News from December 29. Phoenix signed Michael Redd to a 1 year contract. Milwaukee assigned Darington Hobson to the NBADL. Houston activated Hasheem Thabeet and placed Jeff Adrien on IL. OKC 104, Dal 102 at OKC Kevin Durant (OKC) had 30 points including 10-16 FG and the game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Russell Westbrook (OKC) had 16 points and 7 turnovers. James Harden (OKC) had 15 points. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 29 points including 10-10 FT and 10 rebounds. Delonte West (Dal) had 15 points and 6 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 16 points on 6-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers and 9 assists. OKC shot 58.7% (37-63) FG and Dal shot 42.2% (38-90) FG. LAL 99, NY 82 at LAL Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 28 points on 10-17 FG and 7-10 FT, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Josh McRoberts (LAL) had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals. Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 27 points including 9-10 FT, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 turnovers. Tyson Chandler (NY) had 13 points on 1-3 FG and 11-14 FT and 11 rebounds. LAL shot 52.1% (38-73) FG and NY shot 31.3% (21-67) FG. Andrew Bynum (LAL, suspended) did not play. Chi 108, Sac 98 at Sac Carlos Boozer (Chi) had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 19 points, 8 assists, and 6 turnovers. Richard Hamilton (Chi) had 16 points. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 19 points including 5-12 FT and 3 steals. Al Thornton (Sac) had 20 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Chi shot 53.8% (43-80) FG and Sac shot 42.2% (35-83) FG. Por 111, Den 102 at Por Raymond Felton (Por) had 23 points including 10-16 FG, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Wes Matthews (Por) had 25 points including 9-15 FG and 5-8 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Jamal Crawford (Por) had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Ty Lawson (Den) had 25 points including 10-16 FG and 8 steals. Arron Afflalo (Den) had 19 points. Por shot 51.9% (41-79) FG and Den shot 40.2% (35-87) FG. Por out-rebounded Den 50-30 including 7-3 offensive. Hou 105, SA 85 at Hou Luis Scola (Hou) had 18 points on 9-12 FG and 5 rebounds. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Kevin Martin (Hou) had 25 points including 10-17 FG and 4-8 3-pointers. DeJuan Blair (SA) had 22 points and 12 rebounds including 8 offensive. Tiago Splitter (SA) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Hou shot 50.6% (43-85) FG and SA shot 37.6% (35-93) FG. Orl 94, NJ 78 at Orl Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 22 points. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 16 points on 7-9 FG and 2-9 FT, 24 rebounds including 6 offensive, 3 blocks, and 3 steals. Jason Richardson (Orl) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 10 points including 2-12 FG, 7 assists, and 6 turnovers. MarShon Brooks (NJ) had 17 points. Schedule for Friday, December 30 (All times Central) Orlando at Charlotte 6:00 pm Cleveland at Indiana 6:00 pm Detroit at Boston 6:30 pm New Jersey at Atlanta 6:30 pm Houston at Memphis 7:00 pm Phoenix at New Orleans 7:00 pm NBATV Miami at Minnesota 7:00 pm Washington at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Toronto at Dallas 7:30 pm Philadelphia at Utah 8:00 pm Chicago at LA Clippers 9:30 pm NBATV Schedule for Saturday, December 31 (All times Central) Denver at LA Lakers 2:30 pm Indiana at Detroit 5:00 pm Atlanta at Houston 6:00 pm Phoenix at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm New York at Sacramento 7:00 pm Utah at San Antonio 7:30 pm NBATV Philadelphia at Golden State 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html