bos shot 9-11 FT and Atl shot 16-25 FT. Lorenzen Wright (Atl, flu) did not play. Mia 74, Uta 72 - at Mia P.J. Brown (Mia) had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 7 turnovers. Anthony Carter (Mia) had 16 points and 5 assists. Karl Malone (Uta) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Jeff Hornacek (Uta) had 12 points. Mia shot 5-6 FT and Uta shot 7-15 FT. Jamal Mashburn (Mia, sprained left ankle) did not play. Orl 103, Cle 97 - at Cle Monty Williams (Orl) had 14 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Gatling (Orl) had 13 points including 4-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Chucky Atkins (Orl) had 22 points and 5 assists. Shawn Kemp (Cle) had 18 points on 5-15 FG and 7-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Bob Sura (Cle) had 28 points including 11-16 FG and 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Brevin Knight (Cle, bruised right hip) did not play. Min 106, Chi 86 - at Chi Kevin Garnett (Min) had 22 points including 9-14 FG and 13 rebounds. Malik Sealy (Min) had 19 points including 8-10 FG. Terrell Brandon (Min) had 16 points and 11 assists. Joe Smith (Min) had 18 points on 4-5 FG and 10-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Elton Brand (Chi) had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Kornel David (Chi) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Min shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and Chi shot 40.7% (33-81) FG. Bobby Jackson (Min, injured right knee), B.J. Armstrong (Chi, sore left knee), Fred Hoiberg (Chi, strained left quad), and Dedric Willoughby (Chi, strained left groin) did not play. LAC 103, GS 99 - at GS Tyrone Nesby (LAC) had 28 points including 11-18 FG and 4-9 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Lamar Odom (LAC) had 22 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 blocks. Eric Piatkowski (LAC) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. John Starks (GS) had 22 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 assists. Vonteego Cummings (GS) had 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 13 assists. Derek Anderson (LAC, sprained left ankle) and Maurice Taylor (LAC, flu) did not play. [Request: If anyone has the full listing for the 99-00 salaries, I'd be most greatful to receive it. Apparently it's hard to come by this year and none of the papers have printed it (that I know about). I'd rather not have to do my own (inaccurate) listing again this season. I'd also be thrilled to receive a correct listing for the 98-99 salaries so that I could correct my listing. (I've got salaries for the past 6 seasons at http://www.dfw.net/~patricia/index.html)] [Subliminal message: Vote for Michael Finley as an All-Star starter at http://allstar.nba.com. Finley is averaging 22.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.9 assists. It's criminal that Jason Williams, Anfernee Hardaway, John Stockton, Damon Stoudamire, Steve Smith, and Steve Francis currently have more votes than Finley.]