News from November 25. Correction: Doug Christie (Dal) did not formally retire. Dallas released Christie and he probably will eventually retire due to his sore left ankle. Atlanta signed John Thomas. Orlando activated Stacey Augmon and Steve Francis and placed Travis Diener and Terence Morris on IL. Portland activated Ha Seung-Jin and placed Theo Ratliff on IL. Boston activated Gerald Green and placed Delonte West on IL with a hip pointer. Charlotte activated Alan Anderson and Kevin Burleson and placed Matt Carroll and Jumaine Jones on IL. Indiana activated Eddie Gill and placed Ron Artest on IL with a bruised right wrist. The LA Clippers activated Yaroslav Korolev and placed Zeljko Rebraca on IL with an irregular heartbeat. New Jersey activated Jason Collins and placed Linton Johnson on IL. Dal 103, Mia 90 at Mia Josh Howard (Dal) had 25 points including 11-19 FG and 11 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 23 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Eric Dampier (Dal) had 17 points including 6-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Jason Williams (Mia) had 24 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 23 points, 5 steals, and 5 turnovers. Sac 106, Tor 104 at Sac Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Sac) had 22 points and 8 rebounds. Brad Miller (Sac) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists. Bonzi Wells (Sac) had 18 points including the game winning bucket with 2 seconds left and 9 rebounds. Mike Bibby (Sac) had 25 points including 5-10 3-pointers. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Mike James (Tor) had 17 points. Was 120, Det 114 2OT at Det Antawn Jamison (Was) had 22 points including 6-22 FG and 20 rebounds in 56 minutes. Gilbert Arenas (Was) had 39 points on 10-32 FG and 17-19 FT and 8 assists in 53 minutes. Caron Butler (Was) had 27 points on 9-16 FG and 9-10 FT and 5 rebounds. Chucky Atkins (Was) had 20 points on 7-10 FG and 6-7 3-pointers. Tayshaun Prince (Det) had 17 points and 9 rebounds including 6 offensive in 55 minutes. Rasheed Wallace (Det) had 33 points including 4-9 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists in 56 minutes. Chauncey Billups (Det) had 21 points on 4-17 FG and 10-11 FT and 5 assists. Den 105, LAC 95 at Den Kenyon Martin (Den) had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 3 points on 11-17 FG and 12-14 FT and 6 rebounds. Andre Miller (Den) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Elton Brand (LAC) had 20 points including 6-11 FT, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Corey Maggette (LAC) had 22 points including 11-11 FT. Chi 106, SA 99 at SA Chris Duhon (Chi) had 18 points including 4-8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Ben Gordon (Chi) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Luol Deng (Chi) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points including 8-10 FT, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Manu Ginobili (SA) had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Orl 104, Por 89 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 21 points and 18 rebounds including 8 offensive. DeShawn Stevenson (Orl) had 16 points including 7-10 FG and 5 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 24 points including 11-16 FG. Darius Miles (Por) had 23 points. Sebastian Telfair (Por) had 20 points and 8 assists. Orl shot 8-11 FT and Por shot 19-25 FT. Orl out-rebounded Por 49-29 including 19-10 offensive. Bos 90, Cha 89 at Bos Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27 points including the game winning layup with .3 seconds left and 8 rebounds. Raef LaFrentz (Bos) had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ricky Davis (Bos) had 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Gerald Wallace (Cha) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Brevin Knight (Cha) had 17 points, 8 assists, and 3 steals. Jake Voskuhl (Cha, right knee swelling) did not play. Mem 86, Hou 81 at Mem Shane Battier (Mem) had 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Eddie Jones (Mem) had 17 points including 4-7 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Damon Stoudamire (Mem) had 15 points and 5 assists. Yao Ming (Hou) had 15 points including 4-13 FG and 12 rebounds. Derek Anderson (Hou) had 16 points on 3-9 FG and 9-11 FT. Tracy McGrady (Hou, back injury) did not play. Atl 87, Ind 85 at Ind Al Harrington (Atl) had 17 points and 7 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 16 points including 7-24 FG, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists. Josh Childress (Atl) had 14 points and 13 rebounds including 5 offensive. Austin Croshere (Ind) had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) had 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Min 99, Mil 91 at Min Wally Szczerbiak (Min) had 30 points on 10-16 FG and 9-10 FT, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett (Min) had 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marko Jaric (Min) had 24 points including 10-15 FG, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Jamaal Magloire (Mil) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 10 rebounds including 5 offensive. Michael Redd (Mil) had 28 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 5 assists. Pho 92, NJ 81 at Pho Shawn Marion (Pho) had 12 points including 4-11 FG and 7 rebounds. Boris Diaw (Pho) had 10 points including 3-10 FG, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. Steve Nash (Pho) had 27 points including 11-18 FG and 6 assists. Kurt Thomas (Pho) had 8 points including 3-10 FG and 19 rebounds including 6 offensive. Richard Jefferson (NJ) had 16 points including 6-12 FT and 12 rebounds. Vince Carter (NJ) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Jason Kidd (NJ) had 25 points including 4-6 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 turnovers. GS 94, Uta 90 at Uta Mike Dunleavy (GS) had 11 points. Baron Davis (GS) had 13 points on 3-17 FG and 6-11 FT, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists. Jason Richardson (GS) had 29 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Matt Harpring (Uta) had 21 points. Deron Williams (Uta) had 24 points on 11-18 FG, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.