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Oden is rounding into form lately. (NBAE via Getty Images/Sam Forencich)

Game watch:
4 games: CHI, DAL, GS, IND, MIA, MIL, NY, PHO, TOR, WAS
3 games: ATL, BOS, CHA, CLE, DEN, DET, HOU, LAL, MEM, MIN, NJ, PHI, SAC, UTA
2 games: LAC, NO, OKC, ORL, POR, SA

Waiver wire watch:

• Allen Iverson: possibility of returning to Philly too good to ignore
• Jrue Holiday: if A.I. doesn’t work, he’ll get plenty of minutes
• Mike Dunleavy: finally back, will steadily return to form
• Tim Thomas: surprisingly strong return, good for threes and inconsistency
• Chris Andersen: slow start but doing well lately
  
• Martell Webster: starting job and minutes will be there while Travis Outlaw is out
• Omri Casspi: good for points, threes and steals
• Jamaal Tinsley: could eventually overtake Mike Conley
• Nick Young: thriving with Mike Miller sidelined and Caron Butler not 100 percent
• Thabo Sefolosha: still starting, putting up good all-around numbers
• Luke Ridnour: putting up sporadicly nice lines, deserves a look

Injury watch:

• Michael Redd (knee): out again for more recovery
• Elton Brand (hamstring): could be back tonight
• Lou Williams (jaw): out for about two months
• Kirk Hinrich (wrist): day-to-day
• Erick Dampier (illness): could return to practice this week
• Ben Gordon (ankle): could play tonight, will return soon enough
• Andrew Bogut (leg): making good progress, still out about two to three more weeks
• Spencer Hawes (knee): could return tonight, will be back soon
• Manu Ginobili (groin): could play tonight
• Paul Millsap (knee): won’t miss much time
• Andrei Kirilenko (back): will miss up to a week
• Kevin Love (hand): practicing, on track to return on Dec. 11

Stock watch:

↑ Greg Oden: foul trouble only hurdle to consistency

↑ Carlos Boozer: continues to play like a beast

↑ Leandro Barbosa: wrist still a concern, steady lately

↑ Ersan Ilyasova: should be great while Redd and Bogut are out

↑ Mo Williams: three-point monster

↓ Roy Hibbert: who knew Jeff Foster would kill his value?

↓ Matt Bonner: Antonio McDyess now starting at center, taking most of the minutes

↓ Danilo Gallinari: continues to decline into irrelevance

↓ Larry Hughes: minutes will be unpredictable going forward

↓ Mike Conley: disappointing