News from December 20. Houston activated Joe Stephens and placed Rodrick Rhodes on IR with a sore left knee. Sac 89, Dal 88 - at Dal Corliss Williamson (Sac) had 27 point including 7-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Mitch Richmond (Sac) had 20 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Anthony Johnson (Sac) had 18 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Dennis Scott (Dal) had 21 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 8 rebounds. Samaki Walker (Dal) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Billy Owens (Sac, eye injury), Lawrence Funderburke (Sac, bruised rotator cuff), and Shawn Bradley (Dal, torn left calf muscle) did not play. Mil 98, NY 78 - at Mil Grant Hill (Mil) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Glenn Robinson (Mil) had 27 points and 6 rebounds. Ray Allen (Mil) had 35 points on 11-18 FG, 5-6 3-pointers, and 8-8 FT and 5 rebounds. Patrick Ewing (NY) had 12 points and 9 rebounds in 19 minutes before leaving the game with a dislocated bone in his right wrist. Allan Houston (NY) had 15 points. Mil shot 48.6% (35-72) FG and NY shot 38.4% (28-73) FG. LAL 109, Cha 100 - at Cha Rick Fox (LAL) had 17 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Eddie Jones (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG. Nick Van Exel (LAL) had 24 points and 11 assists. Anthony Mason (Cha) had 19 points including 7-11 FG, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Glen Rice (Cha) had 32 points including 4-7 3-pointers. Vlade Divac (Cha) had 17 points and 18 rebounds. Shaquille O'Neal (LAL, strained abdominal muscle) did not play. Chi 100, NJ 92 - at NJ Dennis Rodman (Chi) had 8 points, 24 rebounds, and 5 assists. Michael Jordan (Chi) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Ron Harper (Chi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Keith Van Horn (NJ) had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Jayson Williams (NJ) had 12 points and 17 rebounds including 10 offensive. Kerry Kittles (NJ) had 19 points and 3 steals. Det 115, Phi 78 - at Det Grant Hill (Det) had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Jerry Stackhouse (Det) had 20 points on 5-14 FG and 9-10 FT. Jerome Williams (Det) had 22 points on 8-10 FG and 6-10 FT and 13 rebounds. Derrick Coleman (Phi) had 16 points and 8 rebounds. Jim Jackson (NJ) had 13 points and 6 assists. Det shot 33-45 FT and Phi shot 18-25 FT. Mia 99, Atl 92 - at Mia Alonzo Mourning (Mia) had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tim Hardaway (Mia) had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, and 8 steals. Isaac Austin (Mia) had 18 points including 6-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) had 19 points including 11-12 FT, 15 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 5 turnovers. Steve Smith (Atl) had 23 points including 7-21 FG and 6 rebounds. Mookie Blaylock (Atl, strained groin) did not play. Was 94, Tor 92 - at Tor Juwan Howard (Was) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Chris Webber (Was) had 28 points including the game winning tip-in at the buzzer, 12 rebounds, 3 steals, and 7 turnovers. Rod Strickland (Was) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Camby (Tor) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Damon Stoudamire (Tor) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Was shot 12-21 FT and Tor shot 10-11 FT. Terry Davis (Was, Achilles tendon injury) did not play. Min 92, LAC 91 - at Min Kevin Garnett (Min) had 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists. Tom Gugliotta (Min) had 24 points including 11-17 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Terry Porter (Min) had 12 points on 5-7 FG. Lorenzen Wright (LAC) had 15 points and 22 rebounds including 12 offensive. Darrick Martin (LAC) had 16 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. Min shot 50% (38-76) FG and LAC shot 39.1% (36-92) FG. SA 100, Hou 87 - at SA Sean Elliott (SA) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20 points including 9-14 FG, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Avery Johnson (SA) had 21 points including 10-13 FG, 10 assists, and 4 steals. Charles Barkley (Hou) had 22 points and 14 rebounds. Kevin Willis (Hou) had 18 points on 5-14 FG and 8-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Clyde Drexler (Hou) had 26 points and 10 rebounds. SA shot 50.6% (42-83) FG and Hou shot 39.7% (31-78) FG. Vinny Del Negro (SA, right tricep tendon strain) did not play. Ind 95, Orl 92 - at Orl Chris Mullin (Ind) had 18 points and 3 steals. Mark Jackson (Ind) had 18 points including 6-9 FG, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Antonio Davis (Ind) had 13 points including 7-10 FT and 7 rebounds. Horace Grant (Orl) had 14 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Rony Seikaly (Orl) had 37 points including 13-18 FT and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Ind shot 50.7% (36-71) FG and Orl shot 39.4% (37-94) FG. Derrick McKey (Ind, sore Achilles tendon) did not play. Pho 102, Den 81 - at Den Clifford Robinson (Pho) had 14 points and 6 rebounds. Danny Manning (Pho) had 15 points including 6-8 FG and 6 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 20 points and 9 assist. Tony Battie (Den) had 14 points including 4-11 FG and 6 rebounds. Derek Washington (Den) had 14 points. Pho out-rebounded Den 56-36 including 21-11 offensive. Sea 108, GS 89 - at Sea Vin Baker (Sea) had 19 points including 7-11 FT and 5 rebounds. Detelf Schrempf (Sea) had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Gary Payton (Sea) had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 11 assists. Tony Delk (GS) had 20 points. Erick Dampier (GS) had 15 points and 8 rebounds.